A team of Morgan Stanley veterans has launched a crypto derivatives trading platform, claiming it is faster and more secure than some of the market’s biggest players. Jack Tao,…
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Microsoft Teams up With Enjin to Offer Crypto Collectible Rewards – CoinDesk
Do good work, earn a “badger.” That’s the idea behind a new incentives scheme launched by Microsoft in partnership with blockchain gaming project Enjin. Dubbed Azure Heroes, a new…
Huobi Russia Announces Ruble Gateway and Initial Exchange Offering Service – CoinDesk
Huobi Russia, a Moscow-based franchise of the Singapore-based crypto exchange, has launched Russian ruble deposits and will soon have its own exchange token launchpad. Starting Thursday, users of Huobi…
Former UBS Banker Launches Digital Securities Platform Tokenyz – CoinDesk
A new startup launched by a veteran of global bank UBS is entering the increasingly crowded field of platforms for issuing digital securities on a blockchain. Claude Waelchli left…
Maker of Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet Valued at $7.5M in First Equity Round
The privacy-centric Wasabi Wallet, launched by zkSNACKs in 2018, just raised its first equity investment from Cypherpunk Holdings, a publicly-traded Canadian fund.
ASX-Listed DigitalX Seeds New Fund With Half Its Bitcoin Holdings – CoinDesk
The first ever cryptocurrency firm to be listed on a major stock exchange has launched a new bitcoin fund. DigitalX, which debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under…
Draper-Backed Startup Launches .Crypto Domains on Ethereum – CoinDesk
A startup building domains on blockchains has just launched a .crypto name registry on ethereum. Unstoppable Domains – a firm backed in May to the tune of $4 million…
Liquidity Provider B2C2 Launches Gold Derivative Settled in Bitcoin – CoinDesk
Crypto liquidity and OTC provider B2C2 has launched a gold derivatives product that synthetically trades against bitcoin in what the firm says is an important evolution in the safe-haven…
Blockstream Launches Bitcoin Mining Farm With Fidelity as Early Customer – CoinDesk
Blockstream has launched a colocation mining service and already counts the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman as customers. On Thursday, the bitcoin and blockchain…
Ethereum-Powered Social Network Cent Launches Payments via Chat – CoinDesk
Blogging platform Cent has launched a new feature that allows users to send each other the cryptocurrency ether via chat. Announced Wednesday, the feature enables such payments even without…