Fireblocks Opens New Switzerland Office to Expand Its DACH Footprint
Bitcoin Suisse founding member and former Morgan Stanley Vice President to co-lead Fireblocks’ Swiss expansion New York / Zürich, September 14, 2021 — Fireblocks announced today it will be dedicating significant resources toward expanding its presence and growth in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) market with the opening of a new office headquartered in Switzerland. Over […]
Paxful Electrifies Platform with Lightning Network Integration
New York, September 14, 2021 — Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech platform, today announced its global integration on the Lightning Network. Over seven million Paxful users will now be able to leverage the power of the Lightning Network, a system built on top of the Bitcoin (BTC) network. The Lightning Network allows users to […]
EY Announces Integration with Polygon Protocol and Framework on Ethereum Scaling Solutions
LONDON, September 14, 2021 — The EY organization today announced it is using the Polygon protocol and framework to deploy EY blockchain solutions on the public Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. As more enterprises adopt blockchain technology, transaction volumes and costs on the main public Ethereum blockchain have risen. Adopting Polygon’s commit chain solutions allows the EY […]
deBridge Announces $5.5m Fundraising Five Months After Winning the Chainlink Hackathon
Panama City, September 7, 2021 — deBridge, a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol, is delighted to announce the closing of a $5.5 million funding round to bring the new era of cross-chain interoperability. deBridge is thankful to have the support and backing from great partners including lead strategic partner ParaFi. The round also saw participation […]
Wanchain and Avalanche Team Up to Foster Decentralised Crosschain Interoperability
London, September 7, 2021 — Wanchain and Avalanche are delighted to announce an integration of Wanchain’s innovative decentralized, non-custodial crosschain infrastructure with Avalanche’s C-chain. Additionally, the two industry leaders are teaming up to further the development of truly decentralised crosschain applications to power the future of DeFi. This collaboration marries Wanchain’s unique, decentralised, non-custodial crosschain […]
DeFi and CeFi Full Aggregator OpenOcean Integrates Avalanche to Expand Liquidity
Road Town, BVI, August 30, 2021 —OpenOcean, the world’s leading DeFi and CeFi full aggregator, is excited to announce that it is now live on Avalanche, a highly scalable and open-source platform for launching DeFi applications and multi-functional blockchains. The Avalanche integration enables OpenOcean users to take advantage of best prices with low slippage when […]
Barrett Wissman Named Chief Investment Advisor of APENFT Foundation
Singapore, August 26, 2021 — APENFT, the premier foundation, and fund for the collection of top-tier NFTs, has announced the appointment of Barrett Wissman as its Chief Investment Advisor. APENFT’s mission is to register world-class artworks as NFTs on the blockchain and build the art world’s most respected and diversified NFT collection to serve as a […]
NFT Marketplace Gravity Sport Partners with Parma Calcio 1913
Parma, Italy, August 25, 2021 — Parma Calcio 1913 are delighted to announce a new partnership for the 2021/22 season. The Club has joined forces with Gravity Sport, who, starting from this evening’s match against Frosinone, will be a Second Partner on the shirts of the Men’s First Team. Gravity Sport is a leading-edge NFT marketplace […]
Blockstream Raises $210M, Makes Move Into ASIC Development
Blockstream increases valuation to $3.2 billion as it expands team and acquires a mining hardware manufacturer. Victoria, Canada, August 24, 2021 — Leading Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has announced raising $210 million as part of a Series B financing on a valuation of $3.2 billion. Investors include Baillie Gifford and iFinex. The new funding comes […]
Tezos Selected to Enable Smart Contracts for Leading European Banks
Zurich, August 24, 2021 — Crypto Finance Group, InCore Bank, and Inacta announced they are selecting Tezos for innovative, compliant on-chain digital financial products. Crypto Finance, InCore Bank, and Inacta have developed a new Tezos token standard for asset tokenization based on the Tezos FA2 standard. InCore Bank announced the launch of institutional-grade storage, staking, […]
