Startup payments platform Mash has secured US$6 million in seed funding, co-led by Castle Island Ventures and Whitecap Venture Partners, and including other participatory angel investors
Zodia Custody, a Standard Chartered Bank subsidiary, has extended access for its institutional customers to the Fireblocks Network, providing linkage to more than 1000 liquidity providers, lending desks, trading venues and counterparties
Crypto trading platform BitMEX has launched BitMEX Spot Exchange for retail and institutional traders, as the company looks to expand its product offering
DLT Finance has received nine new BaFin licenses, making the company Germany’s first crypto-focused financial institute for digital asset brokerage, custody and staking services
Countries launching CBDCs may face the associated risks involved, but the countries that do not face being left behind, says Anton Chashchin, managing partner of Bitfrost.io, commenting on what CBDC implementation could mean in the future