Institutional

Paribus: A Regulatory Squeeze.

A Regulatory Squeeze A common narrative you hear in crypto is that regulatory clarity will cause institutional investors to flood into the space. It’s often cited as the trigger for the next bull run. However, each time news of regulations hits the headlines markets plummet, and last week’s settlement between the SEC and Kraken was no exception. While it’s true that forward-thinking regulations will help to remove a lot of uncertainty from the space, it’s doubtful it will cause the next bull run. As we’ve seen from the present market

Paribus 2023 Roadmap

A Bright Future Ahead As the new year begins most people use this time to review their past achievements and recalibrate their aims for the future. At Paribus we’re no different, and this gives us the opportunity to add more details to our roadmap based on our latest developments. The first thing to note about our updated roadmap is that there are no dates. In our journey, we’ve found that giving public dates can often be counter-productive. Although we use dates as internal targets, these are often flexible and adapt

1MetaWorld forms JV with FAME Universe to deliver immersive metaverse fashion experience

Integrated NFT solutions with real world utility to be launched to support creators and participants in the metaverse fashion ecosystem SINGAPORE, Jan 17, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Platform aggregator 1MetaWorld has entered into a joint venture agreement with Seoul-based FAME Universe to support fashion designers and digital creators to create, launch, sell and produce their own digital fashion NFTs in connection with physical garments and real-world experiences. Interactive digital fashion assets by 1FAME's Meta Studio Based in Singapore, the new joint venture 1FAME seeks to support the fashion industry's

LiquidityFinder Brings Advanced Social Features to Leading Institutional OTC Liquidity Information Platform

London, United Kingdom, January , 2022// LiquidityFinder is thrilled to announce the launch of their upgraded community-driven fintech platform to assist electronic trading businesses and institutional investors in discovering and connecting with well-matched business partners to drive OTC liquidity.  As organizations and the range of financial instruments they offer change frequently, providers seeking to enhance their liquidity services are in need of new tools to stay ahead of the competition. New entrants to the institutional liquidity provision space are emerging every month. LiquidityFinder provides the tools to let the market

Reasons for Regulation

There are multiple reasons cited for increased regulation in crypto, the most common of which are investor protection, institutional adoption, and safety. While regulations can be seen as a good thing in general for the space they’re by no means a universal panacea. Examining what central banks want regulation to look like gives a clearer indication of who benefits most from them. In December Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England said, “We would need to regulate to ensure that we get the same level of protection,

GMEX Group Wins Best Development in FinTech of the Year For Institutional Digital Assets Network and Digital Custody Technology – Pyctor

London, 28 November 2022: GMEX Group (‘GMEX’), a leader in digital business and technology solutions for capital markets, is proud to announce that it has been awarded Best Development in FinTech of the Year by Crypto AM for its GMEX Pyctor institutional-grade digital assets technology. These coveted awards are judged by an independent, expert panel of industry leaders. GMEX competed with other finalists including Revolut to win. GMEX Pyctor (‘Pyctor’) was acquired earlier this year by GMEX after being successfully incubated in ING Neo’s innovation lab. It has been jointly

Spool adds 3 yield-generators to its institutional-grade platform for radically simplified DeFi

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Institutions and investor communities on Spool can now further customize and diversify their DeFi investments through new strategy integrations from Notional, Frax, and Idle.[/vc_column_text][vc_images_carousel images="1760410,1760409,1760408,1760407,1760406,1760405,1760404" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]November, 2022— Spool, the DAO platform allowing users to build seamless DeFi products for institutions and investors of all backgrounds, adds 3 new yield generators to its strategy offering. Strategy additions from leading protocols including Frax, Idle, and Notional to the Smart Vault creation tool enable greater customization and choice for the Spool community to build diversified and robust yield portfolios. DeFi platforms can often find themselves creating complicated products

GenTwo partners with Apex Group’s EDB for global banking and paying agency solutions

PRESS RELEASE Luxembourg and Zurich, November 9, 2022 — European Depositary Bank (“EDB”), the Luxembourg- based provider of banking, paying agency, depositary and custody solutions, and innovative securitization specialist GenTwo, announce their partnership to provide GenTwo with paying agent and banking services for third party investors globally. Zurich-based GenTwo creates securitization platforms for asset managers, banks, family offices and venture capital investors, enabling professional investors to easily invest in bankable and previously non-bankable assets. Institutional investors can use GenTwo’s securitization solution to realize their own product and business innovations, to

Velas Expansion Plans Boosted By GEM Group $135 Million Financial Commitment

A major new $135M financial commitment is set to supercharge Velas’ mission to make its blockchain technologies accessible to people, businesses, and communities around the world. September 28th, 2022 — Velas Network, a leading blockchain protocol and ecosystem of related software products, has today revealed details of a major new partnership with Bahamas-based digital asset investment firm GEM Group (“GEM”). The $135M financial commitment is set to help Velas Network consolidate its position as the global leader in new blockchain technologies. This will support the business to deliver on its

TrustToken rebrands as Archblock, to modernize global financial infrastructure under new leadership

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Having successfully incubated TrueCurrencies and with the future of the TrueFi protocol now in the hands of the DAO, TrustToken sharpens its focus to cultivate institutional DeFi adoption under the new Archblock brand, led by new CEO Ryan Christensen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images="1678215,1678216,1678218" img_size="medium" onclick="link_no"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]San Francisco, September, 2022 – TrustToken, the core team responsible for launching TrueFi, DeFi’s leading credit protocol, and popular stablecoins including TrueUSD, announces a new identity and focus as Archblock to become the bridge between institutional investors and fund managers, and the modern financial infrastructure offered in DeFi. Archblock

Capital Markets Veteran and Fintech Pioneer Kelley Millet Formally Joins Prontoblock as CFO and Member of the Board

NEW YORK, July 15, 2022 -- Prontoblock, today announced the appointment of Kelley Millet as the company's Chief Financial Officer and Board Member, effective July 15, 2022. Mr. Millet brings more than 20 years’ experience in driving growth, and has a proven track record building and scaling high performance teams. He has served – as Managing Director and Global Head of Debt Capital Markets with JPMorgan, President and Member of the Board of Directors of Market Axess, and President of Millennium Advisors. Mr. Millet’s extensive experience in capital markets and

ING spins out Pyctor digital assets technology to GMEX Group

Leading fintech provides regulatory compliant digital assets network & custody technologyStrengthens GMEX’s MultiHub platform, integrating traditional and decentralized finance London and Amsterdam, 11 July 2022 - ING announced today that it has spun out Pyctor to GMEX Group (‘GMEX’), a leader in digital business and technology solutions for exchanges and post-trade market infrastructure. Pyctor’s digital post-trade market infrastructure technology is designed for firms operating in regulated environments. It provides highly secure digital custody and transactional network services for a broad range of digital assets, as well as delivering interoperability between