Fixed-rate lending startup Notional is growing its DeFi presence with the launch of its V2 upgrade, the company announced Monday. The platform offers fixed-rate debt using an on-chain automated market maker (AMM). The company said the new iteration of its platform comes with an improved focus on security and liquidity, following a $10 million Series […]

South African pension funds are to be banned from investing in cryptocurrencies under new draft rules. “A fund may not invest in crypto-assets directly or indirectly,” the proposed rule change states in the Government Gazette published Friday. This would replace existing legislation that allowed portfolio managers to invest as much as 2.5% of funds in […]

At a time when non-fungible tokens face scrutiny for environmental damage, 14-year-old Abigail is using NFTs for conservation. Her project, “Belugies,” is a collection of 8,000 cartoon beluga whale NFTs created on the Solana blockchain. Abigail made the artwork for the project by hand, with plans to donate a portion of the profits to beluga […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for a specialist to foster digital asset underwriting, transaction processing, and custody in the cloud, according to a recent job posting. The infrastructure giant wants to hire a Financial Services Specialist to work with global financial institutions and innovative fintechs, and “transform the way they transact digital assets (ex. […]