$168M Worth of AVAX Tokens to be Unlocked in a Month

Neither the author, Ruholamin Haqshanas, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Blockchain research firm K33 has removed Avax, the native token of the Avalanche blockchain, from the list of its most promising tokens. The elimination comes from reassessing the token’s expected inflationary pressure and ownership concentration in […]

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Europe’s Central Bank to Explore DLT Platforms for Settlement

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The European Central Bank (ECB) stated that the eurozone monetary authority is studying possible solutions to allow central bank money to settle wholesale transactions on distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms. ECB to Set Up […]

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Google Cloud Partners With Polygon to Accelerate Web3 Development

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On Thursday, April 28th, Polygon announced it had entered into “a multi-year strategic alliance with Google Cloud to help accelerate the development of its ecosystem. The partnership is aimed at helping developers build and […]

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Bipartisan Group Introduces Bill Aimed at Preventing Crypto-Funded Crime

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The Office of Representative Zach Nunn today unveiled a new bipartisan bill that is seeking to further regulate digital assets by helping prevent their use by criminals while protecting Americans wishing to lawfully engage […]

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Coinbase Still Willing to Work With SEC, But “Will Defend Itself Vigorously”

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On Thursday, April 27th, Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong and CLO Paul Grewal published a video response to the SEC on the topic of its recent Wells notice warning the exchange of a possible enforcement […]

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Standard Chartered’s Zodia Custody Raises $36M in Series A

Zodia Custody, a cryptocurrency custody service launched by British banking giant Standard Chartered in late 2020, has raised US$36 million from a Series A funding round. The round received participations from Chicago-based financial services company, Northern Trust Corporation, and Japanese financial services firm, SBI Holdings. In addition, SC Ventures, the venture arm of Standard Chartered, […]

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Franklin Templeton Brings Its OnChain Money Market Fund to Polygon

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest asset managers that is overseeing approximately $1.5 trillion, announced on Wednesday, April 26th, that it has brought its OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund onto the Polygon blockchain. […]

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Bitcoin Collapses $2K+ After False Alarm Sends Traders Panicking

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. After entering into an apparent rally following several days of decline and stagnation, the price of Bitcoin suddenly started dropping on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 26th. At the time of writing, the world’s […]

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