Consensys news and trends

SEC Charges Web3 Firm Consensys With Unregistered Sale of Securities
Legal // June 28, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Consensys Friday (June 28), charging the blockchain and Web3 software company with engaging in the unregistered offer and sale of securities and with operating as an unregistered broker. These charges center on two services offered by Consensys Software: MetaMask Staking and MetaMask...

Robinhood and MetaMask Partner to Streamline Access to Web3
Partnerships // February 06, 2024

Robinhood and MetaMask have integrated their platforms to make it easier for users to access Web3. This integration allows customers to purchase cryptocurrency through Robinhood’s low-cost order engine, providing a secure, user-friendly and self-custodial approach to Web3 adoption, the companies said in a Tuesday (Feb. 6) press release. ...

Payments Use Cases Lure Corporate Crypto Investors
Blockchain // August 21, 2022

Seven of the 10 most active blockchain investors among large public companies have stakes in at least one company that offers payment services. That’s according to blockchain market intelligence firm Blockdata’s list of the “Most Active Investors in Blockchain Companies By the Top 100 Public...

DeFi Advocates Cry Foul on SEC Again — This Time, Over Attempts to Define ‘Exchange’
Regulation // April 19, 2022

For the second time in a month, the Securities and Exchange Commission has the crypto industry up in arms about what it calls an attempt at backdoor regulation that, depending on who you ask, falls anywhere on the spectrum between opaque and unconstitutional. At issue...

Interviews & Exclusives
Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation

July 04, 2024
Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture.  It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto and digital asset sector has always found itself at — a juncture where regulatory developments, interoperability and scalability, and institutional acceptance are at the forefront. […]

Blockchain Tracker: Blockchain’s Role In Digital Advertising

April 28, 2017
Although it’s still in its infancy stage of being used outside of the financial arena, blockchain technology is slowly showing signs of impacting other industries. On the tip of everyone’s...

Quick Reads
SEC Charges Web3 Firm Consensys With Unregistered Sale of Securities

June 28, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Consensys Friday (June 28), charging the blockchain and Web3 software company with engaging in the unregistered offer and sale of securities and with operating as an unregistered broker. These charges center on two services offered by Consensys Software: MetaMask Staking and MetaMask Swaps, the regulator said in a Friday (June 28) press release. […]

Robinhood and MetaMask Partner to Streamline Access to Web3

February 06, 2024
Robinhood and MetaMask have integrated their platforms to make it easier for users to access Web3. This integration allows customers to purchase cryptocurrency through Robinhood’s low-cost order engine, providing a secure, user-friendly and...

Software Firm ConsenSys Closes $450M Series D to Further Web3 Developments

March 15, 2022
Software company ConsenSys, which creates foundational software for Web3, has closed a $450 million Series D funding round, the company announced Tuesday (March 15). Per the release, ConsenSys’ mission is...

ConsenSys Acquires MyCrypto, Teams with MetaMask

February 01, 2022
Blockchain software firm ConsenSys has acquired Ethereum interface MyCrypto as it plans to collaborate with the Web3 wallet MetaMask. ConsenSys announced the changes in a news release Tuesday (Feb. 1),...