Tagged: digital assets

March 3, 2024 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since stepping in as Binance CEO, Richard Teng  (who replaced former CEO Changpeng Zhao), has reportedly made it a priority to ensure and maintain the user-focused principles of Binance across the company, with the primary emphasis being on ensuring stability. According to Richard Teng, in… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 3:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group; Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), a global private markets investment management firm; and financial services firm Apex Group are expanding access to global private markets via new DLT-registered shares on the Polygon blockchain. Sygnum Bank, Hamilton Lane, and Apex… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 2:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finfront Holding Company, a digital asset mining service and cloud-mining service provider, and Arisz Acquisition Corp. (ARIZ), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced that they have completed their previously announced business combination. The listed company following the Business Combination is BitFuFu Inc., and its… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris announced that Gemini Trust Company, LLC has committed to return at least $1.1 billion to Gemini Earn Program customers through the Genesis Global Capital, LLC  bankruptcy proceeding. In furtherance of that commitment, Gemini… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 1:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) says that customers may at some point mistakenly send unsupported tokens to their Coinbase address on an unsupported chain. One example of this is BNB Smart Chain (formerly known as Binance Smart Chain) – which is currently “not supported by Coinbase and as… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ETC Group is unveiling its latest ETP listed on Deutsche Börse XETRA, the ETC Group Ethereum Staking ETP (ticker ET32; ISIN DE000A3G90G9), a total return exchange-traded product that tracks the Compass Ethereum Total Return Monthly Index. Specifically tailored to meet the rigorous requirements of institutional… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance has invested in Babylon, a Bitcoin staking protocol that supports the concept of native Bitcoin staking allowing users to stake bitcoins for PoS blockchains and earn yields without any third-party custody, bridge solutions or wrapping… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumerin, a “decentralized” Hashpower Marketplace built on Arbitrum that has built technology to make Bitcoin hashrate a liquid asset allowing for global access to peer-to-peer, decentralized hashrate trading, announced a new integration with Portal, the “trust-minimized,” cross-chain swaps that involve no bridges, custody or wrapping…. Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 3:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX is announcing the official launch of our crypto exchange in Türkiye, OKX TR. OKX says they are pleased to provide Turkish users “with a trusted, compliant and transparent gateway to crypto trading and decentralized finance.” Currently, the OKX Web3 Wallet is “available in Türkiye… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 9:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc.  (NYSE: BKKT), which has been struggling to maintain operations due to a shortage of cash reserves but has acquired financial resources to keep running operations for now, and Swan Bitcoin announced that the companies have enabled Bitcoin trading across 49 U.S. states… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Balance, Canada’s digital asset custodian, is pleased to announce that it has once again surpassed $2B worth of assets under custody (AUC). Balance’s CEO, George Bordianu said: “Our focus since day one has been to build a world-class custodian for companies working with digital assets…. Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 10:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zoniqx (formerly known as Tassets) a provider of digital asset management services, this week announced its partnership with Ripple, an enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions firm. This collaboration harnesses the scalable infrastructure of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and integrates it with Zoniqx’s Tokenization Platform as a Service (TPaaS) and Tokenization Life… Read More

February 25, 2024 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the B2B digital assets infrastructure that prioritizes sustainability, has announced the appointment of Jason Tucker-Feltham as the company’s new Head of Sales. Tucker-Feltham is said to be “an experienced crypto sales, business development and capital introduction professional.” Prior to joining Zumo, he had reportedly… Read More

February 25, 2024 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital wealth platform Yield App has unveiled a “significant” expansion to its staking program. According to an update shared with CI, holders of the platform’s YLD token “can now earn H1 tokens through its new Diamond+ program at an attractive APY of 25%.” This initiative… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 2:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new report found that over half of finance-savvy Singaporeans own crypto, with staking emerging as the top use case, presenting an opportunity for regulated platforms to enable compliant participation in this growing trend through features emphasizing security, consumer protections and compliance. Crypto creates economic… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, a Web3 technology company, announced that it has partnered with Web3 platforms Biconomy, ZeroDev and Rhinestone to co-publish the ERC-7579 standard, which outlines technical standards for simplifying and unifying the management of ‘Modular Smart Accounts.’ The standard aims to enable developers “to customize and… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, the institution for digital assets, announced a partnership with Sift, the firm focused on Digital Trust & Safety. By working with Sift, Nexo will be able to enhance its approach “to fraud prevention, enhancing security measures and ensuring a safer, smoother, quicker, and more… Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance is launching a new crypto service for Switzerland. PostFinance is a financial service firm that serves over 2.5 million customers in Switzerland. It aims to assist smaller firms in their transition to digital finance including banking, payments, money management and more. PostFinance claims that… Read More

February 19, 2024 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Executives involved in managing digital assets like digital currencies, digital securities, and stablecoins expect digital asset risks to increase and the regulatory environment to become more complex in 2024, according to a recent Deloitte poll. Related investments at most organizations are expected to remain flat,… Read More

February 19, 2024 @ 9:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut is reportedly preparing to introduce a digital assets exchange that will aim to serve advanced or professional crypto traders. As widely reported, Revolut already provides standard cryptocurrency-focused services to around 30 million clients. The new crypto exchange will reportedly aim to provide competitive fees… Read More