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Ripple Sued Again, This Time by Australian Payments Company for Copyright Infringement

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

Ripple is facing a lawsuit over copyright infringement from Australian payments company New Payments Platform Australia (NPPA), which filed the case on August 21. NPPA is suing Ripple for the use of “Pay ID”, which the NPPA says it is the registered...

DeFi Tops $7B

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan

The Total Value Locked in (TVL) in the DeFi space has crossed $7 billion on August 27, showing no signs of stopping as several new protocols, data aggregators and yield farming platforms emerge. Already experiencing healthy growth in early 2020, the...

Coinbase Lists New Token CELO

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

On August 26, San Francisco-based exchange Coinbase announced the listing of the Celo (CELO) token on its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro.  CELO token will be listed in a phased manner as is the norm, starting with deposits on August 31 T...

Fidelity Investments Files for a New US Bitcoin Index Fund

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan

According to Form D documentation submitted to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 26, Fidelity Investments' Head of Fidelity Consulting Peter Jubber has filed for a new US-based Bitcoin index fund. The fund has been...

ConsenSys Acquires JP Morgan's Quorum Platform

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

Blockchain software development company ConsenSys has acquired Quorum, the enterprise financial solution protocol developed by investment bank JP Morgan Chase, according to an announcement made on August 25. The protocol is now known as ConsenSys Qu...

FTX Buys Blockfolio for $150M

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has purchased cryptocurrency portfolio tracker Blockfolio for $150 million, according to a blog post published on August 26. The $150 million purchase will be a combination of cash, equity and cryptocurrencies...

NASA is Considering a Blockchain-based Communications Solution

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

Space agency NASA is in talks with two technology companies to implement a blockchain-based communications system for better satellite communication, according to an official brief that was created in late June. The system is called Space Communicat...

Community Tells Binance's CEO to DYOR Under His Tweet On DeFi

25 Aug 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

On August 24, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted criticism on the state of DeFi, and specifically the ill-fated YAM Finance protocol, which led to the cryptocommunity offering some criticism in return.  Zhao said that there would be “many projects l...

Power Ledger Pioneers Renewable Energy Certificate Marketplace

25 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

Green energy focused project Power Ledger (POWR) will soon launch a marketplace for trading and issuing Renewable Energy Certificates (REC), as announced in a blog post published on August 25.  Power Ledger has tightened its partnership with Thai en...

Aave's New Licence is the Same One Coinbase and Revolut Use

25 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

DeFi lending and borrowing protocol Aave (LEND) has received an Electronic Money Institutional (EMI) license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), according to a listing on the FCA website. The license is the same one that Coinbase and Revol...