Civic Technologies’s new app will act as both a vaccination proofing tool and a wallet for crypto. Civic Technologies, a San Francisco-based innovator in digital identity solutions, announced on June 16 that its Civic Wallet is now available in the App Store and Google Play. Civic Wallet has also formed a partnership with Circle Medical, […]
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Investment firm ETC Group plans to list a Bitcoin ETP on Germany’s Xetra digital stock exchange in late June. London-based ETC Group will list the first crypto exchange-traded product on Germany’s Xetra digital stock exchange this month. Traders in the UK, Italy and Austria will also be able to deal in shares of the new […]
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Major American digital asset financial services firm BitGo is releasing a new full-service trading platform designed for institutional investors. BitGo, a United States-based firm that handles about 20% of all Bitcoin (BTC) transactions, is introducing BitGo Prime, a new entity specifically for institutional trading services. On May 27, BitGo said that the new prime broker […]
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Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo will provide its services to Indian exchange CoinCDX, offering secure storage and partial insurance for assets traded on the platform. Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo will provide its services to Indian exchange CoinCDX, offering secure storage and partial insurance for assets traded on the platform. BitGo — a United States-based firm that claims to […]
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A single transaction today has created more Wrapped Bitcoin on the Ethereum network, than the total amount of BTC locked in the Lightning Network. One thousand Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) were minted today on the Ethereum network (ETH) — a single transaction that represents more U.S dollar value than the entire Lightning Network. It brings the […]
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The Litecoin Foundation announced on May 7 that it would migrate from the multi-sig Electrum-LTC wallet to BitGo’s multi-sig wallet. The Litecoin Foundation announced that it will migrate from the multi-sig Electrum-LTC wallet to BitGo’s multi-sig wallet. According to a May 7 post on the company’s website, the move is due to BitGo’s wallet providing […]
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The Winklevoss brothers’ Gemini cryptocurrency custodian and exchange has obtained a new security qualification, SOC 1 Type 1. The Winklevoss brothers’ Gemini cryptocurrency custodian and exchange has obtained a new security qualification, SOC 1 Type 1. According to an April 21 blog post by the company’s head of risk, Yusuf Hussain, Gemini became the world’s […]
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BitGo has bought Lumina, a company that provides tax and portfolio management solutions for institutional investors. BitGo, a company previously known for its custody business, is purchasing Lumina, an integrated tax service for institutional traders. The deal is part of BitGo’s year-long strategy to diversify its crypto business. The deal, whose value remains undisclosed, was […]
Continue ReadingCivic Wallet is now offering “FDIC-like insurance” for cryptocurrency holdings worth up to $1,000,000. Civic Wallet is a multi-signature non-custodial wallet that now comes with a $1,000,000 guarantee from Coincover. Civic Technologies (CVC) has been known in the crypto space as one of the leading providers of decentralized identity and is now purportedly the first […]
Continue ReadingHaving trouble finding the right crypto wallet? Here’s Cointelegraph’s list of software wallets and how they differ. Similar to a bank account for fiat currency, a crypto wallet is a personal interface for a cryptocurrency network that provides reliable storage and enables transactions. Whether a cryptocurrency is securely stored or not, much depends on the […]
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