PayPal Expands Its Cryptocurrency Offering to the UK
LONDON, August 23, 2021 — PayPal today announced the launch of a new service enabling its customers in the UK to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency. This new service starts rolling out this week. Enables access to cryptocurrency for consumers in a secure and responsible way Encourages customers to research and learn about the opportunities […]
ENVOY Network Secures $2.5 Million Funding to Disrupt NFTs Industry
Willemstad, Curacao, — August 19, 2021 — ENVOY Network, a premium NFT label that rings in a new era of collectibles for entertainment, music artists and brands globally, has secured the conclusion of a $2.5 million financing round. The new capital injection was led by a clutch of reputable investment funds, including AU21, 3comma, Prometheus […]
Crypto.com Exchange Extends Fiat Deposits and Withdrawals for Institutions
USD Bank Transfers are now available for institutional accounts in 60+ countries Hong Kong, August 18, 2021 — Crypto.com announced it has extended fiat deposits and withdrawals for institutional accounts via its Circle partnership, which was announced in June. This partnership enables institutional users in 60+ countries to seamlessly transfer funds from the traditional financial […]
Balancer Launches MetaStable Pools To Further Pool Liquidity
New York, August 16, 2021, Balancer partners with Lido on joint MetaStable Pool incentive program Balancer is thrilled to announce the launch of MetaStable Pools and our partnership with Lido with joint pool incentives. While Stable Pools are important for tokens with a 1:1 value, MetaStable Pools are great for tokens with highly correlated, but […]
Simplex Partners with VeChain to Enable Seamless Fiat Onramp for VET Token
Tel Aviv, Israel, August 13, 2021 — VeChain is the latest cryptocurrency to be added by Simplex, allowing users to buy, sell and trade VET for fiat and other crypto assets. Announced Monday, fiat-to-crypto onramp infrastructure platform, Simplex, added VeChain to its list of supported crypto assets, enabling users to quickly purchase VET across its […]
Crypto.com Expands Free Crypto Tax Reporting Service to Australia
It’s now even easier for Australians to file crypto tax returns Hong Kong, August 12, 2021 — Following the successful launches of Crypto.com Tax in Canada and America, Crypto.com has announced that this service is now available in Australia. Crypto.com Tax makes it easy to file complicated crypto taxes in a matter of minutes and at […]
Concordium and Swvl Announce Partnership For Blockchain-Based Mass Transit Systems
Zug, Switzerland, August 11 2021 — Concordium , a leading blockchain technologies company, and Swvl, Inc., a Dubai-based provider of mass transit and shared mobility solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to, for the first time, use blockchain technologies to develop transformative next generation mass transit systems. Swvl is a global tech start-up based in Dubai, […]
BENQI and Avalanche Launch $3M Liquidity Mining Initiative to Accelerate DeFi Growth
New York, August 10, 2021 — BENQI, an algorithmic liquidity market protocol, and the Avalanche Foundation are collaborating on a joint liquidity mining program to celebrate the launch of the BENQI protocol on the 19th of August and the next phase of growth within Avalanche’s DeFi ecosystem. $3M of AVAX will be allocated as liquidity incentives […]
Messari Raises $21 Million in Series A Funding
New York, August 5, 2021 — Messari, a leading crypto market intelligence company, announced today it has closed $21 million in Series A funding led by Point72 Ventures. The investment will help the company expand the global reach of its Pro and Enterprise product suites, triple the size of its engineering and research teams, and […]
Alkemi Network Partners With Nexus Markets To Bring Institutional DeFi To Exchange Users
Toronto, Canada — August 5, 2021 —Alkemi Network, a recently-launched project designed to bridge CeFi users with DeFi, has integrated with Nexus Markets, a cryptocurrency exchange and lending vault platform, to provide Nexus users with DeFi-sourced vaults wrapped in a familiar exchange interface. By utilizing Alkemi Network’s institution-grade liquidity platform, Nexus Markets is able to […]