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Solace Portfolio Insurance Going Live in the Aurora Ecosystem
5.7.2022
Solace Portfolio Insurance recently went live on the Aurora network, and the platform will now provide its decentralized insurance solutions to Aurora users. In addition, Aurora users can securely explore decentralized finance. SPI (Solace Portfolio Insurance) is the first-of-its-kind DeFi...
Surprise twist as BlockFi receives Money Services License in Iowa
29.6.2022
Despite a significant fine from Iowa’s regulator just two weeks earlier, BlockFi has scored itself a license in the state
Belgian Banking Group KBC Creates Blockchain-Based Coin
18.6.2022
KBC Group, a major European banking and insurance institution headquartered in Belgium, has launched a token based on a blockchain platform. Its customers will be able to acquire the new proprietary coins and use them through their KBC wallet and mobile app. KBC Issues Digital Coin for Clients...
Struggle for Web3’s soul: The future of blockchain-based identity
7.6.2022
What’s behind Buterin’s embrace of “soulbound tokens”? Ensuring Ethereum’s dominance? A backlash against NFTs? Creating a better world?
11% of US insurers invest — or are interested in investing — in crypto
2.6.2022
Of the 328 CFOs and CIOs representing around half of the global insurance industry, 6% responded their firm was either already invested or considering an investment into cryptocurrencies
Finance Redefined: Uniswap breaches $1T volume, WEF 2022 discussion on Terra, and more
28.5.2022
The past week in DeFi saw Uniswap breach $1 trillion trading volume, while WEF 2022 saw Terra at the center of most crypto and DeFi discussions
The increasingly acute need for crypto-native insurance
28.5.2022
Traditional insurance isn’t going to step up and protect our crypto assets, so we need to do it ourselves, in a decentralized manner
Billionaire Bill Miller calls Bitcoin 'insurance' against financial catastrophe
27.5.2022
Miller said Bitcoin “functioned without the Fed and without any interference” during times of market turmoil, concluding that “it’s an insurance policy, the way I look at it.”
Teller Finance Wants to Diversify DeFi With Travel Insurance
12.5.2022
Teller’s CreditFi platform lets USDC holders earn yield by lending capital to Koala Insurance
Lloyd’s-Licensed Broker Launches Crypto Insurance Product
11.5.2022
The Daylight insurance offering for crypto firms begins with technology liability and cyber insurance
Question of centralization faces growing crypto insurance industry
9.5.2022
Cryptocurrency insurance is expected to be a big business: Will it be centralized or decentralized?
From smart insurance to on-chain document verification: Here’s how NEAR aims to improve Kenya
9.5.2022
NEAR Foundation backs Kenya-based blockchain community Sankore to educate and train blockchain developers and analysts to support the growth of local projects
Virtual Insurer and German Giant Munich Re Team Up to Offer Digital Asset Insurance
11.4.2022
Hong Kong-based virtual insurer OneDegree has entered into a three-year strategic partnership with German reinsurer Munich Re to launch OneInfinity, a new digital asset insurance product.
OneDegree says its product is an insurance and technology offering designed specifically for digital asset...
FDIC Asks Thousands of Banks to Disclose Crypto Plans
11.4.2022
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has asked thousands of banks and other financial institutions it supervises to declare existing crypto activities and any plans they have to engage in crypto activities in the future. Banks to Disclose Crypto Plans to FDIC The Federal Deposit...
Hong Kong’s OneDegree Inks Deal with Reinsurer Munich Re to Launch Digital Asset Insurance
11.4.2022
Currently, only 1.5% of assets held by global exchanges and custodians are insured
The FDIC wants US banks to report on current and intended crypto-related activities
7.4.2022
The U.S. bank insurer has concerns over the ability of the institutions it supervises to assess crypto risks adequately, and it’s none too sure about its own abilities
Lemonade’s Insurance dApp to Protect Farmers Amidst Climate Change
23.3.2022
The non-profit arm of Lemonade, the Lemonade Foundation, has announced that it will extend its support to vulnerable farmers who have been severely affected due to climate change. The Lemonade Foundation has always thrived on making social and environmental effects through technology. Nothing else...
Lemonade Is Working With Avalanche, Chainlink on Weather Insurance for Farmers
22.3.2022
A newly formed DAO backed by the Lemonade Foundation will roll out permissionless weather insurance to African farmers later this year
Lemonade partners with blockchain bigwigs to combat climate change
22.3.2022
The coalition will release a decentralized application to help farmers make or receive payments using crypto
Japanese Fintech Firm Kyash Raises $41 Million, Jack Dorsey’s Block Participates in Funding
18.3.2022
A Tokyo-based financial technology company called Kyash has raised $41.2 million in a Series D funding round which saw participation from the Block (formerly known as Square). The investment into the Japanese mobile financial app firm is the Block’s first investment in the Asia Pacific...