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S&P International Agrees To Purchase Good Contract Safety Agency OpenZeppelin
TL;DR S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin. OpenZeppelin is one of the best-known smart contract security and auditing firms in crypto. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal has not yet closed. One of traditional finance’s biggest risk-data companies is buying one of crypto’s best-known security firms. S&P Global has entered into a…
dtcpay Completes $25M Sequence A As SBI Group Joins Stablecoin Funds Push
TL;DR Singapore payments company dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A. Vertex Ventures led the original round, with SBI Group joining as a strategic investor. The capital will support expansion of stablecoin and merchant payment infrastructure. Singapore-based digital payments company dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A, bringing Japan’s SBI Group onto its…
Binance Proclaims 24/7 FX Perpetuals With USD/BRL Contract Set For September 21
TL;DR Binance is moving into round-the-clock FX perpetual futures. The first announced contract is USD/BRL against USDT. Trading is scheduled to begin September 21 with leverage of up to 100x. Binance is taking the crypto perpetual model into another traditionally closed market: foreign exchange. Binance Futures has announced a new line of 24/7 FX perpetual…
Coinbase Information To Deliver Single-Inventory Perpetual Futures To US Market
TL;DR Coinbase Financial Markets has submitted a CFTC product filing for single-stock perpetual futures. Initial contracts cover Apple, Tesla and Nvidia. Trading is not live yet; the products remain in the regulatory process. Coinbase is taking another run at bringing a product long associated with offshore crypto exchanges into the regulated U.S. market. Coinbase Financial…
Bastion Wins Conditional OCC Approval For Nationwide Belief Financial institution Constitution
TL;DR Bastion has received conditional OCC approval to form a national trust bank. The charter is non-depository and geared toward custody and digital asset services. The company still has pre-opening conditions to satisfy before it can fully operate. Bastion is moving closer to operating under a federal banking charter after receiving conditional approval from the…