Tagged: self-custody

April 28, 2023 @ 1:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Giddy, the self-custody smart wallet that connects crypto holders to DeFi earning opportunities, has raised $6.9 million in a fresh round of funding. The capital raised from the investment round will be used “to further Giddy’s mission of bringing easy crypto DeFi adoption to the… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinFlip, a Fintech company powered by cryptocurrency, announces today a new chapter of growth and product evolution with the launch of ‘Olliv,’ a safe, inclusive, self-custody-powered crypto platform delivering financial services in the digital economy accessible to everyone. Olliv claims it is “breaking down the… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Celo, the carbon-negative, mobile-first EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain is now integrated with Safe, the self-custody infrastructure provider and trusted decentralized custody protocol. Users and builders can now use Safe’s custody and asset management solution “natively on the Celo blockchain.” The events of the past year “have… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As Chainalysis discussed recently, the collapse of FTX and resulting market action prompted large net outflows “from centralized exchanges, as many users shifted their funds to personal wallets, also commonly referred to as ‘unhosted wallets’.” Chainalysis found that while the trend wasn’t “as pronounced as… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

THORChain, a non-custodial decentralized native asset protocol that enables wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and users to seamlessly transfer their digital assets across blockchains, has completed its integration with Trust Wallet, a self-custodial and multi-chain wallet provider. This integration “unlocks decentralized multichain swaps for the more… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, which claims to be a leading cryptocurrency platform, has introduced the “seamless” Quick Transfer feature and announced Ledger hard wallet compatibility “to streamline self-custody for millions of users.” The Quick Transfer feature “allows OKX users to easily transfer assets between the OKX exchange and… Read More

December 29, 2020 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nic Neuman from Casa says that the biggest security problem that Bitcoin (BTC) has is its user experience (UX). This past October 2020 marked the 12th anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper. During this relatively short period of time, Bitcoin has fundamentally transformed “the way… Read More