Announcements

Blockchain-data analytics company Chainalysis announced a fast-tracked launch of two free screening tools to help provide sanctions oversight to the crypto industry. According to the blog post provided by Chainalysis on Thursday, the screening tools include two main components of new tracking software that will assist exchanges in screening wallets and transactions for activities that…

Aleo, the first decentralized, open-source platform to enable fully private and programmable applications, provides users access to a world of truly personalized web services without giving up control of their private data. As a blockchain that is private-by-default, open-source, and built for the web, Aleo is uniquely positioned to address the shortcomings of blockchain adoption….

Yuga Labs, the company behind one of the biggest and most valuable NFT collections in the industry, the Bored Ape Yacht Club, announced Friday that it has bought the rights to the intellectual property of the other two most popular collections – CryptoPunks and Meebits – from Larva Labs. Yuga Labs announced Friday that it…

Roofstock, a digital real estate platform for single-family rental investing, announced closing a $240 million Series E round led by SoftBank‘s Vision 2 fund. With the new funding, Roofstock achieved a valuation of $1.94 billion. The Roofstock platform enables the $4 trillion fragmented, cottage industry of single-family rentals (SFRs) to become a relevant asset class….

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned operators of crypto ATMs in the UK to shut down their machines, claiming it illegal. The financial watchdog says that it hasn’t granted any of the crypto firms registered with it the permission to operate ATM services. Government regulators are concerned about money laundering using crypto ATMs. The…

ALA Mining, a company with its own mining fields in Africa, mixes traditional gold mining and digital assets. It issues QAM Token, a crypto asset pegged to real gold. The gold is stored and audited in Dubai, so it is protected from conflicts in Europe and is owned by the company, not third-party investors. ALA…