Crypto Super PAC raises $169M following $10M donation from Jump Crypto

Major Japanese online securities firm Monex Securities is the first Japanese firm to offer a cryptocurrency CFD. 2170 Total views 20 Total shares Monex Securities, a major Japanese online securities company, launched a cryptocurrency contract-for-difference service today. This marks the first time that a major online Japanese securities company has offered a crypto CFD. A CFD…

Big 4 bank ANZ has become the first Australian bank to mint an Australia dollar (AUD) pegged stablecoin named “A$DC.”But rival bank NAB also has its own stablecoin project which is expected to launch by the end of the year.ANZ is working with local regulators such as AUSTRAC and APRA to get the project signed…

According to a statement earlier today, Jan. 28, Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com is backing down from the 12.5% mining tax on Bitcoin Cash they proposed along with other major BCH mining pools owing to the community’s overwhelming negative response to the proposal. Bitcoin.com’s positionLast week, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) personalities proposed a 12.5% tax on mining rewards that…

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t believe Ethereum will be able to provide the scaling capabilities required by the DeFi sector in future. 2323 Total views 21 Total shares FTX exchange co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried believes Ethereum (ETH) is incapable of handling decentralized finance’s (DeFi) growth.Talking to Camila Russo from the Defiant Podcast, Bankman-Fried says that…

The startup fund, which is backed by Babel Finance and Huobi Ventures, will back emerging projects that are building for the Web3 and metaverse economies. 564 Total views 5 Total shares Crypto-focused venture firm NGC Ventures has launched a new ecosystem fund dedicated to Web3 projects, underscoring heightened investor demand for startups that are contributing…

The Polkadot Indexer is said to provide a more efficient way to get data from the Polkadot blockchain and its experimental platform, Kusama. 4310 Total views 9 Total shares Bison Trails, a blockchain infrastructure company that was recently acquired by Coinbase, has launched a new Polkadot API that could allow developers to build their applications…

Democratizing finance has been a dominant theme in recent years — with companies vying to create a level playing field and give amateur investors the same opportunities that hedge funds and institutional investors enjoy.There have been some successes along the way. Purchasing stocks is a lot easier now than it was a few years ago.…

While Google’s feature appears to be a good thing for crypto adoption, a CIO says a move from Apple would make the “crypto industry go from 100 miles an hour to 250 miles in a heartbeat.” 616 Total views 8 Total shares

This South Korean company joined forces with Samsung to forward requests to insurance companies using Blockchain technology. 2207 Total views 22 Total shares South Korean telecommunications firm, SK Telecom, announced a blockchain-based document submission process for mobile phone insurance. This new protocol will do away with the company’s current antiquated paper processing methods.Before now, users…