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Kraken Ventures Raises $65 Million to Invest in Web3, Defi, Blockchain Startups and Protocols
18.12.2021
The independent investment fund led by Kraken alumni that’s focused on early-stage companies and protocols, Kraken Ventures, announced the successful closing of its first fund at $65 million. Presently, the fund holds positions in platforms like Hashflow, Pstake, Acala, Blockdaemon...
Blockchain Industry to Surpass $67 Billion by 2027: Fintech Report Names 2021’s Most Influential Blockchain Companies
17.11.2021
Financial technology (fintech) has exploded during the last two years and cryptocurrency and blockchain firms have bolstered the billion-dollar industry. A recently published study by Utility Bidder indicates that the industry is predicted to surpass $382 billion by 2027. Moreover, fintech firms...
Anchorage Digital will custody crypto seized by US Marshals
29.7.2021
Co-founders Diogo Mónica and Nathan McCauley cited the Anchorage's "stringent processes and procedures" as likely factors in the decision from the federal agency
Digital bank Anchorage offers Ethereum-backed loans to institutions
4.6.2021
Institutional investors can get USD on credit without liquidating their ETH
Payment Giant Visa Integrates USDC Stablecoin Support for Settlement
29.3.2021
On Monday, the American multinational financial services corporation Visa announced that digital currency payments have arrived on Visa’s settlement platform. The payment giant revealed that the company will leverage USD coin (USDC), the regulated token built on top of the Ethereum network....
Visa Pilots System to Help Banks Provide Crypto Services Including Buying, Trading, Custody of Bitcoin
3.2.2021
Visa is piloting a new system to enable banks to seamlessly integrate crypto features. Using Visa’s crypto APIs, banks can offer a number of cryptocurrency services to their customers, including the buying, trading, and custody of bitcoin. Visa announced Wednesday a partnership with First...
Anchorage Obtains Federal License to Operate as Crypto Bank From the OCC
15.1.2021
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval to crypto custodian Anchorage to launch the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the country. In a statement on Jan. 13, 2021, the OCC said the company received the national trust banking charter...
Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank
13.1.2021
The crypto industry has its first federally chartered bank: Anchorage
Anchorage Hires Celsius’ Asaf Iram as Head of Risk
12.1.2021
Digital asset custodian Anchorage has hired its first Head of Risk
Crypto Custodian Anchorage Gets SOC 1 Security Certification With Big 4 Auditor EY
10.11.2020
The report is granted after an independent third-party audit of a company's internal systems and controls supporting client financial reporting
Privacy Coin Zcash Makes Its Ethereum ‘Wrapped’ Debut With Tokensoft and Anchorage
21.10.2020
WZEC is the first asset to be launched by “Wrapped,” a partnership between Ethereum tokenizers Tokensoft and qualified custodian Anchorage
Proposed Bermuda Bank Taps Anchorage as Digital Asset Custody Partner
16.9.2020
Under the partnership, Anchorage will provide digital asset custody services to Jewel, which is applying for its full bank license in Bermuda
Anchorage Is Streamlining Custody of Tokensoft’s ERC-1404 Security Tokens
13.8.2020
The new partnership will add direct custodial support for Arcoin and INX, the upcoming INX Limited security token
Visa Moving to Integrate With Digital Currency Platforms
26.7.2020
Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold. In a blog post, Visa says the emergence of fiat-backed...
Crypto Custodian Anchorage Adds Litecoin Support
22.7.2020
The U.S.-based crypto custody provider has added support for litecoin, the eighth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization
Custody Battle Pits Institutional Boomers Against Crypto Upstarts
11.6.2020
Crypto custodians are in a race to build the next State Street or BNY Mellon
Mastercoin
7.6.2020
Mastercoin, rebranded as Omni in 2015, is an open source protocol layer built on top of bitcoin that enables the creation of new cryptocurrencies and assets. The project was intended to remedy what it called the two biggest barriers to bitcoin adoption: Insecurity and instability. It also claimed...
Ravencoin
7.6.2020
Launched in 2018, Ravencoin is an open source fork of bitcoin specifically designed to facilitate the transfer of assets from one party to another.  Users can create assets on the Ravencoin protocol that adhere to rules independent of those of the platform. This distinguishes ravencoin from...
Crypto Custodian Anchorage Teases Growth Plan With 2 Executive Hires
21.5.2020
Anchorage now has six executives in its C-suite, hiring a head of finance and head of sales with experience in both tech and Wall Street
Digital Custodian Anchorage Adds XRP Storage for Institutional Customers
2.4.2020
Anchorage, a digital asset custodian targeting institutional clients, has added support for XRP, offering services for all of the top-3 cryptocurrencies