Tagged: digital currencies

July 13, 2022 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

French startup Qori has officially launched services, allowing Europeans to make payments in store, remotely or online with their bank or virtual currency wallets without being required to download a proprietary app. The “pay by bank” and “pay by crypto” tech is currently available to… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Optimism’s native token, OP, is now available on Okcoin. Customers can now deposit, withdraw, and trade OP tokens via Okcoin. As noted in the update, all Okcoin customers “except for residents of the EU, the UK, Singapore, and Brunei” may trade OP tokens. As confirmed… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance.US, the U.S. partner to the world’s largest crypto exchange and “America’s home” to buy, sell, trade, convert and stake digital assets, recently announced the appointment of Jasmine Lee, a seasoned financial services and technology executive, as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Jasmine will… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Via Enfuce’s “turnkey” service, NBX can offer credit and debit cards “with loyalty-boosting crypto rewards.” NBX, which claims to be the “leading” Nordic crypto exchange, has selected Enfuce, one of Europe’s major Fintech companies, “as its card service provider.” The partnership allows NBX “to offer… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEXC Global, which claims to be a leading digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform, reveals that it has taken steps towards improving the process of crypto purchases by offering investors in 180 countries the option of buying cryptocurrencies using Visa or Mastercard. Visa and Mastercard… Read More

June 25, 2022 @ 12:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, which claims to be a global leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, has successfully connected with Coinbase Prime, the prime broker for digital assets, in order “to offer institutional clients a fully regulated path to trade cryptocurrencies.” TS… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the payments company making crypto accessible to everyone, recently announced its integration with the GameStop Wallet. The Ramp integration “allows GameStop Wallet users to purchase Ethereum quickly and without needing to leave the Company’s self-custodial Ethereum wallets.” Ramp enables enterprises “to deploy fiat to… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 4:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist recently revealed that they’re working cooperatively with Go+ Security in order to help secure the future of Web3. The main goal of this cooperation is “to exchange data.” SlowMist will provide Go+ Security with their malicious address data of EVM tokens (mostly on ETH… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prices of digital assets crashed in early May 2020, when Bitcoin (BTC) fell almost 32% from $39,500 to $27,000 within only a week. The team at Kraken asks, “Could this be the beginning of a long crypto winter?” Or do the on-chain metrics “tell a… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Alloy, which specializes in identity verification APIs that make KYC/AML “effective and simple,” has looked into how DeFi has evolved into a “major” sector of crypto without running KYC or AML checks on users. The Alloy team members have looked at “Permissioned… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, which claims to be the industry “leader” focused on digital asset and crypto technology, announced that it has appointed the former Head of Fintech at the Bank of England, Varun Paul, “as its new Central Banking Digital Currency (CBDC) and Market Infrastructure Director.” In… Read More

May 31, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merge has secured $9.5 million in capital via a seed round in order to create its API-powered banking and payments solution, effectively bridging the gap between fiat and cryptocurrency-based ecosystems. Merge aims to address the ongoing struggle that many firms in the crypto economy face… Read More

May 26, 2022 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Intelligence Group, a global cryptocurrency compliance and intelligence company, owned by BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), announces full support for both the Dash and Dogecoin cryptocurrencies “in its data tools ecosystem.” Exchanges, banks and law enforcement now can “track and trace, and risk… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Since the advent of computing in the 1940s, there has been a “major computing cycle” every 10-15 years, including PCs in the ‘80s, the internet in the ‘90s, and mobile computing in the ‘00s. The team at Andreessen Horowitz believes that blockchains will “power the… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercuryo, the cryptocurrency payments firm, has revealed that it has hit 3 million users globally. The key milestone represents an acceleration in growth for the London-based business, having reached 2 million clients only four months back (in January of this year). Mercuryo is an international… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing, a digital identity blockchain/DLT ecosystem enabling seamless access through a suite of L2 iD protocols, has announced the launch of a Multichain bridge (BEP20 to ERC-20 tokens transfer now live). ShareToken is currently available via Binance Chain, BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, and ShareLedger. ShareLedger… Read More

May 23, 2022 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coins.ph, the Philippines’ fiat and crypto wallet services provider and Joffre Capital portfolio company recently announced the completion of a $30 million Series C financing led by Ribbit Capital, and “joined by other strategic investors.” The new capital will be used “to further expand its… Read More

May 22, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StoneX Markets LLC, a subsidiary of StoneX Group Inc., a provider of execution, post-trade settlement, clearing and custody services across asset classes and markets worldwide, has announced that it successfully “executed and settled its first cash-settled BTC/USD swap.” The counterparty to the trade was one… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bittrex, a U.S.-headquartered virtual currency exchange, recently announced that it has added support for USD Coin (USDC) to its list of crypto trading pairs.” Traders will now have the ability “to trade against USDC along with other quote currencies currently available on the Bittrex exchange.”… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis, a digital asset industry pioneer and the “premier” institutional crypto derivatives provider, recently announced that GGC International Limited has “joined the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) as a Primary Member.” Genesis, through its GGC International Limited entity, was “one of the first participants… Read More