Montreal-based digital asset custodian Knøx has secured $8.25 million in a seed round to roll out a crypto custody service for institutional customers and fiduciaries. Montreal-based digital asset custodian Knøx has secured $8.25 million in a seed round to support its crypto custody service for institutional customers and fiduciaries. The funding round was led by […]
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Crypto users are still at the mercy of the controls and processes of exchanges, wallets and payment services. The power of cryptocurrency payment service providers is under the spotlight after a $100,000 donation to an Amazon rainforest charity was blocked last month. American cryptocurrency payment service provider BitPay reportedly blocked a Bitcoin payment from charity […]
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Waves is transitioning to a self-regulating monetary system, allowing the community to determine block generation reward size and coin supply. Open source blockchain platform Waves is transitioning to a self-regulating monetary system, allowing thus the community to determine the block generation reward size and coin supply. Waves announced the development in a press release shared […]
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German non-profit DLT organization Iota Foundation launched decentralized and autonomous industrial marketplace. Non-profit blockchain organization Iota Foundation has released a platform enabling a decentralized and autonomous industrial marketplace. World’s first autonomous and decentralized virtual marketplace Dubbed the Industry Marketplace, Iota’s new product is a joint initiative that aims to accelerate industrial automation and commercial machine […]
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Ethereum decentralized exchange protocol AirSwap’s developers announced that they discovered a critical vulnerability in the system’s new smart contract. Ethereum (ETH) decentralized exchange protocol AirSwap’s developers announced that they have discovered a critical vulnerability in the system’s new smart contract. AirSwap’s team announced its findings and a possible solution for all potentially affected users in […]
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Nasdaq has launched a decentralized finance index including crypto assets of projects like 0x, MakerDAO and Augur. Major United States stock exchange Nasdaq has unveiled a blockchain decentralized finance (DeFi) index Defix (DEFX). According to a Defix press release published on Sept. 9, brokerage firm Exante streamlined the launch of the Defix index. A disparate […]
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Algo Capital has raised $200 million — double its $100 million goal — for its venture capital fund. Algo Capital has raised $200 million — double its original goal — for its venture capital fund. According to a news release shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 27, the new fund will invest in businesses helping to build […]
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Waves platform’s built-in decentralized exchange adds support for ERC-20 standard compliant tokens, BTC and ETH to follow soon. Blockchain platform Waves added support for Ethereum-based (ETH) ERC-20 standard compliant tokens to its decentralized exchange (DEX). On Aug. 22, the platform announced that Waves’ built-in DEX began supporting ERC-20 tokens. Recently, Waves team also launched a […]
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Major crypto exchange BitMEX announced that it will restrict access to its platform from Seychelles, Hong Kong and Bermuda. Major cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX announced that it will restrict access to its platform in Seychelles, Hong Kong and Bermuda. Per an announcement published on Aug. 19, in order to ensure the safety of funds and the […]
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FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco urged casinos to follow the agency’s guidelines in regards to suspicious convertible virtual currency activity. Kenneth A. Blanco, the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), has urged casinos to follow the agency’s guidelines in regards to suspicious convertible virtual currency (CVC) activity. During his speech at the 12th Annual […]
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