CoinDesk, a specialist in crypto and blockchain news, events, data and research, has acquired TradeBlock, a provider of digital asset reference rates.
Reef Finance is integrating with the Avalanche blockchain (AVAX), enabling users to access decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in the Avalanche ecosystem directly through Reef's platform. The project is planning to roll out initial features on Avalanche in early Q1 2021.
Routemaster Capital has entered into a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire a 20 per cent equity interest in digital asset ETP issuer Valour Structured Products (Valour) from certain shareholders of Valour.
Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of crypto index funds, recently surpassed USD500 million in assets under management (AUM), after reporting USD100 million in AUM on 28 October, 2020.
Epazz, a provider of blockchain cryptocurrency mobile apps and cloud-based business software solutions, is working with Greenheart CBD Hemp company to develop smart contracts for the company's IEO (Initial Exchange Offering).
Binance has launched “European-style” Vanilla Bitcoin Options contracts. The options are priced and settled in USDT, and offer users more choices to diversify their portfolio and manage their market exposure. Users can both buy the options for hedging and trading, as well as write and sell options as an issuer.
Digital asset data infrastructure company Brave New Coin has launched two new indices on the multi-currency spot and futures trading platform BTSE – the Maker Vault Index and the Blockchain Interoperability Index. Both institutional-grade products are available on BTSE starting 23 December, 2020 and will be made available on additional BNC partner exchanges in the near future.
Moneybrain, one of only four FCA authorised firms in the UK trading cryptocurrency, has welcomed the news that the FCA will still enforce its January 2021 deadline on hundreds of firms and sole traders that make the industry a ‘wild west’.
Broctagon Fintech Group, a brokerage technology, liquidity and blockchain enterprise solutions provider, has formed new partnership with Elite Consulting Group to launch GoldGo, a utility token directly backed by a physical gold supply and secured by blockchain technology.
Decentralised network ICON has announced an integration with ozys’ Orbit Bridge, allowing Ethereum-based digital assets to be transferred onto the ICON Network.