Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has launched a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund, trading on the NYSE Arca, gives investors exposure to “companies that are involved in the development, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies.” The launch comes after Fidelity listed its crypto and metaverse ETFs last week. According to a…

The Open Network is enabling users to send Toncoin (TON) via Telegram chat. The Open Network was built off of Telegram’s deserted cryptocurrency project. Telegram now lets users send Toncoin, the cryptocurrency built off of Telegram’s abandoned blockchain effort, directly from chats within the messaging app, Protocol reported. In a tweet, TON (The Open Network),…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Apr. 23 – 29, 2022): Apr. 23: Crypto assets are tracing a path back onto investors’ radar, notes Fred Pye, CEO and Chairman of Canadian investment fund 3iQ Corp. Anticipating the further pivot to crypto, he suggests that what’s happening at the present moment is only accelerating the…

The country of Canada is generally quite welcoming of new and unconventional enterprises, and the cryptocurrency business was no exception, enjoying significant freedoms in the Great White North. However, the “excessive financial freedom” it creates concerns the Canadian authorities no less than it does their American neighbors. You may have missed it, but Canada, over…