Digital Assets

Digital Assets

A Porsche Speedster Is Being Turned Into Tokens

TEND, an ethereum-powered marketplace for tokenized luxury goods has partnered with a Porsche dealer to offer its first tokenized car.

Business  ·  13 February 2018
Acquisitions

Token Trader Templum Just Bought a Broker-Dealer

Blockchain startup Templum has acquired Liquid Markets Group's broker-dealer and alternative trading system Liquid M Capital LLC.

Business  ·  7 February 2018
Regulation

Blockchain Asset Registries: Approaching Enlightenment?

Putting real-world assets on a blockchain may be a promise worth pursuing, but field reports suggest it's an idea still just out of reach.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 December 2017
Digital Assets

Assets Will Be Tokens (And It Will Change Finance)

Tokenization of assets will greatly reduce market friction, in part by giving investors unprecedented levels of information, writes Pavel Kravchenko.

Markets  ·  12 November 2017
Exchanges

Coinbase’s GDAX Exchange Sets Out Criteria for Token Listings

Coinbase's digital asset exchange GDAX has released a framework for how it will consider tokens for listing on its platform.

Markets  ·  2 November 2017
Exchanges

China’s ICO Ban: Understandable, Reasonable and (Probably) Temporary

China's ICO ban might not be what it seems, according to CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson. In an OpEd, she argues it's not only reasonable – but temporary.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 September 2017
Visa

Credit Card Giant Visa Hints at Digital Asset Service Plans

Payments multinational Visa may be looking to blockchain as a way to facilitate the transfer of digitized assets, according to a patent filing.

Business  ·  21 August 2017
Bitcoin

Swiss Bank to Sell Ether and Bitcoin Cash to Customers

A private Swiss bank is expanding a digital asset management service it launched earlier this summer to include new cryptocurrencies.

Business  ·  16 August 2017
Cryptocurrency

Killing ‘Cryptocurrency’: Why It’s Time to Retire the Term

A crypto fund manager argues that the term "cryptocurrencies" is now outdated, proposing another to match the tech's evolving use.

Markets  ·  7 July 2017
Digital Assets

Intel Quietly Demos New Digital Asset Exchange

Intel has unveiled a digital asset exchange proof-of-concept tied to its Sawtooth Lake distributed ledger project.

Tech  ·  11 May 2017
Investments

Bank Veterans Raise $1.5 Million for Digital Asset Startup

Digital asset trading service Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in new funding.

Business  ·  5 September 2016
Digital Assets

Why the Buy-Side Should Get Off the Blockchain Sidelines

In a new Op-Ed, CoinDesk contributor Sid Kalla discusses opportunities for buy-side firms in the blockchain industry.

Markets  ·  24 July 2016
Digital Assets

CoinSpark 2.0 Taps Blockchain Tech for Notarized Messaging Service

CoinSpark has released a new version of its protocol that allows users to send private messages tied to bitcoin transactions.

Tech  ·  26 February 2015
Exchanges

Digital Asset Liquidity Exchange Melotic Closes $1.175 Million Seed Round

Hong Kong's Melotic will spend its $1.175m investment to establish itself as a liquidity provider for various digital assets.

Business  ·  10 October 2014