Nomura-Backed Custodian Komainu Adds Hidden Road to Crypto Collateral Management Platform

Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Now Available in Singapore Zodia Custody, a cryptocurrency storage provider and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, has launched in Singapore, to provide digital asset custody services for financial institutions.

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.

Lira-Backed TRYB Token Becomes World’s Second-Largest Non-Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin The market cap of BiLira’s TRYB token has increased more than 300% to $136.10 million, the second-highest among non-U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins.

Peter Meijer, Republican Who Backed Impeachment, Eyes Michigan Senate Race Mr. Meijer, who lost his House primary last year, has formed an exploratory committee to run for an open Senate seat.

Fanatics-backed vintage sports brand Mitchell & Ness hires Nike executive as CEO With Fanatics, Jay-Z and Lebron James as backers, Mitchell & Ness hires a Nike and Jordan Brand executive as CEO to grow its vintage sports apparel lines.

Mysterious new California city backed by some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, report says A former Goldman Sachs trader has been quietly working to build an urban utopia in California.

Nomura-Backed Crypto Custody Firm Komainu Wins Operating License in Dubai The company can now offer its full range of digital asset custody services to clients in the emirate, including institutional staking and collateral management.

What is your favourite way to keep your Android phone’s photos periodically backed up to your (Windows or Mac) computer? I am helping a friend who is one of those people who takes photos for years but leaves them on the phone until the inevitable happens, and then loses them when the phone malfunctions or is lost. I am trying to help her get into a habit of backing things up. I will leave out the technical details as I’d like this to be more of a discussion than j…

Coinbase-Backed Group Loses Lawsuit Arguing Tornado Cash Sanctions Overstepped U.S. Treasury’s Authority A group of crypto investors and developers lost a lawsuit funded by Coinbase which sought to argue that the U.S. Treasury Department overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash, a mixing service.

Goldman Sachs-backed digital bank Starling to expand in hotly competitive Asia-Pacific market Starling, which is backed by Goldman Sachs, is in talks with an Asian bank about launching its Engine banking-as-a-service platform in the Asia-Pacific market.

Venture-Backed Saddle Finance Proposes Wind-Down, Dissolution The Ethereum-based crypto trading protocol will shut down and distribute its treasury to investors.

PayPal launches first dollar-backed stablecoin from a major U.S. financial institution PayPal on Monday launched a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin to help facilitate payments as its latest addition to its suite of crypto services.

PayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin backed by the US dollar Image: PayPalPayPal is launching its own stablecoin: PayPalUSD (PYUSD). The company says the cryptocurrency token is “fully backed by U.S. dollar deposits” and can be bought or sold on PayPal’s app or website at $1.00 per PYUSD. With PYUSD, you can make person-to-person payments, fund purchases with the currency at checkouts, and transfer PYUSD …

Animoca Brands-Backed Game ‘Wreck League’ Puts Bored Apes Into the Storyline The new game, launching in the next few weeks, will allow players to assemble giant robotic characters using collectible NFT parts.

Tip for Samsung users. You can change the screenshots save location so it does not get backed up with the Camera folder in Google photos Settings -> Advanced features -> Screenshots and screen recorder Screenshot-20230730-112457-Samsung-capture-2.jpg submitted by /u/Mohamed_Hs

Chronological feeds won’t fix platform polarization, new Meta-backed research suggests Image: Nick Barclay / The VergeFacebook and Instagram users see wildly different political news in their feeds depending on their political beliefs, but chronological feeds won’t fix the problem with polarization, new research published Thursday suggests. The findings come from four papers produced through a partnership between Meta and more th…

Coinbase, a16z-Backed ‘Cash-Like’ Crypto Wallet Beam Goes Live Where most wallets require signing up, performing a degree of KYC checks, Beam users can send payments simply by using a link to a QR code. Thus it is aiming to create the closest possible equivalent to using crypto like cash.

10 Ways to Become Happier, Backed by Research Like most things, it’s about habits

Will Smith-backed U.S. broker Public launches in the UK in first foray overseas The move will see Public compete with a flurry of well-established digital brokerage platforms, as well as upstarts like Revolut and Freetrade.