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IOTA Eyes Big Crypto Leagues Again With Series of Network Boosting Plans

These changes are supposed to boost the value of MIOTA tokens and improve network security.

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Finance

Digital Trading Platform MetaComp Offers Clients Stablecoin-to-TradFi Security Path, Claiming Singapore First

Trading volume has climbed to around $50 million since the service was introduced last month.

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash)

Finance

Zodia Custody Looks to Drive Institutional Access to Polkadot Ecosystem

The company plans to provide custody for the Polkadot ecosystem, offering digital asset storage services for financial institutions

a rank of safe deposit boxes

Finance

Banking Powerhouse HSBC Working With Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks: Sources

Fireblocks, which specializes in cryptocurrency safekeeping technologies such as multi-party computation (MPC), already works with BNY Mellon and BNP Paribas.

HSBC at Canary Wharf, London (Danny Nelson)

Finance

Dunhill Family Office Makes Bear Market Bet on Crypto

The family office is investing through its Dunhill Ventures subsidiary into Lichtenstein-regulated VC firm Mocha Ventures.

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Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Qredo Integrates Circle’s USDC Stablecoin

The new toolkit allows USDC to be the ultimate gas token on any blockchain.

Ben Whitby, Qredo’s head of strategic partnerships (Qredo)

Finance

BaFin-Licensed Crypto Custodian Finoa Will Offer Regulated DeFi

FinoaConnect provides the firm’s 300-plus institutional clients with wallet integration for a curated list of permissioned DeFi and Web3 platforms.

Finoa founders Chris May (left) and Henrik Gebbing (Finoa)

Finance

Fraud Lawsuit Against Michael Egorov, the CEO of DeFi Giant Curve, Is Quashed in California

A judge ruled a California courtroom is the wrong venue since Egorov wasn’t living in the state when the alleged misdeeds took place.

Curve Finance's Michael Egorov (Michael Egorov, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase-Backed Insurance Alternative OpenCover Debuts on Layer 2 Blockchain Base

OpenCover, which raised $4 million in a seed round led by the likes of NFX and Jump Crypto, received a $200,000 funding bump from Coinbase to bolster its debut on Base.

Insurance (Vlad Deep/Unsplash)

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Coinbase Creates New Crypto Lending Service Geared Toward Large Investors

Coinbase (COIN) raised $57 million for the platform as of Sept. 1, according to an SEC filing.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)