The two payment firms have agreed to collaborate in cross-border and foreign exchange settlements using digital assets. The investment also gives Ripple nearly 10% ownership of MoneyGram’s stock...

The proposed blockchain-powered system promises both transparency and privacy in computing personal data, while also keeping a record of how the data is used...

The publicly available, platform-neutral framework—called the Token Taxonomy Framework—will standardize the construction of tokens and facilitate cross-platform transactions...

Cryptos are not anonymous... It turns out, tracking these transactions is no different than monitoring any other suspicious financial operation.

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is opening a school for startups that want to develop crypto-related projects. The firm said it intends to “encourage more tech entrepreneurs to start crypto projects and help crypto-curious builders navigate the idea maze.”

Michael Novogratz’s cryptocurrency investment bank, Galaxy Digital, has gained FINRA approval to underwrite registered public securities offerings. The company has its sights on facilitating security token offerings (STOs). Novogratz is a former partner at Goldman Sachs who wants Galaxy Digital to fulfil a similar role in the cryptocurrency space.

The Intercontinental Exchange’s young subsidiary Bakkt announced it had acquired a New York state trust charter… clearing the way for the company to begin offering its highly anticipated physically settled bitcoin futures contracts. The company intends to launch its products on September 23. Bakkt intends to offer two types of contracts: daily and monthly.

Elwood Asset Management—owned by British billionaire and Brevan Howard founder Alan Howard—is planning a $1 billion venture into the crypto hedge fund space. CEO Bin Ren said venture will aim to steer investors toward a selection of vetted crypto funds that have passed robust due diligence so market participants can avoid risks associated with the emerging sector.

Ravencoin will be joining Bitcoin and Ethereum among the cryptocurrencies supported by the tZERO cryptocurrency wallet and trading app. The app was launched in June and allows users to buy, sell, and hold crypto assets. Ravencoin is an open source cryptocurrency aiming to enable instant payments, build and support security tokens, gift cards, fiat currency, and more.

Coinbase added about eight million new users in the past year… and the number of users on the crypto exchange is now over 30 million to date, with over $150 billion traded in cryptocurrency. Founded in June 2012, Coinbase is one of the most popular crypto exchanges globally, with adjusted trading volume of around $350 million.

Coinbase is a major American crypto exchange and wallet service… And its CEO has a vision of a more universal entity driving adoption to crypto. Coinbase’s future mission is to help grow the global crypto economy by connecting people in the market and expanding crypto community to help people use cryptocurrencies for more than just buying and selling.

The largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, is reportedly looking to launch a captive insurance company in partnership with insurance brokerage firm Aon. Coinbase and Aon see the insurance subsidiary as a potential solution to the alleged shortage of insurance available to cryptocurrency exchanges… And such a solution allows the company to keep the money that would be normally spent on insurance premiums.