Born out of the 2008 financial crisis, bitcoin was designed to be censorship-resistant. However, demand has surged to such an extent since — possibly beyond the expectations of pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto — that regulators have been forced into action. Although Satoshi may disagree, the benefits of regulating crypto are…

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Stakewise to become an operator of their Ethereum liquid staking platform. Through this partnership, Finoa will run validator nodes on the Ethereum mainnet and the Gnosis Chain, demonstrating our support for the Ethereum network and the broader crypto ecosystem. As…

If you’re a cryptocurrency investor you’ve probably heard a lot recently about Proof of Stake, a blockchain consensus mechanism that allows investors to stake their tokens for the right to validate new block transactions and receive a reward in return. The headline numbers tell their own story. In the first…

To expand the protection of the Finoa crypto platform, we are partnering with one of the most experienced security-as-a-service providers in Europe, Myra Security. Through the partnership, Finoa’s web applications will benefit from protection against Distributed-Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS) and malicious manipulation attempts. …

A recent Finoa study found that investors in single-asset crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) forfeit a yearly $64.9m of potential staking yields every year, corresponding to almost 6.8% of the total value of single-asset Proof-of-Stake token ETPs. The Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrencies with the highest volume by assets under custody for the analyzed…

Finoa’s 2022 Family Office Report gives wealth managers a comprehensive overview of the digital asset space, highlighting the growth opportunities available to investors of all levels of familiarity with crypto. The report outlines the developments that have led to increased adoption of crypto-assets in the past few years, following the…

by Henrik Gebbing, Finoa co-founder and co-CEO In the wake of the European Parliament’s approval of amendments to tighten the oversight of the Transfer of Funds (TFR) in crypto markets, the EU has been conducting an alleged risk assessment to identify and address threats of money laundering and terrorism financing. …

During the second round of Polkadot’s parachain auctions in early February, Centrifuge secured its place as the 9th parachain to join the substrate ecosystem. Since Centrifuge was already an operational Proof-of-Stake blockchain, it migrated to the new parachain via a hard fork and token swap, which was completed in March…

For this month’s employee interview, we spoke with Sheetal Joseph, who is an information security expert and one of the key leaders in the Finoa team. Her work impacts departments across the organization and is crucial to ensuring that security is built into our products from the outset. Read on…