Fireblocks has added poundtoken (GBPT), the first stablecoin fully backed 1:1 by GBP, to its network. Secure access to poundtoken is now live on Fireblocks. Effective immediately, Fireblocks users can now store GBPT tokens in their Fireblocks Vault; securely transfer GBPT tokens on the Fireblocks Network; launch GBPT token support for retail customers and users…
Month: August 2022
Gemini adds four new tokens to coverage
Gemini, the digital assets service provider, has added new tokens for deposit and custody on its platform: IMX, BICO, IOTX, & PLA. Trading for these tokens will follow, opening first on Gemini’s API/FIX and ActiveTrader applications for USD trading pairs. They will then be available on the Gemini Mobile App and website on a rolling,…
Copper supports Solana DeFi connectivity
Copper.co, the UK-based provider of digital asset custody, prime services and trading infrastructure to institutions, has become the first digital asset custodian to support decentralised finance (DeFi) connectivity with Solana, the public blockchain ecosystem. The integration with Solana provides Copper’s clients with the opportunity to connect with decentralised applications (dApps) in Solana’s fast and decentralised…
Digivault adds support for BNB Chain
Digivault, the UK-based digital asset custodian, has added support for BNB Chain, enabling clients to hold assets running on BNB Chain, including BNB, BUSD & BEP20 tokens, in their Digivault accounts. This follows the announcement earlier this year by Digivault’s parent company, EQONEX Limited, that it had entered into a strategic partnership with Binance Connect…
GK8 integrates with Polygon
GK8, an institutional-grade digital asset custody platform with DeFi, staking, NFT, and tokenisation support, has integrated its proprietary, end-to-end solution with Polygon, a blockchain development platform, offering scalable, affordable, secure, and sustainable blockchains for Web3.0. Polygon effectively leverages Ethereum’s ecosystem, the biggest multi-chain system in the world, in a more scalable, secure, and powerful manner.…
Crypto Finance adds support for BNB
Crypto Finance, which is owned by Deutsche Börse, now offers full technical support for BNB, the native token on the BNB chain, and its most prominent token standard BEP20. Clients can now trade and store BNB and all BEP20 tokens, leveraging Crypto Finance’s institutional-grade infrastructure solution. Users can: Trade BNB and BEP20 tokens via its…
Fed publishes guidance on access to master accounts
In the U.S., The Federal Reserve Board has announced final guidelines that establish a transparent, risk-based, and consistent set of factors for Reserve Banks to use in reviewing requests to access Federal Reserve accounts and payment services. The final guidelines are substantially similar to those proposed by the Board in its May 2021 proposal and…
PicPay partners with Paxos
PicPay, a Brazil-based payment app, now allows its users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies. PicPay has launched its cryptocurrency exchange service, which will enable trading with Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as with USDP, the regulated US Dollar-backed stablecoin from Paxos. The product is operated in partnership with Paxos, a regulated blockchain infrastructure company…
Talos adds Neal Pawar as strategic advisor
Talos, a provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, has appointed Neal Pawar as the company’s latest strategic advisor. Pawar joins a group of capital markets veterans on Talos’s advisory board, including Jennifer Hill, who previously served as CFO of Merrill Lynch & Co, David Cushing, ex-director of global trading at Wellington, and Tim Grant,…
BlackRock selects Coinbase for crypto
Coinbase has been selected by BlackRock to provide institutional clients of Aladdin, BlackRock’s end-to-end investment management platform, with direct access to crypto, starting with Bitcoin, through connectivity with Coinbase Prime. Coinbase Prime will provide crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting capabilities to Aladdin’s institutional clients who are also clients of Coinbase. Built for institutions,…