Tagged: digital assets

May 19, 2023 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

May 19, 2023 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

May 18, 2023 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

May 17, 2023 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

May 17, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to be one of the world’s largest and trusted digital assets financial services ecosystems, announced a partnership with Copper.co, an institutional digital asset custody provider, “integrating its pioneering off-exchange collateral management and settlement solution, ClearLoop.” This collaboration “enhances Matrixport’s prime brokerage offerings… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Austrian digital asset firm Bitpanda is reportedly planning to invest $10 million in order establish a dedicated AI unit. Bitpanda explained that the new unit will aim to provide a suite of AI-enhanced products and investing solutions, including personalized investment ideas, automated portfolio strategies, as… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 12:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyphe, the digital asset liquidity provider for financial institutions, has received a certificate of compliance to ISO 27001 Information Security Management by internationally-recognized certification body, BSI Group. The certification “reinforces Hyphe’s commitment to the highest security standards ahead of Europe’s new Markets in Crypto Assets… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hex Trust, an institutional-grade digital asset custodian licensed across global financial hubs, has partnered with The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world to enable fully-licensed and highly-secure custody of assets such as LAND in The Sandbox’s metaverse. Hex Trust has fully “integrated LAND into its… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On the back of strong growth in the Middle East, Ripple, the enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider, is expanding its presence in Dubai by “opening a new office location in the heart of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and bringing Swell Global 2023, the… Read More

May 12, 2023 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fasset, the global digital asset platform for emerging markets, announces its partnership with Minted, a provider of precious metals, in order “to offer increased accessibility and liquidity to the global precious metals market through tokenization at the Dubai Fintech Summit.Under the MOU, Fasset will distribute… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in order “to collaborate on digital assets, including digital asset custody.” Subject to regulatory approval, Standard Chartered plans “to launch digital asset custody services, starting in DIFC and… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 7:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum announces the addition of Cosmos’ native token ATOM to its expanding portfolio of regulated digital asset banking products and services. Sygnum clients “can now conveniently buy and hold ATOM on its institutional-grade platform and stake their holdings to earn attractive staking rewards” From today,… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ishan Wahi was sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly “tipping his associates regarding crypto-assets that were going to be listed on Coinbase Exchanges.” Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced “that ISHAN WAHI, a former product… Read More

May 9, 2023 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the “longest-standing” DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original decentralized stablecoin, has announced the official launch date of Spark Protocol, a MakerDAO-centric decentralized application. Starting from May 9th, Spark Protocol will “serve as the underlying infrastructure for Spark… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 9:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange CryptoOrange has partnered with payments platform, Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), in order “to offer new ways for its customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies internationally.” Paysafe, which claims to have an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, which claims to be among the “highest-valued” digital asset security infrastructure platforms, recently announced the launch of its Fireblocks Compliance Solutions Suite in order “to streamline and simplify how institutions meet digital asset regulatory requirements and stay ahead of industry threats.” With the industry… Read More

May 7, 2023 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SCRYPT, the Swiss-licensed crypto trading firm offering digital asset solutions for institutions, announced a strategic partnership with London-based Fiat-as-a-Service platform Fiat Republic in order “to supercharge SCRYPT’s fiat on/off ramp capabilities, as well as improve automation of customer settlements to its institutional trading platform.” This… Read More

May 6, 2023 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) notes that it’s time to update the system. They also pointed out that the majority of financial systems were built over 100 years ago. According to the firm, the rules are “outdated, the technology has been slow to catch up, and all over… Read More

May 5, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zodia Custody has announced plans to become a net-zero company by 2050, as a signatory of the taskforce for leading tech companies fighting climate change, Tech Zero. With over 300 tech companies already among the signatories, Zodia Custody is reportedly the first digital asset custodian… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Video is a popular and engaging form of media that creators leverage to connect with their communities and share content across platforms. And as such, it has played a crucial role in the development of the online creator economy. However, there have been some limitations… Read More