financialservices

Grove Launches DeFi Protocol with $1 Billion Tokenized Asset Allocation

Grove Launches DeFi Protocol with $1 Billion Tokenized Asset Allocation

• DeFi

Grove, a new platform in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, is launching from stealth. It’s made $1 billion worth of commitments to a new tokenized asset strategy. That’s because the protocol serves as an important bridge between traditional finance and DeFi. It opens new opportunities for crypto-native protocols and asset...

Cerby CEO Urges Banks to Address Identity Verification Gaps

Cerby CEO Urges Banks to Address Identity Verification Gaps

• Digital ID

Belsasar Lepe, co-founder and CEO of Cerby is a strong proponent for improving digital identity security, especially in the world of banking. Among a multitude of challenges, Lepe highlights the key imperative to protect nonstandard applications that have been historically ignored by conventional identity providers. With Cerby's recent $40 million...

Mantle Unveils UR, a Revolutionary Blockchain-Based Neobank

Mantle Unveils UR, a Revolutionary Blockchain-Based Neobank

• DeFi

Mantle is the first-ever, fully decentralized, on-chain ecosystem and currently has just over $3 billion in Total Value Locked (TVL). It recently launched UR, the world’s first neobank that’s fully on the blockchain. This unique platform aims to bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi). It...

DeFi's Dirty Secret Stop Building Products No One Needs

DeFi's Dirty Secret Stop Building Products No One Needs

• Callout

We need to talk. Really talk. On the elephant in the DeFi room – the one sculpted from worthless tokens and defunct protocols. We’re inundated with innovation, but parched for real solutions. It’s time for a reality check, a DeFi detox as it were. I'm Rajiv, and I've spent enough...

eToro & UAE PASS: Faster Trading for UAE Investors?

eToro & UAE PASS: Faster Trading for UAE Investors?

• Writer's Block

eToro, a well-known social trading and multi-asset investment platform, has recently taken a significant step towards streamlining its services for investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). To make the onboarding process as smooth as possible, eToro is integrating UAE PASS, the UAE’s national digital identity platform. This change will...

Revolut's Identity Play: 3 Reasons It's a Win for Everyone

Revolut's Identity Play: 3 Reasons It's a Win for Everyone

• Callout

Revolut's move to partner with Fourthline for identity verification might seem like just another tech upgrade, but it's far more significant than that. Indeed, scams and online fraud are becoming all too common. This huge win for Revolut is a big win for you, me, all customers—and the whole financial...

Is Your Bank Ready? AI Fraud's Irish Wake-Up Call

Is Your Bank Ready? AI Fraud's Irish Wake-Up Call

• Callout

Consider Ciara, age 82, who lives in a very small village in County Clare. She is as beautiful and awful as ever, and she continues to relate the ancient tales, those of the Sidhe, and of the impish Púca. Lately, a new kind of trickster has entered her life, one...

DeFi Q2 2025: Will Security & UX Finally Take Center Stage?

DeFi Q2 2025: Will Security & UX Finally Take Center Stage?

• Writer's Block

The landscape of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) moves quickly. As we move into the second quarter of 2025, it's time to examine the key trends and priorities shaping its trajectory. At Calloutcoin.com we explore the ins and outs of the blockchain and crypto universe. Our investigations range from stateless NFT smart...

Further Reading

Navigating the Crypto Landscape Regulatory Shifts and Institutional Embrace

The cryptocurrency industry is currently going through a deep paradigm shift. Regulatory clarity is growing, enforcement actions are changing, and institutional interest is increasing. Recent developments across the globe signal a maturing market, with jurisdictions refining their approaches to digital assets and seeking to balance innovation with risk management. Read...

Navigating the Crypto Landscape Regulatory Shifts and Institutional Embrace

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol opened the doors to its fast and secure decentralized ID service on June 26. The H token saw its value explode following a successful “Fairdrop” to early users and supporters. The H token, meanwhile, has seen a 40% price surge over the last 24 hours. The flood, of...

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play