Blockchain / Crypto

Singapore’s Cake DeFi stacks leadership bench, with experts from the corporate and traditional finance sectors

Cake DeFi, the fastest-growing Singapore-based Decentralised Finance (DeFi) platform announced on Tuesday key appointments to its leadership bench from the traditional finance and technology sectors.

Exploring the creative industry’s unexplored with interactive NFTs [Podcast]

Generative arts are not new in the NFT industry. Despite the unpredictable nature of the industry, NFTs are still on the path to exploring the unknown. Time will tell as to the real impact that interactive NFTs can instill across the creative industries.

Binance secures virtual asset service provider registration in Spain

Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, announced that its Spanish subsidiary, Moon Tech Spain, S.L., has been granted registration as a virtual asset services provider(VASP) by the Bank of Spain. This registration will allow Binance to offer crypto asset exchange and custody services in Spain in…

A deep dive into the DeFi Space with Sooho.io’s Jisu Park [Q&A]

Founded in 2018, Sooho.io is a leading DeFi infrastructure service provider trusted by Fortune 500s including Samsung SDS, LG CNS and more. Headquartered in South Korea, the company aims to become the SWIFT for Web3.0 and connect the Korean DeFi ecosystem with the rest of the world.

China’s Xinghuo BIF and Malaysia’s Zetrix jointly introduce Web3 Services

China's Xinghuo Blockchain Infrastructure and Facility (Xinghuo BIF) and Malaysia's Zetrix have jointly announced the introduction of blockchain-based identifiers (BID) / verifiable credentials (VC) and blockchain-based E-signing services to international markets.

India’s MoHash raises $6M seed funding led by Quona and Sequoia Capital India

MoHash, an India-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, announced Thursday that it has raised $6 million seed funding led by Quona and Sequoia Capital India which aims to offer global capital access to private debt in high growth economies and creating liquidity. The round also saw participation from Jump Crypto, Hashed Ventures, Coinbase Ventures,…

Singaporean sneaker marketplace Novelship partners with TripleA to pay sellers in crypto

Novelship, a Singapore-based marketplace for limited-edition sneakers, streetwear, and collectibles, announced Monday the launch of its crypto payout feature. In partnership with TripleA, a crypto payment gateway licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), sellers on Novelship can now opt to be paid withcryptocurrencies.

South Korea’s Klaytn partners with US’s OpenSea to spur growth in Asia

South Korea-based metaverse blockchain ecosystem Klaytn Foundation has joined forces with United States based marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) OpenSea, to invest in the Asian NFT ecosystem. The partnership, which was announced at NFT.NYC, is the first-of-its-kind dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of NFTs in Asia.