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Swyftx has obtained an Australian financial services license and is seeking opportunities in the cryptocurrency payments sector.
According to Foresight News , citing Cointelegraph, Australian cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx has obtained an Australian financial services license, indicating its intention to explore opportunities in the cryptocurrency payments sector. The license allows Swyftx to offer derivatives such as cryptocurrency options or futures to retail customers and authorizes it to provide non-cash payment services, enabling the fintech company to offer payment services to both business and retail clients. Swyftx interim co-CEO Andrea Yuen stated that after obtaining a license to provide payment services, the company "will no longer be a pure cryptocurrency spot exchange." Swyftx does not currently hold an AFSL license for spot cryptocurrency trading.
British Reform Party leader Farage has been exposed for failing to declare funding from the cryptocurrency gaming industry; one of the funders has a prior conviction for fraud.
PANews reported on July 6th that, according to an investigation by The Block citing The Sunday Times, Reform Party leader Nigel Farage failed to declare, as required, financial support from George Cottrell for security, drivers, social media personnel, and accommodations before his election as a Member of Parliament in 2024. Cottrell, who previously served eight months in prison in the US for wire fraud, later became a key figure in a cryptocurrency gambling platform. Farage only declared a £9,253 trip to Belgium funded by Cottrell and a £15,276 flight donation, failing to mention the security costs already paid by Cottrell.
Offramp, a crypto-native cross-border financial platform, will cease operations.
According to Foresight News , Offramp, a crypto-native cross-border financial platform primarily targeting freelancers in Latin America, will cease operations. Starting July 1st, functions such as money transfers, QR code payments, deposits, and investments have been discontinued. From July 31st, Offramp will cease fiat currency deposits and withdrawals as well as cryptocurrency deposits, and will also discontinue the use of physical and virtual cards and its mobile application. On September 30th, Offramp will stop cryptocurrency withdrawals, and on December 31st, it will discontinue all remaining functions and officially cease operations.
Bio Protocol launches OpenLabs, a crowdfunding platform focused on research crowdfunding for collaboration between humans and AI agents.
According to Foresight News , the decentralized scientific research (DeSci) platform Bio Protocol has launched OpenLabs, positioned as a coordination layer connecting scientific ideas with funding execution, allowing humans and AI agents to jointly advance research projects. The core process involves posting ideas, which are then discussed and voted on by the community to become formal projects. Projects include collaborative spaces, bounty tasks, and funding channels; mature projects can be listed on the Bio Protocol launchpad for fundraising. The platform comprises five modules: post discovery, project collaboration, agent participation, USDC yield staking (2%-4% annualized return, principal unaffected, yield only used to cover computing power costs), and a bounty system. It is currently online, with the first batch of projects showcased on the platform. Voting, private data rooms, and the launchpad will be added gradually.
EDX Markets completes $76 million Series C funding round
According to Foresight News , Citadel-backed cryptocurrency exchange EDX Markets has completed a $76 million Series C funding round, led by SBI Holdings. This funding will support EDX's continued growth, enabling it to expand its trading, clearing, and settlement capabilities, accelerate product development, and scale its global operations.
EthLabs: Advancing hiring, fundraising, and asynchronous cross-chain interoperability based on ZooKeeper technology.
PANews reported on July 6th that EthLabs, an Ethereum ecosystem research organization, announced that it has entered its second week of operation and is actively recruiting and raising funds. The team plans to expand to approximately 10 people soon and 20 people in the medium term, and has already received over 300 applications. Regarding funding, it has secured initial support from Bitmine, Sharplink, and Joseph Lubin, and is seeking one or two additional anchor funders. Technically, EthLabs is accelerating the development of asynchronous cross-chain interoperability based on ZooKeeper technology, believing that more secure cross-chain bridges will provide issuers with confidence in the widespread distribution of assets across the network, while also focusing on the Fast Confirmation Rule's improvement of L1 to L2 link latency.