Tag: Digital

Coinbase and Conio Partner to Bring Digital Assets to Italian Banks

The partnership between Coinbase and Conio is indicative of a larger trend in Europe that sees traditional banks and other financial institutions accepting cryptocurrencies more and more. The well-known US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Conio, an Italian cryptocurrency wallet provider partly owned by two large Italian companies, have formed a new alliance. This partnership aims to make a variety of digital assets more easily accessible to banks and other financial institutions across Italy. Conio will make use of Coinbase Prime to provide institutional-grade liquidity support for crypto-friendly banks looking to…

Digital Asset Brokerage Nonco Raises $10M Seed Funding Led by Brian Brook’s Valor Capital and Hack VC

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Hive Digital says BTC miners bought last Dec have already paid themselves off

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Bitcoin (BTC) miner Hive Digital Technologies says the move to acquire a fleet of Bitmain mining rigs last year has already paid for itself, due in large part to a significant increase in the price of Bitcoin.  In a Dec. 8 statement, Hive Digital wrote that it had been acquiring mining rigs since the collapse of FTX, a decision it believes will put it in a favorable position for the upcoming Bitcoin halving, currently slated for April 2024. 276.3 Bitcoin produced from ASIC and GPU mining operations, representing an average…

On-Chain Diversified Indexes Set to Transform Digital Asset Investments

For advisors and their clients, on-chain products offer simple, diversified, accessible exposure to some of the most important themes in digital assets. For now, many of these themes (like DeFi, the Metaverse, crypto, or liquid staking) are not widely available off-chain. Furthermore, these products are available to previously underserved constituencies globally (except in jurisdictions that impose restrictions on such products). And while it is sometimes possible for users to replicate the basic strategies of our tokens independently, doing so would mean numerous transactions, associated transaction fees and sometimes burdensome tax…

Deloitte Taps Polkadot Blockchain Kilt to Provide Digital Shipping Logistics for Hapag Lloyd

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Assemblyman Proposes Bill to Regulate Digital Assets as Securities

The bill shows that New Jersey is following New York’s lead by establishing a comprehensive crypto framework. A new bill in New Jersey aims to regulate digital assets and virtual currencies as securities. The bill, introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Herb Conaway, Jr., specifies the conditions under which a digital asset would be considered a security under state law. According to the proposal, all virtual currencies issued and sold to institutional investors should be treated as securities. The bill goes further to define institutional investors as “companies or organizations that invest…

Marathon Digital mined 1,187 BTC in November amidst record network difficulty

Marathon Digital Holdings bolsters its position as North America’s most prominent public Bitcoin miner, producing 1,187 BTC in November and boosting its combined unrestricted cash and Bitcoin holdings to $802.3 million. Achieving a significant milestone, the company increased its domestic energized hash rate by 20% to 23.1 exahashes, completing the energization of its facility in Garden City, Texas. The miner’s November production slightly decreased from October’s figures, attributed to a 9% sequential increase in network difficulty.  Marathon Digital Holdings’ November #Bitcoin Production Update is here: – Achieved 23 EH/s Goal;…

IBM unveils new air-gapped cold storage solution for digital assets

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IBM announced the launch of IBM Hyper Protect Offline Signing Orchestrator (OSO), an air-gapped cold storage solution for digital assets, on Dec. 5.  Working with digital asset manager Metaco, an IBM partner and Ripple subsidiary, and tier-1 banks, IBM developed the end-to-end asset encryption service to address common vulnerabilities found in typical cold storage solutions. Per an IBM blog post: “When it comes to offline or physically air-gapped cold storage, there are limitations, including privileged administrator access, operational costs and errors and the inability to truly scale. All these limitations…

Societe Generale Issues First Digital Green Token on Ethereum Mainnet Network

Investors of the digital green bond now have the option of settling the transaction through on-chain EUR CoinVertible, a digital asset that was issued by SG-FORGE earlier this year. Leading multinational financial services provider based in Paris Societe Generale SA (EPA: GLE) has announced the launch of its first digital green bond that is issued on blockchain technology. According to the announcement, the security token has been directly registered by SG-FORGE on the Ethereum (ETH) network. To kickstart the private funding through the blockchain security bonds, Societe Generale announced that…