The CyberConnect CYBER token initial coin offering takes place on CoinList on May 18th, three days after the registration deadline. CoinList recently announced the registration and sale of its CyberConnect Community tokens would soon be underway. In a blog post, the digital currency exchange said the sale of the user-empowering decentralized social network’s tokens begins on May 18th. The deadline for registration would be three days earlier on May 15th. Priced at $1.80 per token, the...
Read More »Filecoin Launches FWS, Decentralized Alternative to Amazon Web Service
Prior to the launch of the FWS, the protocol launched its Filecoin Virtual Machine Compatibility which supports smart contracts. Blockchain-based storage network, Filecoin Network has announced the launch of its proprietary Filecoin Web Service (FWS) a cloud-based decentralized alternative to tech giants like the Amazon Web Service (AWS), and Microsoft Azure amongst others. As announced by the protocol, the launch of FWS marks a very big milestone for its engineering team and the new...
Read More »Standard Chartered-backed Zodia Crypto Custody Raises $36M in Funding Round Led by SBI Holdings
With the SBI investment, Zodia Custody will increase its Japan presence amid increased demand for digital assets from institutional investors in the country. Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade crypto asset custodial platform backed by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, has announced that it raised approximately $36 million led by Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings. The London-headquartered crypto startup announced that the funding round also saw...
Read More »Binance CEO CZ Is on Bloomberg’s ‘New Finance Rich List’
While Bloomberg says the Binance head is worth $28.2 billion, Forbes says Zhao’s net worth as of April 27 is $10.5 billion. According to Bloomberg, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also called CZ, is one of the “25 financial titans” that amassed their wealth through the business of lending, trading, or investing money. The report explains that computer-driven trading companies are the backers of the new generation of ultrarich, to which the Binance chief belongs. Binance CEO CZ Makes New...
Read More »CoinList Set to List SUI as Mainnet Launch Date Approaches
The Sui Network is adjudged to be a protocol that makes digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible to everyone. American token launchpad and trading platform CoinList is set to list SUI, the native token of the much anticipated Sui Blockchain network. As announced by the trading platform, the listing will take place on May 3 which will coincide with the scheduled date that the Sui network will be launching its mainnet. “Our mission at CoinList is to empower builders at...
Read More »Trust Wallet to Simplify Web3 Onboarding with This New Integration
With the growing importance of Web3, adopting Two-Factor Wallets is seen as a significant step in improving security measures in the crypto industry. Trust Wallet, one of the largest self-custodial and multi-chain wallets, has partnered with Web3Auth to simplify Web3 onboarding using social logins. This collaboration allows users to access Web3 services using their existing social login credentials and other security factors. Trust Wallet’s newly deployed Multi-Party Computation (MPC)...
Read More »Former Coinbase Employee Guilty of Insider Trading Wants to Limit Jail Term to 10 Months
Ishan Wahi has cited reasons such as “modest, law-abiding and admirable life” and mental health for the court to consider a jail term no more than 10 months. In the latest court filing, crypto exchange Coinbase former product manager Ishan Wahi, who’s guilty of insider trading, has asked for a jail term of no more than 10 months. The lawyers representing Wahi have made an appeal to the court in their recent filings. First-Ever Insider Crypto Trading Case Wahi pleaded guilty to the...
Read More »Bankrupt Crypto Firm FTX Finally Agrees to Sell Its Derivatives Platform LedgerX for $50M
FTX got the nod earlier this year to sell some of its business units. The FTX exchange has now reached an agreement to sell its crypto derivatives platform LedgerX in a deal worth about $50 million. According to a Reuters report, FTX has agreed sale terms with an affiliate of Miami International Holdings Inc. However, the sale is still subject to approval from the US court overseeing FTX’s bankruptcy proceedings. To this end, a sale hearing has been slated for May 4, and hopefully, the...
Read More »California Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Incorporate DAOs
With Matt Haney taking a very bold step that is backed by the industry, seeing DAOs function as businesses will be a matter of time. A California lawmaker Matt Haney has introduced Assembly Bill 1229 which seeks to re-engineer and expand the state’s corporate to include Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO). As reported by Decrypt, the proposed Bill, if passed, will enable DAOs, blockchain networks and smart contracts to register as businesses in the state. This registration will...
Read More »Do Kwon Lawyers Tells SEC to Back Off Due to Lack of Jurisdictions Over Terra Products
Do Kwon’s lawyers indicated that Coinbase does not list securities, and the SEC has not been granted the powers by Congress to regulate digital assets as securities or commodities. The Terra Luna and Do Kwon case could be headed in a different direction after a South Korean court ruled that the rebranded LUNC project is not a security product. As a result, Do Kwon’s lawyers were motivated to ask the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to stop pushing with the legal...
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