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Blockchain.com Hires Marissa Brooks

April 11, 20224 min

Premiere sports and luxury brand executive will craft partnership strategy for world’s leading crypto platform Blockchain.com, the world’s most popular way to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrency, today announced that it has joined forces with Marissa Brooks, founder of 4WRD, to craft an innovative sports and entertainment partnership strategy. Brooks will be responsible for creating high impact, groundbreaking relationships with teams, leagues, athletes, entertainers, and other personalities to support the crypto platform’s global growth. A unique boutique collective in Miami,...

by BusinessWire

Blockchain

CertiK Doubles Its Valuation to $2 Billion in Just 3 Months

April 8, 202210 min

Insight Partners, Tiger Global, and Advent International lead an $88 Million investment round for blockchain security company CertiK, bringing the company’s valuation to $2 Billion Interest in the company is as a result of increased crypto losses, with over $1 billion USD lost so far in 2022, while 2021 saw $1.3 billion of crypto assets lost over the entire year. Additionally, events such as blockchain attacks, rug pulls and more have demonstrated the need for...

by PRNewswire

Blockchain

Campus Legends Partners with Solana Ventures

April 7, 20225 min

Tim Tebow-founded company becomes the only officially licensed college sports NFT platform backed by the blockchain it operates on Campus Legends announced today an investment from Solana Ventures, the fastest blockchain in the world and the fastest-growing ecosystem in crypto. The partnership equips Campus Legends, exclusive NFT partner to the Heisman Trophy Trust, to serve as a bridge between college sports and crypto through a thriving community-driven platform that turns passionate fandom into an investment...

by FTB News Desk

In-House Features

All you need to know about blockchain

April 7, 20227 min

In the banking industry, transparency is needed at all levels. This article will introduce you to blockchain and its use cases in the fintech domain.

by BusinessWire

Crypto Currencies

Sphere 3D Names Patricia Trompeter CEO

April 6, 20228 min

The Company will expand its Board of Directors to five members and establish an executive advisory board in the second quarter of 2022 Sphere 3D Corp. (Nasdaq: ANY) (Sphere 3D), dedicated to becoming the leading carbon-neutral bitcoin mining company operating at an industrial scale, has announced that Patricia Trompeter will become Sphere 3D’s CEO and that Duncan McEwan will transition to be Chairman of the Board of Directors. Peter Tassiopoulos, former CEO of Sphere 3D,...

by PRNewswire

Blockchain

Concordium’s Permissionless Blockchain Ready For Changing Regulation

April 6, 20225 min

European Union lawmakers decided last week Friday to back tougher safeguards for transfers of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, in the latest sign that regulators are tightening up on the crypto sector. Two committees in the European Parliament narrowly voted to require not only exchanges, but also “obliged entities”, to obtain, hold, and submit information on those involved in transfers. It is yet to be understood who the obliged entities are in case of transfers between unhosted...

by PRNewswire

Blockchain

SecuX Nifty NFT-focused Hardware Wallet Unveils at Bitcoin 2022 Miami

April 6, 20226 min

Crypto and blockchain security expert SecuX has announced the launch of SecuX Nifty, the world’s first ever hardware wallet that is specially designed for NFT collectors. The much anticipated SecuX Nifty features viewing and signing functions that upgrades security levels for high-value digital assets such as NFTs, will debut at the world’s biggest Bitcoin event in Miami Beach, USA this week, followed by Europe’s renowned Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS), and its first Paris NFT Day. SecuX Nifty is a comprehensive security solution...

by BusinessWire