Paths Merge as Voyager Digital and Square each Complete Strategic Acquisitions

The landscape of surrounding financial technologies (FinTech) continues to become clearer, as companies join forces through a steady stream of acquisitions and mergers.  Recent days have highlighted this with various examples along the way. Voyager Digital Acquires Coinify Publicly traded Voyager Digital, has officially acquired crypto platform Coinify ApS.  This move – which comes in […]

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NFTs are Back: OpenSea Exceeds $1 Billion in 2021 Gross Market Volume

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The market for non-fungible tokens saw dizzying highs at the beginning of 2021. However, it didn’t take long for the hype surrounding this emerging market to start declining. By May, the market had plunged […]

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Joint Committee on Taxation Estimates $28 Billion from Crypto Taxes to Fund its Infrastructure Plan

The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates to raise $28 billion over a decade to fund its infrastructure plan by strengthening tax enforcement on the cryptocurrency industry. This will be used to offset the package’s $550 billion in new spending for roads, highways, bridges, and other infrastructure projects. The nearly $1 trillion Infrastructure bill aims to […]

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Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Grants its First Approval to A Crypto Exchange

Cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve has been granted an “in-principle approval” under the Payment Services Act by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Under this license, the 2013-founded Independent Reserve is allowed to operate as a regulated provider for Digital Payment Token services. According to the company, it is one of the first crypto service providers […]

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Voyager Digital acquires Coinify to expand payment capabilities

Voyager’s Chief International Officer believes the acquisition will accelerate the company’s international expansion Crypto asset platform Voyager Digital announced yesterday that it had acquired cryptocurrency payment platform Coinify in order to broaden its capabilities in the payments and business-to-business payments sectors. Founded by Wall Street and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Voyager provides custody solutions and competitive […]

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