BLOCKCHAIN
Blockchains incorporate several important features such as immutability, encryption and distributed storage, which combined makes secure peer-to-peer transactions possible and in turn has created the means to end human dependence on credit and thus credit intermediaries. Due to these features, blockchain has been referred to as ‘the Trust Machine’ and is forecasted to transfer the trust from agencies and institutions which are enforced by law to machine-based networks guaranteed by technology and mathematics.
Crypto Investment Firm M31 Capital Launches $100m Web3 Opportunity Fund
Crypto investment firm M31 Capital Management, LLC announced the launch of a new Web3 fund, aiming at investing in early-stage blockchain technology projects and protocols in the Web3 ecosystem.
Crypto Bank Anchorage Digital To Make Entry into Asia
Crypto Bank Anchorage Digital is making an entry into Asia with five new partnerships, including crypto exchange Bitkub, asset management firm Dream Trade, blockchain investment firm FBG Capital, venture firm IOSG Ventures and digital assets financial services provider Antalpha.
Celsius Co-Founder Daniel Leon Calls it Quits
The embattled crypto lender Celsius Network Ltd. has lost another top member as co-founder Daniel Leon resigned this week.
EU Policymakers Vote for Blockchain Use to Fight Tax Evasion, Crypto Asset Non-Taxation
The European Parliament has voted in favour of leveraging blockchain technology for tax compliance, with a majority of 566 out of 620 members backing the motion.
Swiss data and analytics service Nuant prepares for the Q4 launch of the first unified platform for digital asset data, analytics & portfolio intelligence
Swiss-based digital asset data and analytics Fintech, Nuant, is launching a platform that solves a critical industry-wide portfolio management problem for institutional funds invested in digital assets: namely data fragmentation from exchange accounts, on-chain wallets, custodial wallets, on-chain data and market data by providing a single unified hub to manage, monitor and make accurate data-driven investment decisions for digital asset portfolios. For the first time, funds will now have access to accurate on-chain and market data, metrics, analytics and compliance tools for all current holdings as well as potential new assets into a portfolio, in one place, in real-time.
USDC Will Integrate With Decentralized Social to Bring Web3 to The Masses
Today, social media is controlled by a handful of private corporations– but that could soon change as blockchains like DeSo begin to onboard millions of Ethereum users from DeFi apps into social apps.
DeSo is Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey’s Answer for Decentralized Social Blockchain
The DeSo Foundation announces the release of their ambitious roadmap to decentralize social media and build The Social Layer of Web3.
Milestones on the roadmap will be executed over the next 2 quarters to solve the major problem with social media today.
ARK Investment Launches Its First Crypto Managed Account for RIAs
Independent managed account provider Eaglebrook Advisors has announced a partnership with Ark Invest to develop the ARK Cryptocurrency Strategy and ARK Crypto Asset Strategy.
NYDIG has Raised $720 Million for its Institutional Bitcoin Fund
On Oct. 3, New York-based digital investment group NYDIG raised $720 million for its institutional bitcoin fund, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Crypto Miner Merkle Increases Hash Rate 9x to 3.1EH/s in 8 Months
Bitcoin miner Merkle Standard has formed a joint venture with Bitmain, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturers, to increase its total computing power, or hash rate, from about 0.3 EH/s to 3.1 exahash ( EH/s), the computing power is increased by 900%.