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Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets participants and regulators are engaging with digital assets. Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse and Munich Re asset management arm complete securities settlement transaction…

Institutional crypto weekly roundup

September 10, 2019

blockchain bond, Coinbase, crypto collateral, Ethereum, Nivaura, Paxos, SALT, Santander, TokenSoft, transfer agents

Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets, financial institutions and regulators are engaging with digital assets. TokenSoft announces security token support for transfer agents Coinbase-backed TokenSoft announced the…

Capital markets blockchain weekly roundup

August 15, 2019

Barclays, blockchain, CBDC, Coinbase, digitization, exchanges, fintech, PBOC

Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets and regulators are engaging with digital assets. CoinDesk: Barclays ends banking relationship with crypto exchange Coinbase Barclays is no longer working…

Fintech weekly deals and partnerships roundup

Medici Ventures takes minority stake in blockchain banking platform Overstock announced its wholly-owned blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures, has purchased a 5.1% stake in Bankorus, a blockchain banking platform focused on…

Autonomous Next: SoFi’s zero fee ETF and crypto app challenges financial industry

March 4, 2019

Coinbase, cryptocurrency, ETFs, robo-advisors, SoFi

SoFi has thrown two bricks through the window of the finance industry this week. The first is a set of no-fee Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to be distributed through its…

Fintech weekly deals and partnerships round-up

February 19, 2019

acquisitions, Alibaba, CanDeal, Cassini Systems, Coinbase, collateral management technology, crypto exchanges, data management, Ellie Mae, Margin Reform, market data, mortgages, Neutrino, private equity, Thoma Bravo, WorldFirst

Coinbase acquires blockchain tracking startup to mitigate criminality Coinbase announced it has acquired Neutrino, a blockchain intelligence platform. Financial details were not disclosed. “By analyzing data on public blockchains, Neutrino…

Cheddar: Coinbase opens OTC crypto desk for institutional trading

November 28, 2018

Coinbase, crypto custody, crypto exchanges, OTC crypto

Coinbase has debuted OTC trading for its financial institution and fund clients. “We launched our OTC business as a complement to our exchange business because we found a lot of…

Coinbase among investors in $12.75mn funding round for blockchain compliance platform

November 28, 2018

blockchain, Coinbase, Securitize, tZERO

Securitize, a compliance platform for issuing and managing compliant digitized securities on the blockchain, has raised $12.75 million in funding led by Blockchain Capital, and joined from top-tier blockchain technology…

NY DFS approves Coinbase for crypto custody

October 24, 2018

Coinbase, crypto custody, cryptocurrencies, NY DFS

The New York Department of Financial Services has authorized Coinbase to offer custody services for six of the largest virtual currencies: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ether Classic, XRP and Litecoin.…

FT: crypto exchanges hit back at NY AG’s virtual markets report

September 21, 2018

Binance, BitLicense, CME Group, Coinbase, cryptocurrency exchange, Gate.io, Kraken, NY AG, NY DFS

While welcoming the New York Virtual Markets Integrity Report, Coinbase’s chief policy officer Mike Lempres also said in a blog post that the media inaccurately characterized the report’s findings, which…

Coinbase’s crypto custody “open for business”

July 3, 2018

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