Tag: Launches

GoMining debuts institutional division, launches $100m Bitcoin yield fund

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GoMining has launched a new division, GoMining Institutional, with a new $100 million Alpha Blocks Fund to offer structured exposure to Bitcoin mining for professional investors. According to an April 1 announcement shared with crypto.news, the GoMining Alpha Blocks Fund will be the flagship product under the new division. The fund is fully managed and designed to provide institutional investors with exposure to mining-backed yield. GoMining, which has delivered over 4,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in rewards to its more than 3 million users, says the new division will simplify access to…

Binance Launches New Feature Enabling Trading Between Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges

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Binance, the planet’s biggest crypto exchange by volume, has released a new feature bridging its services to the decentralized finance (DeFi) world. In a new announcement, Binance says it’s introducing CEX to DEX (centralized exchange to decentralized exchange) trading, a new feature that enables users to trade tokens through their wallets using their Binance CEX funds. According to the company, Binance users can now directly trade on-chain through the Binance Wallet tab with their spot or funding account balances using stablecoins to access tokens trading on decentralized exchanges via the…

Wirex Travel Launches With Crypto Payments and Booking Rewards

Crypto meets convenience as Wirex Travel debuts with hotel savings up to 65% and 8% cashback, merging digital payments with real-world travel rewards worldwide. Wirex Travel Launches With Rewards for Crypto-Powered Hotel Bookings Digital payments platform Wirex announced on March 27 the launch of Wirex Travel, a hotel booking platform that enables users to pay […] Source CryptoX Portal

Bitso Launches Mexican Peso Stablecoin on Arbitrum

Through Juno, a new subsidiary dedicated to digital assets and stablecoin issuance, Bitso aims to introduce the Mexican peso stablecoin to serve several use cases, with remittances and cross-border payments facilitation at the center. Bitso Introduces Juno, Launches Mexican Peso Stablecoin The stablecoin market is heating up, and companies are now backing them with currencies […] Source CryptoX Portal

Tether’s crosschain USDT0 stablecoin launches on OP Superchain

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Tether’s crosschain US-dollar stablecoin, USDT0, has been deployed to Optimism’s Superchain, increasing access to the world’s most widely used stable asset across Ethereum’s layer-2 ecosystem. On March 27, Optimism announced that the dollar-pegged USDT0 is now live on the OP mainnet. The crosschain stablecoin’s first deployment was on Ink, Kraken’s DeFi-focused layer-2. USDT0 is essentially a bridged version of Tether’s USDt (USDT) designed to extend the stablecoin’s adoption across various blockchains. Tether launched USDT0 in January in collaboration with the interoperability protocol LayerZero. One month later, Tether selected Arbitrum as…

$11,500,000,000,000 BlackRock Launches Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange-Traded Product in Europe: Report

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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, launched its first European Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded product (ETP) on Tuesday. According to a Bloomberg report, the iShares Bitcoin ETP (iB1T) began trading on Euronext Paris, Euronext Amsterdam, and Germany’s Xetra exchange, offering institutional and retail investors regulated exposure to Bitcoin’s price performance. The product is physically backed by Bitcoin and secured through Coinbase Custody International Ltd., according to the report. Manuela Sperandeo, BlackRock’s head of Europe & Middle East iShares Product, characterized the launch as a significant industry milestone. “It reflects what really…

Trump’s crypto project launches stablecoin on BNB Chain, Ethereum

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The Donald Trump-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial launched a US dollar-pegged stablecoin with a total supply of more than $3.5 million. According to data from Etherscan and BscScan, the project launched the World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) token in early March. Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao noted the project’s smart contract was deployed on the BNB Chain and Ethereum, while World Liberty said the stablecoin was “not currently tradeable.” The USD1 stablecoin launch comes as US lawmakers consider passing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins,…

DWF Labs launches $250M fund for mainstream crypto adoption

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Dubai-based crypto market maker and investor DWF Labs has launched a $250 million Liquid Fund aimed at accelerating the growth of mid- and large-cap blockchain projects and driving real-world adoption of Web3 technologies. DWF Labs is set to sign two significant investment deals worth $25 million and $10 million as part of the fund. The initiative aims to grow the crypto landscape by offering strategic investments ranging from $10 million to $50 million for projects that have the potential to drive real-world adoption, according to a March 24 announcement shared…

Pump.fun launches own DEX, drops Raydium

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Pump.fun has launched its own decentralized exchange (DEX) called PumpSwap, potentially displacing Raydium as the primary trading venue for Solana (SOL) memecoins.  Starting on March 20, memecoins that successfully bootstrap liquidity, or “bond,” on Pump.fun will migrate directly to PumpSwap, Pump.fun said in an X post.  Previously, bonded Pump.fun tokens migrated to Raydium, which emerged as Solana’s most popular DEX largely thanks to memecoins trading activity.  According to Pump.fun, PumpSwap “functions similarly to Raydium V4 & Uniswap V2” and is designed “to create the most frictionless environment for trading coins.”…

Coinbase launches Verified Pools for secure on-chain trading

Coinbase has unveiled a new liquidity solution called Verified Pools which aims to make on-chain trading safer and more transparent for institutional and retail users. The feature, which was announced on Mar. 18, lowers counterparty risks while preserving decentralization by combining identity verification with liquidity pools. Decentralized finance has made it possible for users to trade assets without the need for middlemen, but because fund providers are anonymous, liquidity pools have often been risky. To solve this, Verified Pools requires users to link their Coinbase Wallet, Prime Onchain Wallet, or…