CoinDCX to Launch Liquid ETH-Backed Token for Users; Partners with US-Based Staked to Provide Staking Services
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
CoinDCX, India's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is all set to issue 1:1 token Ethereum token, to all Ethereum staked holders, who have staked and may stake in the future. The token will be issued in the last week of January 2021.
Institutional investors sit on trillions as QE infects economies. Why do they want Bitcoin?
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Author: Maxim Bederov, a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur The tide has turned. Analysts at investment banks now put Bitcoin not only on a par with every other asset class but actually suggest that cryptoassets have superseded gold, equities and treasuries.
SBI Becomes World’s First Financial Conglomerate to Open Cryptocurrency Dealing Desk by Acquiring Pioneering Liquidity Provider B2C2
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, M&A Deals
SBI Financial Services, the subsidiary of SBI Holdings (“SBI”), today announced the acquisition of B2C2, the trading counterparty of choice in the institutional crypto markets. The transaction follows SBI Financial Services’ agreement to take a minority stake in B2C2 in July this year.
BSO Creates Bespoke Ultra Low Latency Cloud Connectivity Service for CryptoStruct GmbH
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Cloud
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Copper Appointed as Official Custodian for Flare Networks and Spark Token Distribution
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Copper.co, the London-based digital asset infrastructure provider, today announced it will serve as an official custodian for Flare Networks. Flare is building the world’s first Turing-complete Federated Byzantine Agreement-based smart contract network. Its native asset, the Spark (FLR) token, will be distributed to XRP holders over a 36-month period, based upon a snapshot taken at 12:00am UTC on Saturday 12 December 2020.
Standard Chartered and Northern Trust Partner to Launch Zodia, a Cryptocurrency Custodian for Institutional Investors
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, and Northern Trust, a leading provider of asset servicing, have entered into an agreement to launch Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade custody solution for cryptocurrencies.
How COVID-19 Is Ushering In a New Era of Cashless Technology
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Cashless technology isn't a completely fresh concept. People have been using credit cards for decades, and the market for fintech services has been growing steadily. That being said, the current health crisis has underscored the need for economies to go cashless as a way to restrict the spread of the coronavirus.
Bittrex Global Launches Tokenized Stock Trading
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Online Trading, Cryptocurrencies
Bittrex Global (Bermuda) Ltd. (Bittrex Global) announced that it will be listing tokenized stocks on its digital asset
Tata Consultancy Services’ Quartz DevKit Adds Ethereum, Now Supports Top 3 Blockchain Platforms
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced the availability of support for Ethereum in its Quartz™ DevKit solution. With this, the intuitive, unified development platform for decentralized applications now supports deployment of smart contracts on the top three blockchain platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, R3/Corda, and Ethereum.
Copper Launches First DeFi Tool For Institutions
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Copper.co, the London-based digital asset infrastructure provider, today announced the launch of CopperConnect – the first ever dedicated decentralized finance (DeFi) tool for crypto institutions.
Coinsquare Announces New Leadership Team; Files Applications to Operate a Regulated Digital Asset Marketplace in Canada
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies, People Moves
Coinsquare, Canada’s leading digital asset trading platform, has announced the appointment of Nicholas Thadaney and Wendy Rudd to its board of directors. The appointments follow the confirmation of Stacey Hoisak as Coinsquare’s new Chief Executive Officer, and the appointments of Lawrence Truong as Chief Compliance Officer, and Eric Richmond as Chief Operating Officer.
Lack of Easy and Seamless Investment Options a Major Concern for Potential Crypto Investors: CoinDCX Survey
- 5 years 7 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
CoinDCX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, today released a report which highlighted that 60% of the respondents earning below Rs. 5 lakh p.a. found it extremely challenging to invest in crypto owing to lack of easy and seamless options available. On the other side 68% of the respondents earning above Rs. 10 lakh p.a. cited legal and regulatory clarity as a major concern for considering investments in crypto.
Copper Adds CoinFLEX Exchange to ClearLoop in Institutional Custodian First
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Copper.co, the London-based digital asset infrastructure provider, today announced CoinFLEX, the first physically delivered cryptocurrency futures exchange, as the latest adopter of Copper’s ClearLoop framework. Copper will be the first institutional custodian to support off-exchange settlement at CoinFLEX, an exchange which uniquely offers a range of additional crypto products including repo markets, futures spreads, one-click borrow/lending,... more
