Grayscale now holds 44.1 billion assets under management, which represents an increase of over 3 billion in just four days. As reported by CryptoPotato, Grayscale expanded its crypto-trust offerings, adding five new tokens: Chainlink (LINK), Basic Attention Token (BAT), MANA (Decentraland), Filecoin (FIL), and Livepeer (LPT). These trusts, already operational for eligible accredited investors, surged in price considerably after...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE] HARD Protocol, the cross-chain DeFi money market platform built on top of Kava, has announced its Version 2 upgrade enabling customers to earn up to 25% APY on various currencies, including bitcoin. Additionally, the updated version will also introduce different functions for financial institutions looking to take advantage of the growing decentralized finance...Read More
In an attempt to speed up the COVID-19 vaccine distribution, the blockchain project Qtum has partnered with Vaccine Forward to raise $2 billion. The Qtum Chain Foundation also vowed to match the total number of vaccinations donated to Vaccine Forward and send them to 92 struggling countries. Qtum to Participate in COVID-19 Vaccination Process Founded...Read More
Mary Rich, the investment bank’s incoming global head of digital assets for the private wealth management division, told CNBC in an exclusive interview that they will launch the service in Q2 2021. ″We are working closely with teams across the firm to explore ways to offer thoughtful and appropriate access to the ecosystem for private...Read More
Customers of Chipotle Mexican Grill (or simply Chipotle) will be able to participate in a special promo that can get them a free burrito or up to $25,000 in bitcoin. All they have to do is guess a six-digit code that resembles a lost treasure worth hundreds of millions of dollars in BTC. Bitcoin or...Read More
We’ve been steadily enhancing our compliance programme as the crypto derivatives sector evolves. The latest step comes in the form of a new partnership with Kharon, a research and data analytics company, to strengthen our customer due diligence process and enhance screening for OFAC-sanctioned entities and other related parties. In doing so, we are making...Read More
As NFTs grow in popularity, more creators and users want to mint them, which can be costly if using Ethereum. Creating ERC-20 fungibles or ERC-721 non-fungibles uses gas, and as everyone is painfully aware, gas is expensive at the moment. Addressing this, ConsenSys has announced Palm, which promises 99% efficiency over current proof-of-work networks. We’ve...Read More
