Tagged: digital assets

April 13, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The San Francisco Open Exchange (SFOX), an organization that aims to help traders and funds invest in digital assets at “the best price,” notes that its multi-factor market index, which was neutral a month back, has now been updated to “mildly bearish” as of April… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The emerging Real Estate Security Token (REST) ecosystem has been experiencing steady growth and development this year. Three new real estate properties were listed on RealT, a tokenization platform, last month. Real estate token trading reportedly doubled in March 2020 (when compared to the previous… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 7:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Equisafe and Lemon Way have formed a new partnership, according to a note from the companies. Lemon Way is a widely utilized payment platform. Lemon Way offers payment solutions for marketplaces providing a secure and regulated framework. Lemon Way obtained the Payment Institution license in… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 1:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut allows its 7 million customers to purchase cryptocurrencies. This, as reserve banks across the globe have announced huge stimulus packages to support their struggling economies, following the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This support from Revolut, which is notably one of Europe’s most… Read More

April 12, 2020 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services, has confirmed that the territory will be introducing regulatory guidelines specifically for eliminating or reducing market manipulation – which is allegedly being carried out by crypto and blockchain companies. Isola explained in a recent interview with… Read More

April 11, 2020 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Parliament suggests that the EU should consider broadening the existing definition of digital assets or cryptocurrencies and expand its current list of blockchain or crypto-related organizations that may need to follow financial regulations. The EU adopted the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) back… Read More

April 10, 2020 @ 12:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset investors are reportedly paying a significant 515% premium in order to purchase Ether (ETH) via the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. It currently costs $90.55 to acquire a share in Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Trust (ETHE). This, despite its Ethereum (ETH) holdings per share being valued… Read More

April 8, 2020 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dsdaq, a Fintech firm established in October 2019, has secured $1.5 million in funding from several angel investors including Efftronics Asia, a Hong Kong-based family investment office, and Draper Dragon, a Silicon Valley-based VC firm. Jiaxuan (Leah) Li, CMO at Dsdaq, stated: “Dsdaq is dedicated… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Big Four auditing firm Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) reports that the majority of global digital asset fundraising and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals last year took place outside of the United States for the very first time. As noted in PwC’s report (released on April 6, 2020),… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital assets exchange OKEx announced on Monday the launch of its new product, Convert Small Balances to OKB. According to OKEx, the product is to provide users with a more “comprehensive” digital asset service. According to OKEx, small balances are “any tradable digital asset with… Read More

April 5, 2020 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Anchorage Trust Company, a qualified crypto-asset custodian, has added XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, to its list of supported investment options for institutional clients. Anchorage confirmed that it will begin offering XRP investments on April 2, 2020. Anchorage’s management notes that its… Read More

April 4, 2020 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kenneth Bok, head of growth and strategy at Zilliqa, an established blockchain project that provides infrastucture to StraitsX, a stablecoin initiative introduced by the Fintech payments provider Xfers, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Xfers is accredited by the Monetary Authority of… Read More

April 4, 2020 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The questions surrounding whether certain crypto assets qualify as financial securities is becoming increasingly important within the blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) sector. There are now several entities within the digital asset sector that are focusing on bringing greater understanding to this pressing issue…. Read More

April 3, 2020 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spain’s tax authorities have begun sending warning letters to around 66,000 digital asset investors. The Spanish tax agency aims to remind cryptocurrency holders of their tax obligations. The Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT) reportedly began its crypto-related tax collection campaign on April 1, 2020…. Read More

April 1, 2020 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based digital asset exchange Coinbase claims that retail customers purchased Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, the most during the March 2020 market crash. As noted in a report from Coinbase (released on March 31, 2020), customers usually purchase about 60% more than they sell…. Read More

April 1, 2020 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Atomic Asset Exchange (AAX), a newly developed digital currency exchange that offers over-the-counter, spot, and futures trading, confirmed on March 31, 2020, that it will be introducing its native exchange token, called AAB. AAX aims to connect crypto to the larger, traditional financial system…. Read More

April 1, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The planned introduction of Russia’s cryptocurrency laws and regulations have been delayed again, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Anatoly Aksakov, chairman at the Russian State Duma committee on financial markets, claims that the nation’s virtual currency law, the bill “On Digital Financial Assets,” has… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management, a trusted partner to individuals, asset managers, family offices, and institutions in navigating cryptocurrency, is in the process of getting its digital asset index fund listed on OTC Markets (OTCQX). Bitwise informed investors on March 27, 2020, that it’s currently working toward… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi derivatives markets (DM), a trading platform that supports cryptocurrency futures and perpetual contracts, has introduced perpetual swaps, which are a new type of derivative product that allows users to better hedge risk and access leveraged arbitrage opportunities during volatile or unstable market conditions. As… Read More

March 30, 2020 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Commerce platform, which processes retail payments for merchants, has now handled over $200 million in total transactions during a two-year timeframe (since launch). As noted on Coinbase Commerce’s official website, the platform can accept and process major cryptocurrencies (within minutes), including Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin… Read More