Category: Invest tech

March 27, 2023

Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) started the week trading marginally higher, with prices hovering near the $28,000 level. Following a bottom at $27,678.15 on Sunday, BTC/USD moved to a high of $28,178.14 earlier in today’s session. The move saw bitcoin edge towards […]

March 27, 2023

Haru Invest, a leading digital asset management platform, today announced that Haru EU Limited UAB, its EU incorporated subsidiary, has become an authorized Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) for its EU operation based in Lithuania. As a VASP authorized business, […]

March 24, 2023

JP Morgan Chase has acquired Aumni, a provider of investment analytics software for venture capital firms, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition, expected to close in H1 2023, will build out JP Morgan’s private markets platform for companies, employees and […]

March 22, 2023

It’s been a rough two weeks for the U.S. economy after the fall of Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank. After these bank failures took place, the Federal Reserve announced the creation of the Bank Term Funding Program […]

March 20, 2023

The legal teams representing Alameda Research, FTX US and FTX Trading have filed a complaint against the Bahamas-based FTX Digital Markets, claiming the company was a “fraudulent enterprise” used as a shell entity to obfuscate the question of the firm’s […]

March 17, 2023

The insurance industry has been slow to adopt new technologies, but the rise of fintech is now prompting insurers to embrace digital solutions that can transform their businesses. Fintech is revolutionizing the insurance sector, providing more efficient and streamlined processes […]

March 15, 2023

Annual tax-free pension allowances raised, tax cuts on draught pints, frozen fuel duty, utilising ‘environmentally sustainable’ nuclear power to reduce energy costs and avoiding a 2023 recession all featured in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s budget. While much of the […]

March 13, 2023

Banks saw their share prices take a rollercoaster ride over the weekend and into March 13. Trading was temporarily halted for dozens of United States regional banks amid volatility and falling prices. The Wall Street Journal reported early in the […]

March 3, 2023

Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, has partnered with tech titan IBM to “future-proof” its IT infrastructure. Intesa says demand for digital services and “increasingly stringent security, compliance and sustainability regulations” have made it necessary for banks to review and […]

February 27, 2023

Two Ethereum (ETH) rivals are skyrocketing this week, far outpacing both Bitcoin (BTC) and the crypto markets in general. Filecoin (FIL) and Conflux (CFX) have risen 93% and 45% respectively during the last seven days, continuing the defy crypto market […]

February 27, 2023

Altai Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm has closed a $53 million fintech and InsurTech fund. Bain Capital Ventures, Century Equity Partners invested in the fund alongside a number of limited partners across P&C insurance, life insurance and retirement, insurance […]

February 24, 2023

Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) was once again trading below $24,000 on Friday, as markets began to anticipate the release of U.S. consumer sentiment data. BTC/USD fell to an intraday low of $23,693.92 earlier in today’s session, less than 24 hours after […]

February 23, 2023

When registering with the CSA, it says crypto exchanges must have enhanced protections for the custody and segregation of crypto assets for Canadian clients and a prohibition on offering margin, credit or other forms of leverage. Platforms are also prohibited […]

February 23, 2023

Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) moved back above $24,000 on Thursday, as cryptocurrency markets rebounded following the latest FOMC minutes. Following a low of $23,644.32 on Wednesday, BTC/USD surged to an intraday high of $24,572.09 earlier in the day. As a result […]

February 22, 2023

Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) extended recent declines on Wednesday, as markets began to anticipate the upcoming FOMC minutes report. Today’s report will shed light on the Federal Reserve’s current view of the U.S. economy, in light of last month’s 25-basis-point hike. […]

February 21, 2023

While other hedge funds decided to close operations after being hit by the FTX debacle, some managed to survive and stay afloat after navigating the challenges brought about by the collapse of the exchange. In its fourth-quarter report for 2022, […]

February 21, 2023

Grid trading is a quantitative trading strategy that involves placing automated buy and sell orders in an attempt to profit from the volatility of cryptocurrencies. Grid trading is a style of algorithmic trading that automates order execution by utilizing grid […]

February 21, 2023

Research warns that Bitcoin still lacks the on-chain volume and active address increases that characterize bull markets. In a frank appraisal of the 2023 BTC price rebound, on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant warned that Bitcoin might be weaker than it seems. […]

February 20, 2023

The Telegraph reports that the company’s Lithuanian subsidiary PayRNet is being investigated by the country’s central bank. PayRNet secured an electronic money institution licence from the Bank of Lithuania in 2020. In a statement, the Bank of Lithuania says: “There […]

February 20, 2023

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) calls for public feedback on its newly proposed licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges set to take effect from June 2023. A key consideration of the public consultation window is whether to allow licensed […]