ORA raises $20M in funding for tokenizing AI models

Blockchain entrepreneur Alex Tapscott has been fined $25,000 by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC,) according to a filing on May 14.Tapscott is the CEO of NextBlock Global, and in the filing, the SEC said neither the Canadian company nor its securities had ever been registered with the commission.The 33-year-old and his company have also been…

The state of Arizona has accepted a blockchain-based, cannabis industry-oriented payments solution into its fintech sandbox.According to a recent press release from the Office of the Attorney General, the company — called Alta — is a cash management solution for licensed medical marijuana providers and vendors. The Arizona-based financial services startup intends to offer a…

Privacy coins are quietly being relegated to the fringes of the Blockchain space. Pressured by external forces, two Australian exchanges have begun to delist a number of privacy coins including Monero (XMR) and Bytecoin (BCN).On August 24, YouTuber Alex Saunders tweeted a screenshot of what appears to be an announcement from the Australian exchange, Coinspot.…

The exchange will unite with Binance.UK, Coinbase, CryptoCompare, Ripple, eToro, and others in leading the association’s strategic direction. 1280 Total views 5 Total shares Digital asset exchange Dacxi is joining CryptoUK, a self-regulatory trade association for the U.K. cryptocurrency industry.According to an announcement from CryptoUK today, Dacxi will be joining the group as its 8th…

Hodl Law sued the SEC in 2022, claiming it could face the regulator’s ire for using Ethereum and wanted a court to force it to decide if ETH is a security.

Peer-to-peer crypto-powered wireless network Helium announced its expansion to Europe after launching in North America. 1691 Total views 38 Total shares Peer-to-peer, or P2P, crypto-powered wireless network Helium announced its expansion to Europe after launching in North America.According to a June 18 announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Helium will start shipping its network’s Hotspots to Europe…

Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long has responded to the recent unrest in the money markets by analyzing the systemic fragility of the traditional financial sector as compared with Bitcoin (BTC).In a Medium blog post published on Sept. 25, Long made the argument that “at a systemic level, the traditional financial system is as fragile…

Regulation for initial exchange offerings and digital asset custodians comes into force today. 1116 Total views 23 Total shares The Securities Commission Malaysia has issued revised guidelines governing digital assets, effective as of Oct. 28. These are intended to regulate initial exchange offerings, or IEOs, and digital asset custodians.According to the SCM, the rules aim to…

According to Circle, USDC liquidity operations will "resume as normal when banks open on Monday morning in the United States," enabling USDC redemption at 1:1 with the U.S. dollar. 1154 Total views 7 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTUSD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle plans to use "corporate resources"…