Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

It seems as if the Libra Association has ramped up its efforts to get Libra off the launchpad. However, now the European Central Bank has published a research paper warning that stablecoins like Libra could badly impact the markets.

Fractal, a Berlin, Germany-based blockchain technology looking to make ICOs compliant, has raised seed funding.

Harbor, a San Francisco-based company looking to use blockchain to power crypto-securities compliance, has raised $10m. The financing was led by Vy Capital, Fifth Wall...

Digital Asset Management, a blockchain startup founded by former JPMorgan exec Blythe Masters, has closed a $40m Series B round of funding.

Transaction confidentiality is one of the key issues banks have with blockchain technology, a new report by Greenwich Associates shows.

Volare Finance, which specialises in a web3 options protocol for crypto volatility markets, has closed its seed round on $6m.

The Australian government will create a market licence regime for crypto exchanges to ensure safety and security for people who want to invest in crypto assets.

Centrifuge, a decentralised asset finance platform, has closed a $4.3m in funding.

Central banks should be in charge of issuing digital currencies as the use of cash declines, the Bank of France's governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said.

Cobo Wallet, a multi-asset blockchain wallet, has raised an undisclosed pre-Series A funding round from a group of Chinese venture capital firms.