OmiseGO’s Parent Company Changes Name to SYNQA

Asian fintech company Omise Holdings, now goes by the name SYNQA.  “Forging into 2020, this new corporate identity reinforces their position as a holding company with a portfolio of companies and as the go-to partner in Asia for all fintech and innovation matters,” an April 30 statement from SYNQA said.  OmiseGo conducted its ICO in 2017 Omise, under Omise Holdings, garnered significant funds for its OmiseGo payment solution during the great crypto boom several years back. The company’s ICO ran during the summer of 2017, raising roughly $25 million from selling Ethereum-based…

Stellar Foundation and Elliptic Ink Exclusive Deal

The Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF, a non-profit tasked with fostering Stellar’s network growth, unveiled new ties with crypto risk-management operation, Elliptic, on April 30.  The partnership sees the SDF calling on Elliptic’s crypto risk expertise for businesses and financial institutions based on Stellar blockchain, SFD director of communications Lauren Thorbjornsen told Cointelegraph in an April 30 email.  “These services are live and available for businesses on the network today as Elliptic launched the world’s first Stellar network transaction monitoring system,” she said. What does it all mean? Essentially, Elliptic now brings…