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The facility covers both conforming and jumbo mortgages – loans in excess of the traditional lending restrictions. Jan 15, 2021 at 11:40 a.m. UTCJPMorgan Provides $100M Financing Facility for Blockchain Mortgage Platform FigureBlockchain mortgage platform Figure says it has closed a $100 million financing facility for its mortgage products from investment bank JPMorgan.Platform owner Figure…

Dorsey's gift is the latest in a stream of donations to Coin Center. Jack Dorsey speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum 2020 (Screenshot)Feb 10, 2021 at 7:28 p.m. UTCTwitter CEO Donates $1M to Coin CenterJack Dorsey donated $1 million to cryptocurrency policy think tank Coin Center, per a tweet announcement from the organizations director Jerry Brito.…

Chia Network, the blockchain and smart transaction platform created by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, is developing a data-sharing prototype for the World Bank’s Climate Warehouse, the company said on Friday.The World Bank selected Chia for the initiative, which will enable the Climate Warehouse “to facilitate the transparent sharing and reporting of climate project information and…

news Blockchain lawyer Andrew Hinkes is spoiling for a fight. The general counsel at investment bank Athena Blockchain and an adjunct business and law professor at New York University, Hinkes believes token issuers will soon start pushing back against regulatory enforcement actions and demanding clearer guidance, after mostly taking it on the chin for the…

Popular dog-themed cryptocurrency dogecoin (DOGE) jumped about 4% in a handful of minutes following a tweet mention from Elon Musk.DOGE's price spiked to as high as $0.72 from $0.69 late Wednesday morning after Musk's post. The token just as quickly pared some of its gains and was trading at just under $0.70 at press time,…

news Global interbank messaging giant SWIFT has revealed it will allow blockchain firms to make use of its Global Payments Innovation (GPI) platform for near real-time payments. In a report published late last week, SWIFT said that, following a successful proof-of-concept with R3’s Corda platform, it would “soon be enabling gpi payments on DLT [distributed ledger technology]-based…

The investor spotlight is now shining on DeFi tokens and trading.CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexFeb 1, 2021 at 9:46 p.m. UTCMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Trading Tepidly at $33.7K While SushiSwap Eats Raw Market ShareBitcoin is taking a break, staying in a tight trading range with lower than average volume compared to the past month. Meanwhile, alternative…

news Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it is back online after completing a security upgrade prompted by a recent hack. Kicking off at 03:00 UTC Wednesday, the upgrade meant that all services were suspended during this period, according to a Binance support message. A two-hour extension to the upgrade was announced this morning as some…

Membrane Labs, a cryptocurrency-focused trading and lending platform, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, with participation from big names like Brevan Howard Digital and Point72 Ventures. The capital will be used to help build the type of grown-up trading infrastructure the crypto space needs in order to avoid further disasters.Other notable