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Crypto Allows Ukraine to ‘Operate Internationally,’ Official Says
4.3.2022
Amid ongoing hostilities with advancing Russian forces, Ukraine has been increasingly relying on cryptocurrency donations to solve humanitarian problems and finance its defense efforts. Crypto helps the country to receive and quickly distribute money and operate internationally, a high-ranking...
Malaysia’s Deputy Finance Minister: Crypto Not Suitable as Means of Payment or Store of Value
4.3.2022
Malaysia’s deputy finance minister says that cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ethereum, are not suitable as a means of payment or a store of value. While digital assets are not recognized as legal tender in Malaysia, the finance ministry official said that they are an asset class that...
A16z Investing $70M In Ethereum Staking Provider Lido Finance
3.3.2022
The firm also used Lido to stake a portion of a16z Crypto’s ether holdings on the Beacon chain
Auditchain Announces Mainnet Deployment of its Staking Contracts for its Pacioli Validating Nodes
3.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Auditchain will deploy its Pacioli validating node staking contracts to Polygon Mainnet on 7 March, 2022 as it prepares to decentralize the $600 Billion global accounting, assurance and reporting services industry. Auditchain Labs AG, (https://auditchain.finance) the developer of...
Yearn Finance Enters Strategic Partnership with Tenderly
3.3.2022
According to the announcement on the 2nd of March, yield aggregator Yearn Finance has partnered with Tenderly. Tenderly is a developer platform built on the Ethereum blockchain and provides tools for monitoring and debugging, and development for growing start-ups. Yearn Finance is one of...
South African Crypto Exchange Valr Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round
3.3.2022
South African cryptocurrency exchange Valr announced recently that it has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Pantera Capital. The capital raise means Valr is now valued at a reported $240 million. Funds Raised to Finance Valr’s Expansion Into Other Markets The South African...
EU is ‘taking measures’ against Russia using crypto to bypass sanctions, say finance ministers
2.3.2022
“When it comes to economic and financial sanctions, we want to remain flexible and mobilized,“ said France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire
Bitcoiners Were Right: Weaponized Finance Just Created a Post-Dollar Planet
2.3.2022
Sanctioning Russia is vital in defense of a peaceful world. But it's also exposing the big lie at the heart of the financial status quo
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Launches Digital Assets Research Project With 16 Banks
2.3.2022
On Tuesday, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School announced a new research initiative focused on the “growing digital asset ecosystem.” According to CCAF, the newly launched collaborative effort involves 16 financial institutions such...
MENA Islamic Banking & Finance Summit 2022 Going to Take Place This March in Dubai
2.3.2022
The global Islamic finance industry has expanded 10% to 12% in 2021-2022. The expansion of Islamic banking and Islamic financial assets in the Middle East region along with Malaysia and Turkey has been robust. The Islamic finance industry is positioning itself towards more sustainable growth,...
DeFi Platform Thetanuts Finance Raises $18M Seed Funding to Fuel Growth
1.3.2022
The funding round was led by Three Arrows Capital, Deribit, QCP Capital and Jump Crypto
Moledao Kicks off Global NFT Hackathon With Exclusive NFTs
28.2.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Moledao presents MoleHack: NFT 2.0 – a global challenge to discover new innovations in the NFT space. In partnership with Bybit, Polygon, BitDAO, iZUMi Finance, Project Galaxy, thirdweb, buildspace, L2Y, Web 3 Collective and more, the hackathon has over $80,000 grants...
Starlay Finance Finds a Partner in the DIA Platform
28.2.2022
The new commercial and operational partnership will see DIA be in charge of powering the Starlay protocols by crowd-sourced data feeds that are being operationalized on the Astar network. The lending protocols whose primary components are lending protocols will play a flagship role in consolidating...
Value Locked in Defi Rebounds — Smart Contract Tokens CPH, LUNA, XCP Lead the Pack
28.2.2022
The total value locked in decentralized finance (defi) has managed to jump above the $200 billion zone, as crypto markets have rebounded from the market downturn last week. A number of native assets from the $611 billion worth of smart contract protocols have seen double-digit gains with cypherium...
Call Of Duty Execs Accused Of Using Microsoft Deal To Line Their Own Pockets
26.2.2022
Two Activision Blizzard shareholders have filed lawsuits against the Call of Duty publisher for making allegedly inadequate disclosures in its recent filings with the SEC about its deal to sell to Microsoft for $68.7 billion. The investors further alleged that big payouts for CEO Bobby Kotick...
Finance Redefined: 1Password partners with Phantom, and Stark deploys nine DApps, Feb. 18–25
25.2.2022
1Password joined forces with Phantom on a security endeavor, StarkNet rolled out its first set of DApps, and Celcius deployed an institutional Wrapped Ether pool on Maple Finance — all coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined
India Unveils Guidelines for Crypto Advertising
25.2.2022
The Advertising Standards Council of India has released guidelines for the advertising and promotion of crypto assets and related services. “We had several rounds of discussion with the government, finance sector regulators, and industry stakeholders before framing these guidelines.”...
Celsius Links Up With Maple Finance for Liquidity Play
24.2.2022
Crypto lending platform Celsius will get exposure to yield from Wintermute and Amber by delegating $30 million of wETH to Maple’s pools
Maple Finance partners with Celsius to launch wETH lending pool
24.2.2022
The capital pool promises to enable greater access to finance for traditional corporations and institutions seeking to capitalize on emerging opportunities within the DeFi space
EU Unlikely to Push for Russia to Be Removed from SWIFT - Diplomats
24.2.2022
Despite Russia launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war’s outbreak has not yet convinced the European Union to push for the aggressor to be kicked out of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) global payments network -- a move that would drastically...