Israeli fintech Kima, Mastercard lab look to develop ‘DeFi credit card’

The asset manager could be the first to follow ProShares, which listed its Bitcoin Strategy ETF on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. 2226 Total views 28 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has likely approved asset manager VanEck’s Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF), with trading expected to begin…

Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has introduced a new rewards program, which will eventually become a mandatory membership model for the exchange’s users, according to an announcement published September 4.Erik Voorhees, founder and CEO of ShapeSHift, stated that today the exchange released a loyalty program entitled ShapeShift Membership. While ShapeShift is known as “the exchange without accounts,”…

"Who needs Netflix when you are in crypto?", commented a user on Twitter as the crypto industry attempts to digest the acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange FTX by its rival Binance. The deal, disclosed on Nov 8., has been compared with a "chess move" by some, insinuating that Binance's strategy intentionally led to the deal.Users on…

Traditionally, traders have relied on human-based pattern recognition and technical analysis, looking at the company’s financial health, competitors and other methods for determining what trades to make on an asset.However, with the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), there are additional ways that traders can analyze the markets, using the data gathered via machine learning. Both…

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has applied for over 200 blockchain patents, according to a report by Securities Daily News on May 20.The report also notes that major e-commerce competitor Alibaba has applied for 262 blockchain patents, and Chinese internet titans Tencent and Baidu have applied for 80 and 50 such patents, respectively, as recorded by…

This week’s Crypto Biz explores Tether’s profit record, bank-linked crypto trading in the United Arab Emirates, Polymarket’s growth amid US elections, and Coinbase custodian arm.

Data aggregator DefiLlama showed that Binance’s crypto asset inflows have fallen by over $1 billion in the last 24 hours. 363 Total views 2 Total shares As crypto exchange Binance and the departure of its CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao hit the headlines in the last 24 hours, the digital asset space went into a rollercoaster

Several Taiwanese residents were reportedly using the decentralized betting platform Polymarket, the same platform that saw record-breaking trading volumes during the 2020 United States election. 149 Total views 2 Total shares With the Taiwan presidential election looming within a month, residents of Taiwan have been reportedly warned against using cryptocurrency betting platforms to wager on