Latest from Jamie Crawley
Ripple Launches $250M NFT Fund
Creators, brands and marketplaces will be given support to explore how the XRP Ledger’s speed and cost can support new use cases for NFTs.
Verifone Partners With BitPay to Support Crypto Payments
Rollout will commence later this year across Verifone’s merchant network in the U.S.
Stablecoin Pegged to Peru’s Currency Launches on Stellar
The coin has been created by Latin American digital token issuer Anclap and is 100% backed by local currency.
Immutable X Token Sale Raises Over $12.5M in Under an Hour
Immutable X is aiming for its IMX token to be Ethereum’s “Stripe for NFTs,” offering gas-free NFT minting and trading.
Fantom to Work With Orienbank to Help Develop a Possible CBDC for Tajikistan
The Fantom Foundation will work with OJSC Orienbank on a possible CBDC for use in the central Asian country.
Binance to Restrict Offerings in Singapore
Users will no longer be able to access fiat deposit services and spot trading of crypto, buy crypto through fiat channels or “liquid swap.”
Robinhood Crypto Appoints New CTO, Hires Chief Compliance Officer From Grayscale
The platform has quadrupled its crypto engineering team’s headcount this year and wants to double the size of the group in the next 12 months.
Crypto Industry Could Add $184B of Economic Value to India by 2030: NASSCOM
The industry currently employs 50,000 people in India, a number which is expected to grow to over 800,000 by the end of the decade.
Hive Blockchain Posts Net Income of $42.5M for Year Ended March 2021
The figure compares with a loss of $1.9 million for the previous year .
Hong Kong-Based Crypto Unicorn Amber Group Eyes US Listing: Report
The financial services firm’s offering may raise regulatory eyebrows in the U.S.
