B3i, a blockchain startup focused on the insurance industry, has announced the expansion of the group of investors in its ongoing funding round. Initially launched as a consortium in 2016 by Aegon, Allianz, Munich Re,...

Insurance giant Aviva and Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), a UK-based financial adviser, have announced a 5 million (approximately $6.5 million) investment in blockchain mortgage startup Acre Software. Founded in 2018,...

Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC), a provider of ticket transaction settlement services, has made an investment in Blockskyes Series A round of financing. The details of the investment have not been disclosed. Founded in...

Identity and access management firm Okta has announced the launch of a $50 million investment fund which will invest in cutting edge technologies with a particular focus on identity, security, and privacy. Called Okta...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that its official crypto wallet app, Trust Wallet, will soon allow users to stake crypto. Staking, the company explained, is the act of holding cryptocurrencies as part of...

Bitcoin services firm Coins.ph has announced its collaboration with the global funds remittance giant Western Union, which will enable customers to receive international and domestic money transfers directly into their...

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is soon going to launch a limited pilot to trade bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) in collaboration with Canadian fintech company Blockstation. On Wednesday, the JSE announced that it has...

Crypto payments startup Celo has announced A16Z Crypto and Polychain Capital have made an investment of $25 million in total. Officially announced in June 2018, Celo aims to remove the barriers for large-scale adoption...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the details of insurance coverage for the crypto holdings in its hot wallets. Hot wallets, one of the most popular ways of storing digital currencies, are online wallets...

Liquid, a cryptocurrency trading platform launched by Quoine last September, has announced the first close of its ongoing Series C funding. In its official release, Liquid said that it has achieved unicorn status with...