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Bank of England Governor Worried About Bitcoin Being Legal Tender in El Salvador
29.11.2021
The governor of the Bank of England, the country’s central bank, has voiced concerns about El Salvador choosing bitcoin as a national currency. Citing a recent warning by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) against bitcoin’s use as legal tender, the governor said: “What would...
El Salvador Buys 100 More Bitcoins Amid Crypto Sell-Offs and New Covid-19 Variant Scare
28.11.2021
As reports of a new Covid-19 strain spread, tanking the price of many cryptocurrencies, El Salvador bought the dip. The country has added 100 more bitcoins to its treasury despite a recent warning by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), bringing the total number of bitcoins purchased to 1,220....
EY Survey Finds 1 in 4 Hedge Funds to Increase Crypto Exposure Next Year
25.11.2021
EY, one of the big four consulting and auditing firms in the world, found that one in four hedge funds are expecting to increase their crypto exposure for the next year. The 2021 EY Global Alternative Fund Survey describes that alternative fund managers are slowly taking a stable place in...
Australia's Rest Super retirement fund to invest in crypto for its 1.8M members
24.11.2021
“It’s still a very volatile investment, so any allocation exposure we make to cryptocurrencies is likely to be part of our diversified portfolio,” said Rest Super’s CIO Andrew Lill on Tuesday
IMF Warns El Salvador Against Using Bitcoin as Legal Tender After ‘Bitcoin City’ Announcement
23.11.2021
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned El Salvador against using bitcoin as legal tender due to various risks associated with cryptocurrency. The warning came one day after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced his plan to build a “bitcoin city” powered by a volcano...
Swedish call to ban crypto mining ‘completely misinformed,’ says fund manager
22.11.2021
“The claim that Bitcoin miners jeopardize the electricity network is completely misinformed,” says EU-based fund manager Melanion Capital
Fund Managers Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold — Say It’s a Better Store of Value
22.11.2021
A growing number of fund managers and institutional investors now prefer bitcoin over gold. They see the cryptocurrency as a better store of value and a better inflation hedge. “I think it’s probably going to be ten times better than gold over a long period of time,” said...
El Salvador to Issue $1 Billion Bitcoin Bond to Fund ‘Bitcoin City’
21.11.2021
President Nayib Bukele, of El Salvador, announced yesterday he would issue a $1 billion “Bitcoin Bond” to build the first Bitcoin City in the world. The city would feature no taxes of any kind except VAT, and it would be carbon neutral, with most of the energy powering it coming from...
Ross Ulbricht’s NFT Collection to Be Auctioned via Superrare at Art Basel Miami
19.11.2021
On December 2nd at Art Basel Miami, the very first Ross Ulbricht non-fungible token (NFT) collection will be showcased at the event and auctioned via Superrare. The proceeds from the auction will support Ross Ulbricht’s freedom efforts and a donor-advised fund called Art4giving, which helps...
Tidal Finance Introduces Insurance Fund for Covering $1 Million Worth TVL
19.11.2021
With an effort to create a safety net in the finance eco-system, Tidal Finance announces its new partnership. Tidal Finance offers a weekly coverage subscription plan to safeguard the OpenSwap that covers the smart contract risk. To ensure the safety of its protocol, OpenSwap is investing over...
Kucoin Labs Launches $100 Million Metaverse Investment Fund
19.11.2021
Kucoin Labs, the investigative and investment arm of Kucoin, a cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a $100 million fund to incubate early metaverse related projects. These include blockchain gaming initiatives, NFT platforms, and decentralized platforms, among others. The support will also include...
IMF Says Nigerian CBDC Drawing Global Interest, Warns of Associated Risks
18.11.2021
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged that the recently launched Nigerian central bank digital currency (CBDC) is attracting interest from many institutions globally, including central banks. Still, the fund warns that the CBDC carries risks for monetary policy implementation...
Oasis Foundation launches $160M development fund
17.11.2021
The funds are earmarked for DeFi, NFT, tokenization and metaverse projects that are building on the Oasis Network
KuCoin Labs Launches $100 Million Venture Capital Fund To Empower Early-Stage Metaverse Projects
17.11.2021
The world's sixth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume is making its move into the metaverse
Valkyrie Will Launch On-Chain Defi Fund Next Week
17.11.2021
Valkyrie Investments, one of the biggest cryptocurrency asset managers, has announced it will launch a so-called on-chain defi fund next week. This new fund would be substantially different than other, similar offerings, due to the location of the assets that will be available to earn yield...
Investment Manager Expects Governments to Clamp Down on Bitcoin, Warns of ‘Intense’ Crypto Regulation
17.11.2021
The founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, Kyle Bass, has warned that governments will start to really clamp down on bitcoin. He predicts that “intense” crypto regulation will come out of the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next year....
Big Four Accounting Firm Deloitte Forges Partnership With Ava Labs to Leverage Avalanche Blockchain
16.11.2021
On Tuesday, one of the Big Four accounting organizations, Deloitte announced a strategic partnership with Ava Labs, the team behind the blockchain network Avalanche. According to the announcement, Deloitte’s new cloud-based platform leverages Avalanche in order to “improve security...
Paradigm unveils new $2.5B crypto fund
16.11.2021
Paradigms new $2.5 billion New Venture Fund has dethroned A16z as the largest venture fund in crypto
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says ‘I’ve Never Shorted Any Cryptocurrency’ — Warns of the Biggest Bubble
16.11.2021
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says that he has never shorted any cryptocurrency. He further warned that the current bubble is the biggest one. Michael Burry on Bubbles and Shorting Cryptocurrencies Famous investor and founder of private...
Paradigm Launches $2.5 Billion Venture Fund to Invest in Next Generation of Crypto Companies and Protocols
16.11.2021
Investment firm Paradigm has launched a $2.5 billion venture fund to invest in the next generation of crypto companies and protocols. The firm believes that the “new fund and its size are reflective of crypto being the most exciting frontier in technology.” $2.5 Billion Fund...