FCA-Regulated Crypto Trading Firm Portofino Technologies Sees Staff Exodus
The firing of the firm’s co-founder and its CFO in July triggered a wave of departures.
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Solana’s Crypto-Governance Hub Realms Is Under New Management
The project is spinning out of Solana Labs and its new leaders want to turn a profit.
GraFun Starts Labs Division to Boost Memecoin Ecosystem on BNB Chain
The Labs partners include trading firm DWF Labs and the Floki, BNB Chain’s largest memecoin by market capitalization.
Solv Raises $11M to Grow the $1.3B Bitcoin Staking Protocol
Solv Protocol’s SolvBTC product has more than 20,000 BTC staked ($1.24 billion) deployed across 10 major blockchain networks.
Binance, FalconX and the Curious Case of 1.35M Missing Solana Tokens
Mysterious transactions and reconciliation head-scratchers happen in traditional finance, too, but crypto could be uniquely prone to a situation of this sort. (Wikimedia Commons)
Crypto Custody Firm Copper’s CEO Dmitry Tokarev Plans to Step Down
Tokarev helped found the digital-assets custody firm in 2018.
Bitcoin Miner Marathon’s Anduro Unveils Tokenization Platform, Starts With Whiskey
Anduro has developed the RWA project Avant alongside tokenization platform Vertalo.
Crypto Payments Firm BCB Group Was the Subject of an FCA Investigation: Sources
The U.K financial services regulator issued the payments provider a 166 notice late last year
Fan Tokens Have Much Larger Market Than NFTs, Says Chiliz CEO as Blockchain Prepares New Memecoin ‘Pepper’
The Chiliz blockchain is aiming to become “the sports blockchain,” its CEO Alexandre Dreyfus told CoinDesk in an interview, while also calling out the disproportionate historical hype around NFTs in comparison to fan tokens.
Tether’s USDT Has Uses Beyond Crypto Markets, Trading: CEO Paolo Ardoino
Ardoino says there’s more of a need for stablecoins outside the U.S., especially in countries with rampant inflation and shoddy financial infrastructure.