Crypto Trading Firm Auros Secures $17M Investment as It Recovers From FTX Woes

Feb 24, 2020 at 11:50 UTCUpdated Feb 24, 2020 at 11:51 UTC‘Crucial’ for Central Banks to Consider Digital Currencies: Bank of England ExecThe Bank of England's (BoE) chief cashier, Sarah John, has said it is "crucial" that central banks research digital currencies so they can strike a balance with private issuers. John said it was…

Jan 7, 2021 at 8:22 p.m. UTC‘Decentralized Court’ Aragon Association Hit With Flurry of ResignationsTwelve staffers of the Aragon Association (AA) announced their resignations Thursday due to an apparent lack of financial transparency.In a letter posted on GitHub and shared in the group’s Discord channel, AA governance lead John Light said he was leaving. “I no…

Several projects built on the Arbitrum blockchain have bagged a cumulative stash of $40 million in ARB tokens as part of a short-term incentives program (STIP) round that ended late Thursday.A tally shows 29 Arbitrum projects pitched their product and services to token holders over the past week, hoping to win votes for a chunk

Slerf, a sloth-themed meme coin on the Solana network, raised $10 million in a so-called presale and quickly gained popularity even though the developer mistakenly burned the liquidity provider and tokens.The launch of SLERF comes as developers are raising millions of dollars in presales, contributing to a surge in the price Solana's SOL token, which

Struct Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that allows investors to trade tailored structured financial products linked to crypto, has released its interest rate vault and “tranching” mechanism.The firm will include different tokens, tokenized derivatives, vaults, pools in a permissionless manner to craft new products tailored to the investor’s risk appetite, according to a press…

Apr 16, 2020 at 18:32 UTCUpdated Apr 16, 2020 at 18:33 UTCOpen interest in CME bitcoin futures are up, signaling more investors want to buy the cryptocurrency. (Chicago Board of Trade, 1973, photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.)Open interest in bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has recovered significantly from…

Sweden's Riksbank said it would continue work with Accenture on a potential e-krona digital currency until next year.(Mario Ortiz/Shutterstock)Feb 17, 2021 at 10:12 a.m. UTCWorld’s Oldest Central Bank Extends Digital Currency Test Till 2022The world’s oldest central bank, Sweden’s Riksbank, is to extend its pilot project for a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC) for…

Sep 24, 2020 at 11:26 UTCUpdated Sep 24, 2020 at 11:28 UTC(ghenadie / Shutterstock)The U.S. dollar is showing signs of life and a continued breakout could weigh over bitcoin, which surged amid the greenback’s sharp sell-off this summer.The top cryptocurrency by market value is currently trading at $10,320 – up nearly 2% from Wednesday's low…

news Ami Ben David is founder and CEO of institutional digital securities blockchain Ownera, co-founder of SPiCE VC, previously co-founder of Securitize and investor in security token companies.  The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a free newsletter for the institutional market, with news and views delivered every Tuesday. Sign up here. Ten years after the invention…