Tagged: ethereum

September 22, 2023 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS) announced the CoinShares Hedge Fund Solutions division, as part of their mission to continue bridging the gap “between traditional institutional investors and the dynamic world of digital assets.” For the first time, CoinShares will be making its offerings “accessible to qualified… Read More

September 22, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) announced the results of a study—”verified” by Radius Insights—showing that Robinhood reportedly offers the “lowest cost” to trade crypto on average. The analysis compares prices quoted from various platforms and exchanges, “including Cash App, Coinbase Advanced, Coinbase, Crypto.com, and Kraken, concluding that customers… Read More

September 20, 2023 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum security professionals and developers have introduced ERC (Ethereum Request for Comment)-7512, a standard for onchain audit report representation, in a move to bolster blockchain security. This proposal aims to “enhance transparency and trust within the blockchain ecosystem by providing a standardized method to represent… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 11:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill from CoinShares notes that outflows over the last 9 weeks aggregate to almost $0.5 billion The CoinShares team also mentioned that digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling $54 million last week, “with outflows for 8 out of the last 9 weeks that… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale says it has abandoned the rights to Ethereum Proof of Work (ETHPoW) tokens as it simply does not make sense. Ethereum migrated away from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake in a major transition for the second most popular crypto token. Ethereum Merge… Read More

September 17, 2023 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment, the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S., announced today the launch of a new Bitcoin/Ethereum Portfolio as part of the Crypto Investing by Betterment suite. The portfolio provides direct access to the two largest cryptocurrencies in the market for investors who are… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise-grade staking platform Kiln announced that Coinbase Cloud has integrated Kiln’s On-Chain Platform into its product offering, “marking a significant milestone for Coinbase Cloud in streamlining and simplifying the Ethereum staking process.” Kiln On-Chain is a suite of smart contracts designed “to connect integrators and… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Haven1, an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain network, has announced a strategic alliance with the team at Coinbag, an institutional-grade asset management solution. The alliance will bring the founding members and the highly-skilled team of developers from Coinbag over to Haven1, “bolstering the network’s development in… Read More

August 27, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The expansion to this new Coinbase-incubated blockchain is set to offer 1inch users access to deeper liquidity, lower transaction costs and higher speeds. Continuing its expansion across the DeFi space, the 1inch Network is glad to share that the 1inch Aggregation Protocol and the 1inch… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital asset fund manager CoinShares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS) has released its digital asset fund flows Weekly report. As noted in a blog post by the firm’s management, disappointment from SEC ETF decisions has impacted sentiment. According to the update from CoinShares, digital asset investment… Read More

August 20, 2023 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca Crypto is pleased to share updates with their traders and partners. Starting from 9 am EST on Friday, August 18th, they will be rolling out support “for new cryptocurrencies, expanding their USDC pair support, and facilitating deposits and withdrawals for all supported Ethereum (ERC-20)… Read More

August 18, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lucas Kiely, chief investment officer of digital wealth platform Yield App, says that today’s tumble in crypto asset prices, driven by macro factors, will likely be short-lived. He adds that a wave of good news this week, “including the launch of Europe’s first spot bitcoin… Read More

August 13, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tanay Ved, Lucas Nuzzi & the Coin Metrics team have examined the various features and risks associated with DeFi lending in an extensive report. The researchers at Coin Metrics noted that “over the years, the digital asset ecosystem has spawned diverse use-cases.” Among them, decentralized… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 30th, 2015, the Genesis block of Ethereum was created. Eight years later, today Ethereum is the dominant blockchain network “with growing developer interest, lower transaction fees, and faster settlement times.” Yet, fewer than 0.5% of the 100 million developers worldwide “are actively building… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink Price Feeds are live on Base—a fast and “highly scalable” layer-2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase and secured by Ethereum. With this integration, developers building on Base can “have access to industry-standard Chainlink Data Feeds and other web3 services.” The native integration of Chainlink Price… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This announcement marks a significant milestone in the digital landscape as NexeraID in collaboration with PolygonID unveil their Web3 Compliance initiative. This project sets a standard for privacy protection while “ensuring strict adherence to regulatory requirements in the ever-evolving realm of Web3 compliance.” With the… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 30, 2023, several liquidity pools on Curve Finance were exploited, resulting in approximately $70 million in losses and triggering panic within the DeFi ecosystem, the team at Chainalysis noted. In a blog post, Chainalysis also mentioned that these hacks occurred due to “a… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares says it has built on the performance seen at the start of the year, “delivering Q2 results that represent the Group’s strongest quarter since the start of 2022.” CoinShares has shared some results: Revenue for Q2 2023: £10.7 million (Q2 2022: £13.9 million) Gains… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Neon EVM, an Ethereum Virtual Machine operating as a smart contract on Solana, announced its integration with Covalent, marking a significant step forward for both platforms. Neon EVM’s recently launched platform “allows developers to use EVM developer tools and Ethereum’s compute layer to transact on… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 13, 2023, the crypto and blockchain industry got “good news” when Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Ripple did “not violate securities law in selling its token (XRP) via public exchanges,” the… Read More