Tagged: digital assets

Hong Kong: ZA Bank to Launch Digital Asset Trading Services for Retail Investors

ZA Bank, Hong Kong’s virtual bank, unveiled its plan to introduce virtual asset trading services for retail investors. With this move, ZA Bank is set “to support the Hong Kong SAR government’s vision to develop a vibrant sector and ecosystem for virtual assets.” ZA Bank’s… Read More

Digital Assets: WOOFi Introduces Cross-Chain Staking Powered by Arbitrum, LayerZero

The WOO token can now be staked “across seven chains to earn USDC on Arbitrum from WOOFi swap fees.” As noted in a blog post, WOOFi Stake 1.0 was “born on BNB Chain back in December 2021 and quickly grew in TVL as WOO stakers… Read More

Cogito Protocol Partners with Unicorn Ventures, a VC Fund Focusing on DeFi, Metaverse, Blockchain Gaming

The team at Cogito Protocol is pleased to share their exciting new collaboration with Unicorn Ventures, a “community-backed” venture capital fund focusing on decentralized finance, metaverse, and blockchain gaming. Together with their partner, they strive “to grow Cogito and their ecosystem’s adoption.” They share a… Read More

Stablecoins: Avalanche Euro Coin or EUROC Is Expanding Access to the Euro

Euro Coin, or EUROC, launched on Ethereum in 2022 in order “to provide businesses and developers with a fully reserved, euro-backed stablecoin they can trust.” Euro Coin helps unlock new opportunities “for global commerce, faster and more efficient FX, and greater access to the euro… Read More

Decentralized Finance: API3 Teams Up with Dovish, a Perpetual Swap Protocol in the DeFi Ecosystem

API3 is pleased to announce our latest partnership with Dovish, a perpetual swap protocol in the DeFi ecosystem. With a commitment to bringing smart money into DeFi, Dovish is “utilizing API3’s data feeds for their upcoming perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) launch on Polygon’s zkEVM.” After… Read More

Crypto Trading: Gulf Binance Obtains Digital Asset Operator Licenses in Thailand

Gulf Binance Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Innova Co., Ltd., has now secured digital asset operator licenses from the country’s Ministry of Finance. Digital asset operators are “regulated by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).” Gulf Binance will be able “to… Read More

WEF: Crypto Industry Report Identifies Barriers, Potential Solutions in Global Digital Asset Regulation

From fragmented monitoring and enforcement to differing classifications of crypto assets, many barriers hinder global coordination on crypto-asset regulation efforts. A new study from the World Economic Forum identifies “the importance of a global approach to crypto-asset regulations and provides potential solutions to these barriers.”… Read More

SC Ventures Exits Stake in Metaco SA, a Swiss-based Digital Asset Firm

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s (LON: STAN) innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, has exited its stake in Metaco SA, a Swiss-based tech firm offering critical software infrastructure that enables institutions to issue, secure, manage and trade digital assets. SC Ventures was “one of the early… Read More

Digital Asset Firm Kraken Completes SOC 2, Type I for Custody, Funding Services

As part of Kraken’s commitment to client security, they have reportedly completed and passed an independent auditor’s examination over internal controls as defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) SOC 2, Type I compliance standard. Kraken has shared details “about this process… Read More

HAYVN, a Regulated Digital Asset Focused Financial Institution, Shares Key Updates

HAYVN, a regulated digital asset focused financial institution, announced “strong” HAYVN 20 Cryptocurrency Index Fund returns to investors during Q1 2023, despite increasing volatility in the digital asset market. The index fund for cryptocurrency assets “offering clients a diversified, low cost, and regulated strategy to… Read More

Ethereum Adoption: RockX Extends Digital Assets Product Suite with ETH Native Staking Solution

RockX, a firm focused on supportin institutional-grade staking solutions throughout Asia, is broadening its staking product suite with the addition of a new ETH native staking solution. This latest offering supports RockX‘s position “as a comprehensive provider of diverse staking needs, responding adroitly to the… Read More

Securities Commission Malaysia Takes Action Against Huobi Global for Operating Crypto Exchange without Registration

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has taken action against Huobi Global Limited, and its Chief Executive Officer Leon Li for “operating a digital asset exchange (DAX) in Malaysia without registration.” Accordingly, the SC has “issued a public reprimand against Huobi Global Limited, and Leon Li… Read More

Digital Assets: Talos Acquires D3X Systems to Expand Pre-Trade Capabilities into Portfolio Engineering

Talos, the “premier” provider of institutional digital assets trading technology, has acquired D3X Systems, a developer of institutional technology to support systematic investment strategies. The D3X platform “enables investors to apply the advanced portfolio engineering techniques, tried and tested in traditional capital markets, to digital… Read More

Digital Assets: LMAX Digital, Zodia Custody to Provide Institutional-Grade Trading Infrastructure, Custody Solution for CoinShares

Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, and LMAX Digital, the regulated institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Group, announce a collaboration to deliver institutional-grade trading infrastructure and custody services for the European leading Alternative Asset… Read More

Digital Asset Hedge Fund AltTab Capital Opens London Office

AltTab Capital, the cryptocurrency and digital assets hedge fund company, announces the launch of an office in London, UK, which will allow it to expand its network of international Professional Investors and other partners. AltTab Capital was “founded as an investment company in North America… Read More

Stablecoins: Tether Enters Payment Collaboration For Small Businesses in Argentina

Tether, the company operating the blockchain-enabled platform tether.to that powers the first and most widely used stablecoin, announced a collaboration with KriptonMarket, an on/off ramp solution, in order “to give users in Argentina access to stablecoins at the Central Market of Buenos Aires, one of… Read More

Digital Assets: PYOR Raises $4M to Support Institutional Participation in Crypto-Assets Sector

PYOR (Power Your Own Research), a “pioneer” in enabling high-fidelity data and insights for the digital assets industry, announced $4 million USD of funding in its seed round. The investment round was “led by Castle Island Ventures, with further investment from Hash3, Antler, Future Perfect… Read More

Digital Asset Hedge Fund ARK36 Launches Algorithmic Machine Learning Trading Software

ARK36, the Cyprus-based leading alternative investment digital asset fund, has announced today the launch of a proprietary machine learning-based trading software system, “to improve the way its portfolio management team can navigate the dynamic world of cryptocurrency trading.” The new software will “leverage advanced algorithms… Read More

Digital Assets: Fintech Firm Ripple Acquires Custody Provider Metaco for $250M

With this key acquisition, Ripple takes on the growing institutional crypto custody market, expected to reach $10T by 2030 Ripple, the Fintech focused on enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced it has acquired Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenization technology. Diversifying… Read More

European Digital Asset Manager CoinShares Reports Solid Start to 2023

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS), the European digital asset manager, has published its results for the quarter ending 31st March 2023. Jean-Marie Mognetti, Chief Executive Officer of CoinShares said: “I’m pleased to announce that Q1 2023 has underscored CoinShares’ robust resilience and adaptability. The… Read More

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