Tagged: digital assets

April 4, 2024 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) clients are not really interested in crypto-assets, according to recent statements from the firm’s Chief Investment Officer. As reported by the WSJ, even following the considerable surge in prices of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies as well as the involvement from other TradFi… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report states that digital asset trading hit an all-time high in March. According to information provided CCData, Spot and derivatives trading volume on centralised exchanges rose 92.9% to a new all-time high. The report shares that trading topped $9.12 trillion in March. The… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to one of the leading digital assets ecosystems, recently unveiled its new prime brokerage service, Phoenix Prime. This breakthrough offers the first unified access “to the crypto market, featuring a tech-enhanced trading infrastructure with minimal microsecond latency, and a quant-driven, capital-efficient system… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The South American country of Argentina has announced key updates related to digital assets. Argentina’s National Securities Commission (CNV)  has implemented the Registry of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). The LatAm based nation has some of the highest levels of crypto adoption globally so this… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TaxBit, the digital asset tax and accounting solutions provider, announced its strategic expansion into Europe in response to rapidly increasing adoption across the European digital asset market. This move follows recent regulatory developments and the increased demand for TaxBit’s tax and accounting compliance solutions. TaxBit… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 9:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and coinvestment program, this week unveiled its bi-annual Institutional Digital Finance Adoption Report, which tracks digital finance adoption, by service offering, among the world’s 50 largest financial institutions ranked by assets under management (AUM). The company said, for the… Read More

March 31, 2024 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, a trading and investing platform, announced recently that it has added 12 new altcoins to its platform. Omri Ross, Chief Blockchain Scientist at eToro, said: “We are excited to enable our customers to access these new assets, covering a large range of new ideas… Read More

March 29, 2024 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eaglebrook, a digital asset investment platform that provides registered investment advisors (RIAs) with direct access to bitcoin and other digital assets, announces the launch of the Franklin Templeton Digital Asset Dynamic BTC/ETH separately managed account (SMA) strategy. This strategy, which is specifically designed for RIAs… Read More

March 28, 2024 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, announced its integration with TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets, a UK-regulated spot crypto digital assets exchange registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The collaboration between Talos and TP ICAP “underscores a shared objective to promote… Read More

March 28, 2024 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Diamond Standard Fund, supported by Diamond Standard and Horizon Kinetics, has been tokenized by Oasis Pro and listed on Oasis Pro Market’s SEC-registered ATS, via the Avalanche C-Chain. The Fund provides investors access “to an approximately $1.2T natural resource through an asset-backed coin licensed… Read More

March 27, 2024 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi Technologies Inc., a crypto native technology company that pioneers the convergence of traditional capital markets with the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Valour Inc., an issuer of exchange traded products (ETPs) that provide simplified access to digital… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubit, the Bitcoin-native data availability layer, is announcing their collaboration with Babylon, which emerges as the native Bitcoin staking and timestamping protocol, “poised to unlock 21 million Bitcoin to secure the decentralized economy.” This collaboration marks a milestone in their journey “to scale and secure… Read More

March 23, 2024 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

For most of the research that Chainalysis release in their annual Crypto Crime Report, the data tells “a clear story.” For instance, funds sent to ransomware operators, darknet markets, or sanctioned entities can be measured and trends “can be analyzed with Chainalysis labeling and data.”… Read More

March 23, 2024 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FV Bank, the U.S. licensed global digital bank that offers traditional and digital asset banking and custody services, announced an expansion in its deposit capabilities that gives clients the option to deposit euros into their USD bank account. In addition to USD deposits, account holders… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, and Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to report that Netcoins will be expanding its staking services in Canada “with the launch of Solana and ATOM on… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is pleased to announce the introduction of a new, no-fee membership option for the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST) – the global, industry-driven Travel Rule solution that prioritizes customer security and privacy. TRUST is the world’s Travel Rule solution, born out of… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitgo is pleased to announce the official launch of WBTC on Kava. Since 2018, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) has created additional liquidity “for decentralized exchanges and enhanced all decentralized applications (dApps) with BitGo Trust Company as the designated custodian.” As a result, use cases, driven by… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

As reported earlier, BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, is partnering with Securitize to issue a digital asset fund. Securitize is a leading enabler of digital securities in the US and operates a trading platform, as it has been approved to run an… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

BlackRock,  the largest asset manager in the world with trillions under management, has partnered with Securitize on a new fund. According to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission several days ago, BlackRock is raising money for its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, is tokenizing USD 50m of Matter Labs‘ treasury reserves onto the zkSync blockchain. The Sygnum-issued security tokens act as on-chain representations of units from Fidelity International‘s USD 6.9bn Institutional Liquidity Fund (ILF) to generate a secure and transparent… Read More