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Stablecoin Savings: Circle Launches High Yield USDC Accounts for Businesses
7.11.2020
Two years ago the cryptocurrency firm Circle announced the launch of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. This week, Circle revealed the launch of high yield digital dollar business accounts with APY up to 10.75%. On September 26, 2018, Circle and the Centre open-source consortium launched...
Swiss Bank Sygnum Begins Storing Crypto With Taurus Group, Launches Staking Service
6.11.2020
The Switzerland-based bank Sygnum has announced this week that the fintech firm is now storing digital assets with the company Taurus Group. On Friday, the bank also revealed that the FINMA-approved firm’s clientele can purchase and stake XTZ by leveraging the Tezos network. Earlier this...
Global law firm launches 'high value asset' token platform ‘TOKO’
6.11.2020
DLA Piper’s new tokenization platform has already completed its first asset tokenization with a “piece of fine art.”
Visa’s Planned $5.3B Purchase of Fintech Firm Plaid Challenged by US DOJ
5.11.2020
The Justice Department alleges Visa’s acquisition of Plaid would eliminate competition in the online debit market, leading to higher prices
CryptoFranc (XCHF) – A Stable Coin by Swiss Franc Crypto Firm
5.11.2020
In the race of cryptocurrencies, there are many new digital currencies from various regions and countries from all around the globe entering the Crypto ecosystem. In this fierce competition, every new cryptocurrency has to pave its way and fight its own survival battle. Still, even after such...
US Bitcoin Mining Firm Layer1 in Legal Tussle Over Power Plant Ownership
3.11.2020
Layer1 Technologies is facing a lawsuit from a co-founder who claims he invested millions of dollars and was then forced out of the firm
China’s digital yuan is ‘a long way’ from beating USD says financial firm exec
3.11.2020
Sounds like its CBDC is unlikely to dethrone the United States dollar as the world’s reserve currency anytime soon
Court Filing Accuses Bitmex Cofounders of ‘Looting’ $440 Million Before the Fed Crackdown
2.11.2020
A civil lawsuit has been filed against the firm HDR Global Trading Limited, the parent company of the exchange Bitmex, alongside the three cofounders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed. Plaintiffs allege “the defendants’ Hayes, Delo, and Reed looted about $440,308,400 of proceeds...
Bitcoin adoption could reach 90% by 2030, investment firm founder claims
29.10.2020
Adoption started slow, but has ramped up with the passage of time
Blockchain Firm Figment Raises $2.5M in Funding Round Led by Bonfire Ventures
29.10.2020
Figment said the latest round will enable it to continue developing its blockchain staking, governance and developer tools
Australian Firm to Accept Tether in Sydney Stock Exchange IPO Bid
29.10.2020
The Australian capital-raising platform STAX has announced that its client the West Coast Aquaculture Group (WCA) is to become the country’s first business to launch an initial public offering (IPO) that will accept a blockchain-powered token, the stablecoin tether (USDT), as part of...
Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Visa Card in the US
29.10.2020
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the San Francisco-based...
Overstock’s Medici Ventures Invests $8M in Blockchain Firm Bitt
28.10.2020
Medici Ventures has completed a third equity purchase in Barbados-based Bitt, bringing it a controlling interest in the blockchain firm
MicroStrategy’s $425M Bitcoin Bet ‘Elevating Firm’s Profile,’ Say Executives
27.10.2020
Bitcoin is boosting MicroStrategy's market visibility, say executives. Revenues rose 6.4% year-over-year and the company notched a net loss of $14.2 million for the quarter
Onchain Data Shows Rising Bitcoin Whale Index Surpassing 4-Year High
27.10.2020
Onchain analytics from the research and analysis firm Glassnode shows that the number of bitcoin whales (addresses with at least 1,000 bitcoins) has surpassed 1,900 clusters. The number of network participants in terms of 1,000 coin whales hasn’t been this high since 2016. Seven-day trailing...
British fintech firm opening physical crypto bank branches in India
26.10.2020
The new venture will reportedly include 34 “physical branches and operations” in northern India
PayPal-Backed Blockchain Analytics Firm Hires Former US Treasury Adviser
26.10.2020
TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics firm with backing from PayPal, is adding Ari Redbord as its head of legal and government affairs
Voyager Digital Buys European Crypto Exchange Focused on Institutional Investors
24.10.2020
Crypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd is buying LGO Markets, a French cryptocurrency exchange focused on corporate investors. The two firms will merge under one brand, Voyager, and their two separate native tokens, VGX and LGO, will also merge. The deal grants Voyager, a Canadian Securities...
Bitcoin Businesses on the Mend: Report Shows 57% of Crypto Execs Expect the Industry to Accelerate, Companies Are Hiring
23.10.2020
Digital Currency Group (DCG) recently published the firm’s “State of Crypto 2020” report which polls more than 150 portfolio crypto companies. According to the study, 75% of the respondents believe the value of their business has grown this year, while 50% of the startups have...
Grayscale Adds $300 Million in Cryptocurrency Assets Under Management in Just 24 Hours
23.10.2020
Grayscale Investments said Thursday that it added $300 million in net assets under management (AUM) in just the last 24 hours. ■ The firm now has a record $7.3 billion in total AUM, according to a tweet by Barry Silbert, chief executive officer of the Digital Currency Group, Grayscale’s...