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Parafi Capital Secures $120 Million for Investing in Crypto Funds
30.8.2024
The New York-based digital asset manager, Parafi Capital, has secured $120 million to invest in general partner stakes of crypto funds. These funds focus on specific market segments, strategies, or geographic locations. With this funding, Parafi Capital aims to build a portfolio of 30-50 general...
Cornell Professor Warns of Growing Crypto Risks Amid Misleading Promises and Hype
11.8.2024
A professor at Cornell University’s Dyson School, Eswar Prasad, has raised concerns about the increasing risks in the cryptocurrency market, pointing to regulatory gaps and centralization as key issues. “If anything, crypto today presents even greater risks to its investors and to...
Blockchain and Nation-State Infrastructure: Why Bother?
4.8.2024
We listen to talk after talk about crypto finally achieving asset-class legitimacy, but truly speaking, the encroachment of Wall Street giants into the blockchain space is a double-edged sword. The following is an opinion editorial written by Karel Kubat, Founder of Union Labs. As blockchain...
From Microstrategy to Gamestop — Backed Introduces 5 New Tokenized Equities
16.7.2024
Backed, a firm specializing in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, has launched five new tokenized equities. The newly introduced tokens represent stocks of prominent companies, offering non-U.S. investors exposure to these assets via blockchain technology. RWA Firm Backed Launches 5 Tokenized...
Bitcoin ETFs boost TradFi Investments: Binance France president
30.5.2024
Bitcoin is increasingly viewed as a retirement investment product by traditional investors, thanks to the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs
US ETH ETF approval pressures Korean regulators
25.5.2024
Unlike their U.S. counterparts, Korea’s FSC and FSS have been cautious about allowing crypto trading on traditional securities markets
Ether ETFs will ‘destroy ethos of crypto,’ says DeFi exec
24.5.2024
The Ether ETF approval in the U.S. has sparked both investor excitement and decentralization debate
Bitcoin ETFs are 'orange FOMO poker chips' that siphon on-chain funds back into TradFi
20.5.2024
Bitcoin’s goal of creating a decentralized financial system may be challenged by ETFs “dragging money back into the TradFi world,” according to the macro researcher
Israeli fintech Kima, Mastercard lab look to develop ‘DeFi credit card’
14.5.2024
Kima is seeking to bridge traditional and Web3 finance and make the user experience more manageable
Real-World Data Unlocks the True Value of Tokenization: Chainlink
26.4.2024
Chainlink Labs’ director of capital markets said traditional finance is not the best use case for tokenization, real-world data is.
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Crypto Education Gains Traction During Financial Capability Month
20.4.2024
While initiatives have been taking place to help educate Americans about the traditional finance sector, opportunities around crypto education are also being presented this month.
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DeFi Borrower Behavior Key to Gauging Tokenization Risks: BIS Study
14.3.2024
The study was designed to look at the largely unexplored "intricacies" of user behavior and dynamics of decentralized finance lending, the authors said
Bitcoin’s Warm-up Phase: Analyst Predicts a Market Evolution That Could ‘Shock’ Traditional Finance
7.3.2024
As bitcoin remains close to its peak price levels, a wave of positive sentiment and enthusiastic vigor is enveloping the crypto sphere. This week, onchain analyst Willy Woo, the same market strategist who asserted in November 2023 that bitcoin will probably not fall under $30,000 again, is of...
Pyth Network Unveils Real-Time Bitcoin ETF Price Feeds, Bridging Defi and Traditional Finance
20.2.2024
On Tuesday, Pyth Network announced the rollout of real-time price feeds for bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), enhancing the data’s availability to both decentralized finance (defi) developers and the wider crypto and traditional financial communities. These feeds encapsulate data from...
Citi Innovates with Avalanche Blockchain to Tokenize Private Equity Funds
15.2.2024
Big four American banking giant Citi has just completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) to tokenize traditional finance (TradFi) assets and distribute them on blockchain. The multinational investment bank and financial services corporation used Avalanche’s Evergreen subnet Spruce “for...
Neobanking app enfineo claims it can bridge traditional finance with cryptocurrencies
9.2.2024
  Startup enfineo is building an alternative to your usual cryptocurrency wallets with a focus on traditional banking and finance. enfineo guarantees that the platform seamlessly integrates conventional banking with the dynamic world of cryptocurrencies, allowing users to manage their savings...
Bona Fide Wealth President Defines Bitcoin as ‘Digital Gold,’ Discusses Showdown Between Crypto Natives and Traditional Finance
30.1.2024
Douglas Boneparth, the president and founder of Bona Fide Wealth, recently articulated his perspective on bitcoin, describing it as a digital equivalent of gold or a store of value in the digital realm. In addition, Boneparth further highlighted the contrasts in approach between traditional trade...
Decentralization to Secure Crypto Assets: Interview with Billy Mullins
29.1.2024
MatterFi, a decentralized digital asset wallet solution focused on security and efficiency, seeks to raise the bar regarding custody integration, faster transactions, and wider crypto adoption. In a recent press release, the company announced Billy Mullins as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO)...
Robinhood Set to List Spot Bitcoin ETFs ‘As Soon As Possible’
11.1.2024
Source: DALL·E To better integrate cryptocurrencies into traditional finance, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced that the platform will list the newly approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) swiftly. According to Tenev’s recent social media post, Robinhood is excited about the Securities...
Goldman Sachs Set to Become Authorized Participant in BlackRock and Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETFs: Report
3.1.2024
Goldman Sachs is expected to be the latest financial institution to take on the role of authorized participant (AP) in two key Bitcoin ETFs, according to a new report. Traditional finance’s adoption of crypto The report, published by CoinDesk early Wednesday afternoon, claims insider sources...