Tagged: digital assets

August 9, 2023 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink Price Feeds are live on Base—a fast and “highly scalable” layer-2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase and secured by Ethereum. With this integration, developers building on Base can “have access to industry-standard Chainlink Data Feeds and other web3 services.” The native integration of Chainlink Price… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) released financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 for both itself and Galaxy Digital Holdings LP. Michael Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Galaxy, said: “Galaxy’s operating businesses performed well in the second quarter against… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has signed a strategic agreement with Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain. This strategic partnership empowers TASE “to offer a comprehensive range of innovative and secure digital asset products and… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VNX, a Liechtenstein-based company registered by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA), has partnered with Burrito Wallet, which is developed by a subsidiary of Bithumb, a Korean cryptocurrency exchange, to introduce South Korean users “to the digital assets VNX Gold, VNX Euro, and VNX Swiss… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The last couple of months have been anything but “dull” for the digital asset industry – enforcement actions, regulatory proposals, the first ever SPBD approval and, of course, the landmark Ripple decision, the team at tZERO recently noted. tZERO Group, Inc., which claims to be… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced the promotion of Abhi Bisarya to Chief Product Officer. In this role, Bisarya will continue “to lead Crypto.com’s product development and strategy as part of the Company’s executive leadership team.” Since joining Crypto.com in 2022 “as EVP, Product, Bisarya has enabled Crypto.com to… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security announced a significant collaboration with CryptoTax, a virtual asset tax service platform headquartered in South Korea. This strategic partnership is geared “towards fostering… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

D8X, an institutional-grade decentralized exchange (DEX) for derivatives on Polygon zkEVM, announced a $1.5 million pre-seed round with support from Polygon Ventures and various other investors. The capital will help D8X launch “a decentralized derivatives trading platform in the second half of 2023 that provides… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, which claims to be one of Coingecko’s top-five cryptocurrency exchanges, is pleased to announce that users can now “buy crypto on-chain using Bybit’s peer-to-peer (P2P) trading service.” The P2P enhancement currently “allows for the purchase of USDT using more than 62 fiat currencies, with… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital currency exchange Huobi has reportedly seen total outflows of over $73 million during the last week, a time period in which a few of the firm’s executives were taken into police custody by authorities in China. Huobi operates one of the largest crypto exchanges… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 8:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The futures basis, the difference in price between monthly settled bitcoin futures traded on the CME and the spot price of bitcoin, is “showing receding optimism from traders,” the team at NYDIG Research notes. The NYDIG Research team points out that the rolling 1-month futures… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance says it is pleased to announce the appointment of our former Global Head of Corporate Compliance Kristen Hecht as their new Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Global Money Laundering Reporting Officer (GMLRO) at Binance. As noted in a blog post, Kristen reportedly “brings… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 2:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) on Friday (August 4, 2023) reportedly requested a judge to end the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ongoing lawsuit that’s accusing the world’s biggest publicly-listed crypto exchange of violating applicable federal securities laws. As mentioned in a filing in federal court… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based digital bank Revolut will reportedly stop US clients from accessing cryptocurrencies. This, according to an official statement from the firm that was issued on Friday (August 4, 2023). Revolut has cited the current US regulatory environment and the overall crypto market uncertainty as the… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bridgecoin Capital unveiled the launch of their new lending platform, which is the first of its kind to lend customers’ crypto into traditional real estate assets. This novel model, “designed by the partnership of real estate and crypto professionals, is the first tax efficient method… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which is being sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues and appears to be operating in jurisdictions where crypto services are banned, is pleased to announce the launch of Binance Japan, their new platform “designed for the Japanese market.” Binance says… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares says it has built on the performance seen at the start of the year, “delivering Q2 results that represent the Group’s strongest quarter since the start of 2022.” CoinShares has shared some results: Revenue for Q2 2023: £10.7 million (Q2 2022: £13.9 million) Gains… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s largest virtual currency exchange, was expected to leave China behind when the nation officially made cryptocurrency trading illegal back in 2021. Two years later, clients have reported traded $90 billion worth of crypto-focused assets in China during a… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, which claims to be a pioneering digital asset cybersecurity and regulation technology (Regtech) project, recently announced a significant milestone in its mission to protect virtual asset investors. The company signed a momentous “MOU” with Bitcmon, a virtual asset exchange, to enhance response capabilities… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had reportedly requested Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) to halt trading in all virtual currencies with the exception of Bitcoin (BTC) prior to filing a lawsuit against the crypto exchange in June of this year, the Financial Times revealed on Monday… Read More