Icecap, a platform that offers investment-grade diamonds represented by non-fungible blockchain tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, has announced a new option for holders of its diamond-based tokens wherby the diamond can be enjoyed as jewellery while in an investment portfolio. 

Skyhook Capital Pte Ltd (Skyhook), the Singapore headquartered fintech company focusing on the distribution of investment-grade digital assets to institutional and retail investors, has entered into a strategic partnership with Digital Asset Shared Ledger (DASL), a global digital asset liquidity network for financial institutions built on Corda. 

Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of cryptoasset index funds to professional investors, has surpassed USD100 million in assets under management (AUM).

Crypto trading platform Hxro has partnered with cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX to launch TixWix, the first trading product that allows users to play live odds on the crypto market. 

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recent decision to ban the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) linked to cryptoassets to retail customers is a huge setback for the UK in maintaining its dominant position as a global fintech hub. The FCA’s decision has left many in the cryptoasset sector questioning the regulator’s willingness to collaborate with them and listen to the views of key market participants.  

PayPal Holdings has launched a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal account, and signalled its plans to significantly increase cryptocurrency's utility by making it available as a funding source for purchases at its 26 million merchants worldwide.

Bitfinex, a digital tokens trading platform, and Celsius Network Limited (Celsius), a cryptocurrency reward-earning platform, are collaborating to offer customers of the exchange easy access to Celsius’s rates for earning rewards on their crypto holdings.

The FCA has published final rules banning the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) that reference certain types of cryptoassets to retail consumers.

Ziglu, a ully FCA authorised Electronic Money Institution, has launched peer-to-peer payments for all currencies across the Ziglu app. 

International Private Banking Systems, a specialist provider of wealth management software for the private banking sector, has partnered with Liquidus, a regtech identity solutions provider to the financial services sector.