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Source: Adobe/niphon Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Major Australian fintech, 'buy-now-pay-later' company Zip Co. is looking at expanding into crypto and stock trading, reported the Wall Street Journal, citing co-founder Peter…

Justin Sun, the CEO and founder of Tron and BitTorrent, says that he expects the popularity of the USDT stablecoin to increase. For the first time, the volume of Tether transactions on the Tron blockchain has surpassed that of Ethereum blockchain. This is according to available data on CoinMetrics. According…

Chicago-based financier Rothschild Investment Corporation purchased over 265,302 shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), marking its first-ever investment into ETH, the asset powering the world’s most-used blockchain. Rothschild Investment Corporation bought 265,302 shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. Its holdings in the ETH trust are worth $4.75 million and…

Home » Events » ‘Naturally decentralized’ island nations like Tuvalu are perfect for blockchain ledgers, says forum Small island nations are “naturally decentralized” and could leverage this to spur blockchain adopition. Participants in the Island Innovation’s Island Finance Forum this week, which included Faiā‘s George Siosi Samuels, agreed that close-knit…

Numerous United States exchange-traded funds are loading up on shares in the world’s top crypto firms. According to ETF.com, hundreds of funds have invested in publicly listed companies that are holding Bitcoin (BTC) on their balance sheets. As of this writing, 88 ETFs hold MicroStrategy shares, while 144 ETFs hold Square,…

Cardano’s next upgrade Alonzo will introduce smart contract support to the blockchain. Alonzo will use the Plutus platform to establish the infrastructure and tools for smart contract development. Last week, Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson laid out the roadmap for his blockchain’s development until 2025. He mentioned that with the…

VanEck, an assets management company with roots in the cryptocurrency space, has long desired to offer a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the public market. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has, however, not approved its filing to do so (or any other such filings, for that matter). But in…

You are here: Home / News / Altcoin News / Ripple’s CTO Says Holders With ‘Life-changing’ Amounts Of Coins Should Consider Selling April 14, 2021 by Chayanika Deka The chief technology officer of the blockchain platform Ripple, David Schwartz says that it is now time to “seriously consider”offloading coins from…

Madrid, Spain. April 6th, 2021 — Cryptocurrency startup Atani, a company offering a one-stop trading suite for crypto enthusiasts, is thrilled to announce the completion of a successful seed funding round for $6.25 million. Notable European venture capital funds participated in the round, led by JME Ventures, an early investor…

By using its ecosystem venture fund dubbed cFund, Cardano has made its first investment in COTI. As part of the deal, the so-called “Finance on the blockchain” project will update the internally developed ADA Pay system to accommodate the upcoming Shelley mainnet. Cardano Invests in COTI Anchored by IOHK and…