News with the tag "blocks"

Blockstream, a leading Bitcoin investment firm, is joining the crypto lending business. The company revealed that this initiative will allow institutions to borrow money without selling their Bitcoin. Coinbase has launched a similar initiative, while Tether plans to do the same. This comes as big in...

Crypto bank Sygnum has expanded its custody platform to include the world's leading options exchange Deribit. Sygnum and Deribit are now leveraging crypto custodian Fireblocks' "Off Exchange" service, which allows traders to essentially "mirror" their assets held in custody on a trading platform. Th...

Bitcoin developer Blockstream has received an investment worth billions of dollars to launch three institutional-grade Bitcoin investment solutions, the company has confirmed. Two of the funds will enable lending. Canada-based Blockstream announced plans for the funds in January. One fund will under...

Bitcoin development firm Blockstream is launching three investment funds, including two focused on crypto lending, the company announced Tuesday. The crypto company co-founded by legendary bitcoin (BTC) developer Adam Back plans to launch a fund that underwrites Bitcoin-backed loans and one that all...

Blockstream, a provider of Bitcoin-powered financial infrastructure, has secured billions of dollars in investment as it prepares to launch its crypto lending funds. The Bitcoin ( BTC ) developer platform, which raised millions of dollars in debt financing in 2024, also noted that its crypto-backed ...

EMBARGO Feb 12 9 AM HK TIME Fireblocks, a provider of crypto custodian technology, said it added support for Sony's Soneium blockchain, an Ethereum layer-2 network that aims to bridge the conventional internet, or Web2, and the emerging, blockchain-based Web3. Fireblocks counts many large institutio...

Blockstream, the crypto company co-founded by legendary bitcoin (BTC) developer Adam Back, is expanding its global presence with the opening of a new office in Tokyo, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. The company will be partnering in the region with Diamond Hands, Japan's leading Bi...

Bitfinex Securities announced it plans to issue Blockstream Mining Note 2 (BMN2) in El Salvador in the first quarter of this year. The company said that BMN2 is a tokenized financial product that will allow investors to obtain Bitcoin mining income from Blockstream by holding it. Blockstream had pre...

Although Bitcoin price action is still holding above the $100,000 price level, the past 24 hours have been highlighted by a 2.5% decline. According to liquidation data from Coinglass, this decline has seen $65.47 million worth of positions liquidated, with the majority ($54.10 million) being long po...

Komainu, a prominent digital asset custody firm, has raised $75 million in Bitcoin (BTC) investment in a Series B funding round from Blockstream Capital Partners. This investment is important for the outfit and will help the company expand internationally. According to the announcement, the firm int...