Tagged: digital assets

February 21, 2023 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2023 is “proving” to be an exciting year for the VeChain Foundation. They have many tech developments “in the pipeline, including a near-term deployment of some ground-breaking tools that promise to lower barriers to entry and elevate the VeChainThor ecosystem even further.” Their mission has… Read More

February 20, 2023 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic, the global firm focused on crypto-asset risk management, announced that it has expanded its global leadership team with the appointment of Barry Chubrik as Chief Financial Officer, and Sophie Froment as Chief People Officer. Chubrik will join Elliptic’s growing US team “based out of… Read More

February 19, 2023 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercuryo, a crypto payments company, and ConsenSys, a Web3 company, have announced an integration within MetaMask that will “allow MetaMask users to bypass mainstream exchanges and buy crypto tokens with bank cards, Apple Pay, and various bank transfer methods directly in their wallets.” This aims… Read More

February 19, 2023 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus SA, the digital asset infrastructure provider for financial institutions in Europe, is pleased to announce a $65 million Series B capital raise from strategic investors. Taurus’ Series B investment round is “led by Credit Suisse and includes participation from new institutional investors such as… Read More

February 18, 2023 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gate.io is now fully integrated with Copper.co’s ClearLoop solution. This integration will “serve as a mutual benefit to both parties, as institutional clients can utilize Copper.co’s technology to deploy capital on the exchange and trade immediately, while also maintaining independent custody of their funds with… Read More

February 17, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As we look towards the future of crypto, 2023 presents Blockchain.com with an opportunity to build upon their success, “prepare for what’s ahead and — most importantly — continue to support their tens of millions of customers in over 150 countries.” To kick off this… Read More

February 17, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DBS reported an 80% year-on-year growth in the number of Bitcoin (BTC) traded on the DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx) in 2022, and “a doubling in the number of BTC custodised with the bank’s digital asset custody solution.” The firm claims these business metrics “underscore the… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coincover announced $30M in funding, “led by Silicon Valley’s Foundation Capital with follow-on investment from CMT digital.” The fresh capital will “accelerate recruitment, product updates, and partnerships to safeguard the crypto ecosystem – preventing, compensating, and protecting against crypto threats.” Founded in 2018 and launched… Read More

February 13, 2023 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As more of the crypto ecosystem adopts proof of stake over the more energy-intensive proof of work protocol, crypto users around the world are “being introduced to the benefits of ‘staking,” according to an update from Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase,… Read More

February 13, 2023 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FalconX, a digital assets platform for institutional investors, announced that Baris Cetinok has joined the team as Chief Product Officer. As a product and technology veteran with more than 25 years of experience, Cetinok has played an integral role in “shaping important business initiatives and… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BANXA Holdings Inc. (TSXV:BNXA), the on-and-off ramp solution for Web3, announced an integration with ConsenSys’ self-custody Web3 wallet, MetaMask, “to simplify on-and-off ramping fiat to crypto.” On top of global users being able to purchase crypto via standard methods such as credit cards and Apple… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdfund Insider recently connected with Mike Taormina, Alluvial’s Co-Founder Chief Operating Officer. As COO of Alluvial, he works with industry professionals to build Liquid Collective, an enterprise-grade liquid staking standard. Alluvial is the software development company supporting the implementation of the Liquid Collective protocol. Alluvial… Read More

February 10, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vaultavo Inc. has developed a patent-pending crypto custody solution “to address the security requirements of the institutional market and its clients.” The Vaultavo Custody Solution “combines the world’s first biometric digital asset custody smart card with state-of-the-art proprietary vaults and secure SaaS digital platform and… Read More

February 10, 2023 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Digital asset firm Kraken’s settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has left many wondering what this means for the industry’s future. Fireblocks’ Chief Legal & Compliance Officer Jason Allegrante and Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA)’s Executive Director Alison Mangiero have the… Read More

February 10, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rosbank demonstrated the first digital gold exchange deal in Russia using digital rubles. According to the bank it involved “the exchange of tokenized gold between two parties using innovative distributed ledger technology (blockchain) to ensure the security and continuity of the process.” The project was… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd. (SBI DAH) and Zodia Custody Limited, a crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, announce that they have reportedly “entered into definitive agreements to launch a joint venture in Japan.” Subject to anti-trust… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 4:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tax season is a “dreaded” time of the year for many — especially crypto users, according to an update from Binance. Scouring a spreadsheet and computing all your transactions, gains, and losses throughout the past year can be, well, “taxing.” For day traders, who normally… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gate.io, which claims to be one of the world’s “leading” digital asset trading platforms, has chosen Coinfirm, a key player focused on analytics and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions for the blockchain industry, “as one of its key AML/CFT partners.” The partnership will “give Gate.io access… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 7:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has invested in GOPAX, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange licensed “to provide fiat-to-crypto services to customers, as part of its Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI).” In November 2022, GOPAX halted “the withdrawal… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK government has released proposals for regulation of the cryptocurrency industry in hopes of “stabilizing the market while diminishing the incentives for users to flock to offshore jurisdictions.” Perhaps one of the benefits of the post-FTX landscape is that regulators are now “urged to… Read More