Tag: Digital

Iconic Auto Brand DeLorean Partners With Web3 Agency Otherlife to Launch Digital Marketplace

On May 30, the renowned auto brand DeLorean, made famous in the iconic film “Back to the Future,” revealed a collaboration with Web3 creative agency Otherlife, a branch of Moonpay. Together, they aim to launch a groundbreaking marketplace where DeLorean enthusiasts can purchase, sell, and exchange vehicle reservation build slots. Web3 Agency Otherlife and Auto […] Source BitcoincryptoexchangeExchanges CryptoX Portal

U.S. Lawmaker at Center of Crypto Negotiation Predicts Digital Assets Law by Next Year

McHenry, who has been wrangling the crypto legislation in the House, argued that the outcome is assured by the massive level of bipartisan backing last week for his Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) – with more than a third of House Democrats showing up to vote yes, despite pushback from the White House. He said the momentum will carry into the next congressional session in 2025, if it has to, and will lift the market-structure bill and the long-awaited legislation to regulate stablecoin issuers. Source

Web3 Digital Identity Network Galxe Crafts Own Layer-1 Blockchain Gravity

The first version of the network, built on the Arbitrum Nitro tech stack, will start in June to test cross-chain settlements in a publicly transparent manner. The full-fledged Gravity Mainnet with native staking and restaking aims to go live in the second quarter of 2025. The reason for creating Gravity, said the Galaxe team, is that the platform’s user base has significantly grown over the past three years, now counting 20 million users and 100 million monthly transactions. This required a more efficient and scalable solution to manage cross-chain interactions…

Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Lead Matthew McDermott Discusses the Institutional Embrace of Tokenization at Consensus 2024

AUSTIN, TX — Goldman Sachs, the 150-year-old investment bank, is getting deeper into crypto, according to the firm’s global head of digital assets, Mathew McDermott. The executive, a 19-year veteran of the bank, helped found its digital asset desk in 2021 and has since led efforts to introduce a suite of products and services including liquidity in cash-settled derivatives, options and futures crypto trading. Source

Nomura, Laser Digital and GMO Internet Partner to Explore the Issuance of Stablecoins in Japan

Nomura, a global financial services group, Laser Digital, a digital asset-based business, and GMO Internet, the parent company of stablecoin issuer GMO-Z, have partnered to explore the issuance of U.S. dollar and yen based stablecoins in Japan. The partnership also contemplates the development of a platform to offer stablecoin issuance services to other companies. Nomura, […] Source CryptoX Portal

UK Digital Bank Blocks Clients From Performing Crypto Transactions

The London-based digital bank Kroo has barred its clients from engaging in cryptocurrency transactions, joining other U.K.-based banks in this decision. The bank cites the increasing cases of online fraud incidents involving cryptocurrencies as the reason for this move. Kroo to Decline Cryptocurrency-Related Bank Transfer Requests London-based digital bank Kroo has barred its customers from […] Source CryptoX Portal

Record-Breaking Inflows: Digital Assets Surge as Investment Products Hit New Highs

Digital asset investment products have experienced unprecedented inflows, totaling $1.05 billion this past week alone, pushing the year-to-date figures to a record $14.9 billion. This surge, highlighted in a recent Coinshares flows report, marks a continuous three-week rise, signaling strong investor confidence and a landmark year for digital assets. Bitcoin Leads Digital Asset Inflows Coinshares‘ […] Source CryptoX Portal

Marathon Digital Inks Renewable Energy Deal With Kenya; Crypto Miner to Invest $80M

Marathon Digital Holdings and the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum recently signed an agreement which sees the crypto mining firm committing to invest $80 million in Kenya’s digital infrastructure. Following the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing, the Kenyan government will establish a steering committee comprised of ministry officials and executives from Marathon. Joint Steering […] Source CryptoX Portal