Fireblocks raises $550 million to become the highest valued digital asset infrastructure provider. „The disruption of cryptocurrencies in the financial sector reached the point of no-return and over the next decade every business will become a web 3 business” – says Fireblocks

January 28, 2022 / Nocashevents / Comments Off on Fireblocks raises $550 million to become the highest valued digital asset infrastructure provider. „The disruption of cryptocurrencies in the financial sector reached the point of no-return and over the next decade every business will become a web 3 business” – says Fireblocks

To date, Fireblocks customers have amassed $45 billion assets under custody on the platform. Additionally, with the launch of Aave Arc, Fireblocks has become the first to enable decentralized finance for institutional players.  Fireblocks, the direct custody platform that supports over 800 major institutions, and powers digital asset and crypto products for today’s largest custodians, fintech, crypto exchanges, lending desks, super apps and asset management firms, has raised $550 million […]

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Visa partners with ConsenSys to help bridge CBDC networks with existing payment rails. „We expect to start doing it later this spring.”

January 16, 2022 / Nocashevents / Comments Off on Visa partners with ConsenSys to help bridge CBDC networks with existing payment rails. „We expect to start doing it later this spring.”

Visa is partnering with ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, to develop new infrastructure that can help central banks and traditional financial institutions come together and build services on top of CBDC (central bank digital currency) networks. As central banks around the world dig deeper into central bank digital currency (CBDC), questions on adoption and usability are top of mind. Once you’ve built the technology to power CBDC, how do you […]

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