Tagged: ethereum

February 5, 2020 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo, a leading digital asset custodian which holds $2 billion worth of cryptocurrency on behalf of its clients, has teamed up with SettleBit, a financial services provider, in order to allow institutions to conduct trades directly from their BitGo accounts. Established in 2013, BitGo provides… Read More

February 4, 2020 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stephen Pair, CEO at BitPay, a leading cryptocurrency payments processor, recently revealed that the platform will begin supporting additional digital assets. Pai confirmed that BitPay was also looking into integrating the Lighting Network (LN), a protocol for a layer-two payments network aimed at expediting Bitcoin… Read More

February 4, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise-grade distributed ledger tech (DLT) platform Insolar is launching its own main network (mainnet), while introducing its native Insolar Coin (XNS), in order to replace its previously used Ethereum-based digital token INS. Following the successful trial period of its testnet last year, Insolar has introduced… Read More

January 31, 2020 @ 6:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Heath P. Tarbert, chairman and chief executive at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently stated that he would like to see the United States lead the charge when it comes to adopting digital currencies and blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT). During… Read More

January 26, 2020 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Covantis, a blockchain-focused project backed by multinational agri-business companies such as Cargill, has reportedly chosen ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, New York-based Ethereum development studio, as its technology partner. Through Convantis’ partnership with ConsenSys, the Ethereum-based software developer will create a blockchain-powered platform to fully digitize the… Read More

January 23, 2020 @ 10:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum Classic Labs (ETC Labs) is teaming up with the United Nations’ Children Fund (UNICEF) Innovation Fund by providing $1 million to support various ongoing projects. According to a press release, ETC Labs said it will be allocating $750,000 to global startup graduates of UNICEF’s… Read More

January 20, 2020 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech Zeux has introduced a safe, Easy Access Money Pot, which is a mobile-based platform that awards app users 5% interest (at the annual equivalent rate or AER). The Easy Access Money Pot, which aims to be an alternative to traditional savings accounts, has… Read More

January 17, 2020 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) and the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin (BTC), has published its Digital Asset Investment Report, which highlights the firm’s record-setting investment activity from last year. The report also includes important information about Grayscale’s activity during… Read More

January 16, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Shaun Djie, co-founder and chief operating officer at Digix, one of the first “smart-asset” companies leveraging blockchain tech to account for the authentication and provenance of 99.99% investment-grade gold bullions. Shaun currently serves as a board member for Singapore’s IT… Read More

January 5, 2020 @ 11:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Luc Falempin, CEO at Tokeny Solutions, a compliant security tokenization platform, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Tokeny helps mid-cap firms, investment banks, funds, asset managers and distributors to “dematerialize” assets on the blockchain, which allows them to reach a global audience,… Read More

January 1, 2020 @ 4:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Parity nodes on the Ethereum cryptocurrency network stopped syncing December 30th after sustaining an apparent attack. Parity Technologies acknowledged the attack in an announcement December 31st: “We have investigated reports of some Parity Ethereum nodes not syncing and believe there may be an attack underway.”… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 10:35 pm By Cali Haan  |  

UK cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor has announced it is delisting Ethereum, “to focus on providing Bitcoin only services from the 3rd of January 2020,” Bitcoin’s 11th anniversary. “The decision will allow Coinfloor to provide a richer set of services for the world’s leading cryptocurrency while maintaining focus on… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack O’Holleran, CEO and co-founder at SKALE Labs, a company that’s developing solutions to improve blockchain consensus mechanisms, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. According to SKALE’s management, decentralized platforms must have greater throughput and lower transaction costs to satisfy the requirements… Read More

December 9, 2019 @ 5:00 am By Jonathan J. Attia and Thibault Verbiest  |  

We have deliberately chosen to limit our presentation, for pedagogical reasons, to the four fundamental periods represented by the emergence of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Libra and CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currency) because no other event (derived or similar project) has had such an impact on the… Read More

November 29, 2019 @ 11:08 pm By Cali Haan  |  

An Ethereum programmer who allegedly traveled to North Korea to deliver a presentation and technical advice on using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions was arrested on Thursday at the Los Angeles airport. Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency network after Bitcoin. Like Bitcoin, Ethereum is maintained and… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 7:31 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Polymath, a digital asset issuance platform, “optimised for (hosting) compliant assets operating in regulated markets,” has announced it will be building its Polymesh blockchain on Parity Substrate rather than Ethereum. Ethereum is the world’s second-largest “public” blockchain (self-settling ledger-like database). Ethereum was inspired by Bitcoin,… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Heath Tarbert, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has reiterated the statement that  Ether (ETH) futures contracts might be introduced next year. Earlier this month, Tarbert broke the news on the possibility of ETH futures during the Yahoo Markets All Finance conference. Tarbert… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Currency Group (DCG) subsidiary Grayscale Investments, the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin (BTC), has published its Digital Asset Investment Report for third quarter 2019. The firm’s report highlights its record-breaking quarter. During Q3 2019, Grayscale attracted $254.9 million into its investment products, which is… Read More

October 15, 2019 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital banking platform 2gether announced on Tuesday its support for Brave and the addition of Basic Attention Token (BAT) to its list of existing tokens. 2gether reported that BAT is a utility token based on the Ethereum blockchain and acts as a medium of exchange… Read More

October 9, 2019 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has created a crypto asset fund in order to receive, hold and distribute donations in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).  The aim of the crypto project is to promote the development of open-source protocols for children throughout the world,… Read More