Tagged: digital currency

August 3, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Philcoin’s staking rewards are now live. Philcoin is described as “a philanthropic blockchain movement.” Philanthropy and giving back have been “built into the very fabric of [their] company — from [their] business model, to [their] culture, technology and community rewards.” Their staking mechanism is “the… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Group, one of the “leading” digital asset service providers, has completed its registration as a digital currency exchange provider with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC). This marks “the first step in the company’s push to offer digital currency exchange services in… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StormX (STMX) is currently available via digital asset platform Okcoin. Customers may now deposit, withdraw, and trade STMX tokens via Okcoin. This offer is for “all Okcoin customers except for residents of the EU, the UK, Singapore, and Brunei.” Deposits, withdrawals, and trading are “live… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apifiny, the global cross-exchange digital asset trading network, recently announced the release of Apifiny Algo V1.1, an advanced crypto trading library in C++ “for High-Frequency Trading (HFT) and latency-sensitive traders.” This solution fully “supports futures trading, paper trading through Binance testnet, and has added Coinbase… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tech firm Bloom recently announced that their members may get spending rebates in the form of virtual currency. This move should see the Bloom App become one of Hong Kong’s first-ever spending apps that supports digital currency rebates for Visa card transfers made in Hong… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based banking institution Barclays has reportedly taken a stake in Copper via the cryptocurrency custody company’s recent funding round and has invested substantially even though there’s less enthusiasm for volatile crypto-assets. This, according to an update from Sky News. Established back in 2018, Copper offers… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com, which claims to be one of the world’s “fastest -growing” cryptocurrency platforms, recently announced that it has received registration and regulatory approval from the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM) in Italy as “a provider of virtual currency and digital wallet services.” This approval will… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, which claims to be one of the leading crypto trading apps, recently announced that it has been granted a provisional virtual assets (VA) license “to provide services to qualified investors in the UAE.” Granted by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), OKX’s provisional… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency markets remained fairly bearish in June 2022 after May’s broad market sell off, the team at Kraken notes in a report. All crypto sectors “reported negative returns month-over-month; even the best performers posted losses exceeding -18%.” Meme and metaverse coins “performed only slightly better… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 1:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the international financial “Super App” with over 18 million customers worldwide, is taking yet another solid step towards its goal of bringing clients the best financial products and services to manage their finances. Revolut’s “Learn & Earn” courses have been developed to assist clients… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Latin American digital asset exchange Bitso has introduced a cryptocurrency remittance service in Colombia. The service, which should enable individual consumers and businesses to send and receive “digital dollars,” is reportedly one of the first crypto-based remittance products offered in Colombia to date, according… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hiro, the “go-to” developer tools company for builders of the Bitcoin economy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Julia Austin to the Board of Directors. Austin, a former technology executive and current Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, “brings three decades of experience implementing… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Business sentiment towards cryptocurrencies as a “theme” declined by 8% in Q2 2022 verses Q1 2022, according to the Company Filings Analytics Database by GlobalData. The data and analytics company notes that crypto’s sentiments “have been on the downtrend since Q4 2021.” As part… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wyre, a crypto infrastructure provider, announced an integration with the global on/off-ramp service for digital wallets launched last month by MoneyGram, a key player in the evolution of digital P2P payments, on the Stellar network. This service was introduced with support from the Stellar Development… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a self-discipline initiative, China’s leading technology companies have reportedly decided to enforce “real-name” authentication for NFT (or non-fungible token) buyers and also want to help users avoid secondary marketplaces The agreement (not legally binding at the moment) serves as confirmation from the… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cellebrite DI Ltd. (NASDAQ: CLBT), which claims to be a leader in Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, and Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, have launched a partnership to “enable customers to easily identify and assess criminal activity involving cryptocurrency during… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their crypto trading platform now supports Interlay (INTR). You can add INTR to your Kraken account “by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.” Trading will “begin June 30th.” Here’s what you need to… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 7:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This summer, Gemini is making it easier for users to participate in the Solana ecosystem with Gemini’s Solana Summer fee promotion. Starting on July 1, 2022, the digital asset firm is “offering free USD trades to ActiveTrader and API (FIX and REST) users on the… Read More

July 4, 2022 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Just three weeks after (the once leading) cryptocurrency lender Celsius revealed that it was halting withdrawals, platform users are now demanding some answers, according to a report from the WSJ. When crypto-asset lending platform Celsius had suspended customer accounts following a sharp decline in valuations,… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fyllo, which claims to be the leading platform providing data-driven marketing and regulatory solutions to drive new growth, recently announced its expansion into the cryptocurrency vertical. The Fyllo Regulatory Database is available “across the U.S. to help businesses ensure their current and planned cryptocurrency products… Read More