Adam Ludwin responds to comments made by Jamie Dimon recently in a lengthy letter; explains his perspective on the market, breaks down his definition of cryptocurrencies and more. Source
Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, today announced it is expanding its long-standing partnership with NYDIG, a leading technology and financial services firm, to execute a purchase of Bitcoin for the firm’s balance sheet.
The largest crypto-tracing firm is spinning up “Government Solutions” for agencies.
The largest crypto-tracing firm is spinning up “Government Solutions” for agencies.
This week, hackers used a vulnerability on the Nomad bridge to steal $190 million worth of crypto.
The crypto sleuthing firm says it tools monitor $1 trillion worth of transactions every month.
The inherent transparency of blockchains or distributed ledger tech (DLT) networks makes crypto-related investigations a lot easier for law enforcement agencies, when compared to financial investigations involving fiat currency. Blockchains or DLT networks serve as a permanent, publicly viewable ledger of almost all crypto transfers,
International cross-border banking system SWIFT announced it was building integration with Chainlink.
Monzo has set a new Crowdcube record with fundraising from over 6,800 investors in its current fundraising campaign; firm has raised of 2.46 million British pounds ($3.06 million) and is targeting 2.47 million British pounds ($3.07 million); the crowdfunding campaign is part of a broader Series C funding round for 22 million British pounds ($27.37 million) which includes a 19.5 million British pounds ($24.26 million) investment from Thrive Capital, 5 million British pounds ($6.22 million) from Passion Capital and 1.5 million British pounds ($1.87 million) from Orange Digital Ventures; the firm has raised a total of 35 million British pounds ($43.54 million) in growth capital including a funding of 1 million British pounds ($1.24 million) in March of 2016 on Crowdcube. Source
Government-owned British Business Bank has added challenger bank OakNorth to its Help to Grow program; allows the company to receive loan funding of up to 2 million British pounds ($2.43 million); OakNorth is the first challenger bank to join the Help to Grow program; the funding follows a recent announcement of three new executive hires for OakNorth to support anticipated lending of 500 million British pounds ($608.39 million) in 2017. Source