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HSBC Announces Plans to Offer Digital Assets Custody Services for Institutions
10.11.2023
HSBC, the London-based financial institution, announced its plans to launch an institution-focused digital assets custody service in 2024. Zhu Kuang Lee, chief digital, data and innovation officer at HSBC, explained that the bank had experienced an increasing demand for these services from asset...
Polygon Labs Launches $85 Million Developer Fund to Attract Web3 Talent
9.11.2023
Polygon Labs launches major funding to draw blockchain developers. Image by akif, Adobe Stock. On Thursday, Ethereum scaling solution Polygon Labs announced the launch of an $85 million grant program with the goal of attracting top Web3 talent to build on its network. The initiative will provide...
Standard Chartered and SBI Holdings Collaborate on $100 Million Crypto Investment Venture
9.11.2023
Source: Pixabay SBI Holdings and Standard Chartered’s investment arm, SC Ventures, have joined forces to set up a $100 million joint venture in the United Arab Emirates targeting crypto startups. In a statement released on Thursday, the two companies announced the launch of their Digital Asset...
Cardano-Based DEX MuesliSwap Plans Refund Site for User Losses – What’s Going On?
9.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Who is Danny In a recent update, MuesliSwap, one of the most popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on the Cardano blockchain, has announced its intention to launch a refund site to address concerns raised by users regarding losses due to high slippage over the past year....
Is Trust Wallet Going to Zero? TWT Price Takes a Dive as Budding Meme Coin Surpasses $1.3 Million Milestone
9.11.2023
Web3 favourite Trust Wallet’s native token TWT price has taken a -21% tumble, leaving some panicked bag-holders asking ‘is Trust Wallet going to zero?’. The downtick in price action comes after Binance revealed the launch of their own Web3 self-custody wallet yesterday, triggering...
Ark Invest and 21Shares partner to launch digital asset ETF suite
9.11.2023
Five digital asset ETF products will be listed on the Chicago Board Options Exchange and are scheduled to start trading next week
Bitcoin ETF launch could be delayed more than a month after SEC approval
9.11.2023
A total of 12 asset managers have filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF with the U.S. SEC, with the first window for approval from the SEC opening on Nov. 8
Ark Invest and 21Shares to Launch Digital Asset ETF Suite
9.11.2023
Source: 21Shares Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest, in partnership with 21Shares, is launching a suite of digital asset ETFs, focusing on Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and blockchain technology. The suite comprises five ETFs, including ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Futures Strategy ETF (ARKA) and ARK 21Shares...
Brief Approval Window Opens for spot Bitcoin ETF Applicants, 90% Chance of Approval by January
8.11.2023
In an exciting development, Bloomberg ETF research analysts, Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart, unveiled data showing an eight-day long window wherein the Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C) could approve all 12 spot Bitcoin ETF applicants beginning as soon as tomorrow. A Brief Window...
Will your Steam 1.0 launch outpace your Early Access start?
8.11.2023
We have some answers to this. Also: Nintendo's strategy, happily poked at
HSBC Announces Plans to Launch Digital Asset Custody Service in Partnership with Metaco
8.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / BGStock72 HSBC Holdings aims to introduce a custody service for digital assets, catering to institutional clients seeking exposure to tokenized securities. The global bank will offer the new service in collaboration with Metaco, a technology firm owned by Ripple Labs, according...
Final Fantasy Publisher Square Enix Reveals How to Obtain NFTs for Upcoming Game Symbiogenesis
8.11.2023
Source: Symbiogenesis / Twitter The Japanese gaming giant Square Enix has shared how players can get characters for its upcoming non-fungible token (NFT) game Symbiogenesis. Ethereum and Polygon NFT game Symbiogenesis is nearing its December launch. Therefore, the Final Fantasy series creator...
Bishop Token Is Up 25x on DEXTools as New Bitcoin ETF Project Goes Viral – What Does it Do?
8.11.2023
As DEX markets remained supercharged following the Uptober rally, Bishop token (BISHOP) has undertaken a sensational 25x moon-shot rally, following a stealth launch on November 7, but could this new Bitcoin ETF project be a better alternative? Recent weeks have seen a huge trend in explosive...
HSBC taps Ripple’s Metaco to launch security token custody
8.11.2023
HSBC has partnered with Ripple-owned tech firm, Metaco, to allow institutional investors hold tokenized securities on its new custody platform
Robinhood to Launch Crypto Trading Services in EU in the “Coming Weeks”
8.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Rafael Henrique Robinhood has revealed plans to introduce cryptocurrency trading services in the European Union (EU) in the near future. Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder of the popular brokerage firm, made the announcement during the company’s third-quarter earnings report....
Binance Unveils Web3 Wallet to Promote “Self Sovereign Finance”
8.11.2023
Source: Adobe Digital asset exchange Binance has rolled out a web3 wallet to offer a simplified gateway to self-custody for its users. The company announced the wallet’s launch at the Binance Blockchain Week Conference in Istanbul highlighting that it can be integrated across 30 blockchain networks...
Hong Kong Considers Allowing Trading of Spot Crypto ETFs
8.11.2023
Hong Kong is examining allowing the launch of spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs), given that the risks of these instruments are addressed. In a recent interview, Julia Leung, CEO of the Hong Kong Securities and Exchange Commission, stated that the focus of the organization’s...
Binance launches Web3 wallet for its 120M registered users
8.11.2023
The Binance Web3 wallet has been launched within the primary Binance app, which is predominantly used for trading cryptocurrencies
Stablecoin issuer Circle weighing up 2024 public launch: Report
8.11.2023
Circle initially agreed to go public as part of a $4.5 billion merger in July 2021 but that deal fizzled out
Ex-Cantor execs launch crypto lending platform in expectation of Bitcoin ETFs
8.11.2023
The new platform Tokenet hopes to capitalize on institutional interest following the potential approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF