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…
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Zodia registered as VASP in Ireland
Zodia Custody (Ireland) Limited has been added to the Central Bank of Ireland’s Virtual Asset Service Provider Register, and is now authorised to provide commercial services to clients in Ireland. Zodia Custody, an institutional cryptoasset servicing company headquartered in London, established its Irish subsidiary in August 2021. Zodia Custody is a wholly owned subsidiary of…
Fireblocks integrates Tokeny
Fireblocks, the provider of digital asset and crypto custody technology, has integrated Tokeny to its platform. The integration will enable Fireblocks customers to mint and manage permissioned tokens such as digital securities, stablecoins and loyalty programs across retail trading apps, neobanks, payment networks, and more. Together with Tokeny, Fireblocks will provide a secure and compliant…
Zodia Markets granted FCA registration
Zodia Markets, a UK-based cryptoasset exchange and brokerage for institutional clients backed by Standard Chartered, has received cryptoasset registration from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and has officially launched its institutional crypto exchange and brokerage business. Zodia Markets’ registration marks the first time a crypto trading business backed by a leading international bank has…
Komainu gets green light in Dubai
Komainu, the C.I.-based regulated digital asset custody provider, has been granted provisional regulatory approval from the Government of Dubai‘s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to commence operational readiness even as the application goes through the warranted due diligence in accordance with VARA requirements. Komainu is backed by Nomura, the Japanese investment bank, digital asset manager…
BBVA, BME, IDB and Iberclear collaborate on first DLT bond issuance in Spain
BME, the Spanish stock exchange operator, has collaborated with Iberclear, BBVA and the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), to complete the first bond issuance in Spain listed in a regulated market and registered using blockchain technology developed by ioBuilders. This platform could serve as a model for future issuances in Spain and in Latin America and…
Layla Amjadi joins Gemini as VP of product
Gemini, the U.S.-based crypto services provider, has hired Layla Amjadi as VP of product. She joins from Meta (Facebook), where she spent nine years, including seven at Instagram, where she was the founder and product director of Instagram Shopping.
Coins.ph partners with Fireblocks for custody
Coins.ph, the Philippines-based cryptocurrency service provider, has partnered with Fireblocks. Leveraging Fireblocks’ latest MPC-based solutions, Coins.ph will improve the security, efficiency, and flexibility of transactions and exchanges of digital assets on the Coins.ph platform, as well as lowering operational costs as the company grows. MPC-CMP is blockchain agnostic, which will allow Coins.ph to add support…
SDX partners with Aktionariat
Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the regulated digital securities Financial Markets Infrastructure (FMI), and Aktionariat, a technology provider for digitised private shares in Switzerland, have formed a partnership aimed at further developing the digital ecosystem for issuers and institutional investors. SDX and Aktionariat will partner to tackle one of the biggest challenges that growing companies…
BNP Paribas selects Fireblocks & METACO
BNP Paribas Securities Services has selected two fintechs – Fireblocks and METACO – to develop its digital asset custody offering and help clients issue, transfer and safekeep regulated digital assets. BP2S has selected Fireblocks as its hot wallet, tokenisation, and connectivity infrastructure layer. As a first step, BP2S will use Fireblocks’ solution in its ongoing…