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Umoja Launches Beta Hedging Service to Bolster Crypto Investment Safety
14.2.2024
On Tuesday, the crypto platform Umoja unveiled its beta version of hedging-as-a-service, designed to shield users from crypto losses. Umoja’s mission is to enhance the safety and accessibility of crypto investments, opening up hedging opportunities in a market valued at $500 trillion. Umoja...
DeFi Fumbled Its Post-FTX Advantage in 2023, but There’s Still Hope for 2024
16.1.2024
Investment Advisor Two Prime Sees $2B in Demand for Bitcoin-Backed Loans
8.11.2023
"We have seen about $2 billion in demand for bitcoin-secured loans since we started offering them in September, " Two Prime's Alexander Blume said
Crypto Liquidity Network Paradigm Leans Into DeFi With StarkWare
21.7.2023
The new Paradex decentralized perpetuals platform is backed by the recent appchain technology from StarkWare
UK Tax Authority Proposes Legislative Change to Treatment of DeFi Lending, Staking
27.4.2023
The proposed framework, now open for public consultation, will also apply to crypto lending and staking through intermediaries, the authority said
CeFi Exchanges Helped Mass Crypto Adoption. DeFi Will Further It
26.4.2023
Centralized exchanges will continue to serve as a first step into crypto but decentralized exchanges will further the future of financial systems, panelists say at Consensus
Binance CEO CZ: Regulators need deep understanding crypto for proper rules
12.4.2023
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao emphasizes the need for a proper understanding of the crypto industry by regulators and active engagement by industry players to achieve regulatory clarity
Regulation still key for the evolution of CeFi: Paris Blockchain Week
23.3.2023
Regulatory considerations are front and center as a panel of cryptocurrency industry insiders unpacks the current state of CeFi and DeFi in Paris
Binance 'not planning any layoffs,’ 500 roles to be filled in H1
3.3.2023
A Binance spokesperson told Cointelegraph that they hired 600 people since January and have no imminent plans for layoffs
How crypto tokens (not Bitcoin) will outperform stocks in 2023, Arca’s CIO explains
16.1.2023
Some crypto tokens will perform better than stocks in 2023 as they become less sensitive to macroeconomic factors, according to CIO at Arca Jeff Dorman
Is Bitcoin the only crypto that will survive FTX? | Interview with Bitcoin maximalist
2.12.2022
Bitcoin proponent and author Jeff Booth is convinced that the crypto ecosystem will eventually collapse as a consequence of its centralization — except Bitcoin, that is
US Lawmaker: FTX Collapse Isn’t a Crypto Failure — It’s a Failure of SEC, Bankman-Fried, Centralized Finance
24.11.2022
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer says the FTX meltdown is not a crypto failure but a failure with SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and centralized finance. “We need to get to the bottom of this. We need to understand why Gary Gensler and the SEC were not doing their...
Maple Finance CEO: Separating risk from lending saved DeFi from market crash
29.9.2022
DeFi crypto lending has operated as intended through the crypto winter because transparency kept it in line and business activities were siloed, according to Maple Finance’s Sid Powell
GEM Digital commits $50M to ParallelChain Lab for L1 protocol development
22.9.2022
As a proof-of-stake layer-1 protocol, ParallelChain intends to deliver an architecture that operates in confidentiality while allowing to validate transactions
Japanese Banking Heavyweight Nomura to Launch Crypto-Focused Venture Capital Arm
22.9.2022
On Wednesday, the Japanese financial holding company and principal member of the Nomura Group, Nomura Holdings, announced the launch of a crypto-focused venture capital unit called Laser Digital Holdings. Nomura’s move follows a number of financial giants entering the cryptocurrency industry...
Voyager Digital assets auction set for Sept. 13 after being rescheduled from August
7.9.2022
The centralized crypto lender rejected an had offer from FTX after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in July after 3AC defaulted on a loan and its debts topped $1 billion
Amid crypto winter, Nexo commits additional $50M to buyback program
30.8.2022
The Bitcoin lender has sought advice from Citigroup on how to acquire distressed crypto firms amid the bear market
Maven 11 launches $30M lending pool on Maple as borrowers turn to DeFi
11.8.2022
With liquidity drying up in the wake of CeFi contagion, borrowers are turning to decentralized finance for their credit needs
DeFi needs a 'killer app' to go next level, says Ripple exec
10.8.2022
A panel at the Blockchain Futurist Conference was asked about the future of decentralized finance and what was needed to be done to bring about mainstream adoption
Report Shows Crypto Startups Raised $30.3 Billion in H1 2022, Exceeding Total Raised in 2021
7.8.2022
While cryptocurrency markets have seen poor performances during the first two quarters of 2022, a recently published fundraising report authored by Messari researchers notes that $30.3 billion was raised by crypto projects and startups during the first half of 2022. The $30.3 billion raised across...