Ian Allison
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United Kingdom
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ConsenSys Acquires Easy-to-Use Blockchain Notification Tool Hal to Strengthen Web3 Development
The deal, financial terms of which were not made public, will bring 10 Hal employees to the developer. → Read More
UK Crypto Exchange Archax Launches FCA-Regulated Custody Service
The new offering uses tech from Swiss MPC shop Metaco and the IBM Cloud. → Read More
Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda’s Balance Sheet
Alameda had $14.6 billion of assets as of June 30, according to a private document CoinDesk reviewed. Much of it is the FTT token issued by FTX, another Bankman-Fried company. → Read More
Struggling Bitcoin Miners Are Flocking to Maple Finance’s $300M Lending Pool
A pipeline of 10 mining firms will make up the first cohort of borrowers, with some 25 on the waitlist. → Read More
South Korean Prosecutors Freeze $39.6M in Crypto Owned by Terraform’s Do Kwon: Report
Late last month, authorities in South Korea requested crypto exchanges OKX and KuCoin to freeze some 3,313 bitcoin (BTC), worth around $67 million, tied to Do Kwon. → Read More
Andrew Yang, an Ex-US Presidential Candidate, Joins Web3 Platform Pool Data as Adviser
The data monetization platform is launching crypto-based market infrastructure, payments rails and consumer-ready app tools. → Read More
Crypto Custody Specialist Anchorage Digital Offers Japanese Yen Stablecoin
The GYEN stablecoin is a partnership with GMO-Z.com Trust Company, a subsidiary of Japanese financial services and internet giant GMO Internet Group. → Read More
Blockchain.com Cuts 25% Workforce Amid Crypto Bear Market
The crypto trading firm said it would be closing down its Argentina-based offices and halting team expansion plans in several countries. → Read More
ING Bank Spins Off Its Cryptocurrency Custody Platform to GMEX Group
Crypto platform Pyctor will continue to work with the bank and collaborate through ING’s digital assets team. → Read More
Three Execs Leave JPMorgan This Week to Join Crypto Firms
The latest exits are former managing director Eric Wragge and digital innovation lead Puja Samuel. → Read More
Polkadot Builder Parity Technologies Adds 3 Execs to Leadership Team
The new executives joining Parity are Eran Barak (COO), Peter Ruchatz (CMO) and Fahmi Syed (CFO) → Read More
Coinbase Adds Support for On-Chain Polygon and Solana Transactions
“Over time, we’ll add support for more tokens and more networks,” Coinbase said. → Read More
Binance.US Launches Crypto Staking Assault on Rivals Coinbase and Gemini
CEO Brian Shroder also said he would happily hire any of Coinbase’s disappointed applicants or those recently laid off by Gemini. → Read More
Institutional DeFi Enabler? Data Firm Kaiko Probes DEX Liquidity With New Product
The data feed unpacks what’s what in Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve Finance and Balancer asset pools. → Read More
Nomura Starts Trading Crypto Derivatives, Joining Rivals Goldman, JPMorgan
Nomura carried out bitcoin futures and options trades with derivatives exchange CME Group and crypto market maker Cumberland DRW. → Read More
Teller Finance Diversifying DeFi With Travel Insurance
The firm's CreditFi platform lets USDC holders earn yield by lending capital to Koala Insurance. → Read More
Bitcoin Brink’s: Storied Security Firm Protects Crypto Wallets Now
Brink’s is working with Swiss crypto custody firm Metaco to facilitate the distributed storage of disaster recovery backups. → Read More
Ledn Taps Hoseki for Bitcoin Proof-of-Asset Service Ahead of Mortgage Launch
Hoseki aims to provide a framework for bitcoin holders looking to leverage their BTC. → Read More
Avalanche-Based Blockbuster Game ‘Shrapnel’ Completes $7M Token Sale
Games studio Neon has raised $17.5 million so far to bring Shrapnel to Avalanche. → Read More
Ethereum Scaler Boba Network Valued at $1.5B in $45M Series A
In addition to easing Ethereum’s transaction load, Boba injects off-chain machine learning into the contracts powering DeFi. → Read More