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Bitcoin pinned below $38K as investors stash record $756 billion with Fed
18.6.2021
Bitcoin bulls ducked for cover as the Federal Reserve started paying interest rate returns on cash deposits via its reverse repurchase program
Hedge Funds Aim for $300 Billion in Crypto Assets Within 5 Years, Survey Shows
16.6.2021
Hedge funds are likely to significantly increase their crypto holdings, a global poll of chief financial officers has indicated. According to an average figure based on their forecasts, the funds will keep more than 7% of assets in cryptocurrency within the next five years. Hedge Fund CFOs Expect...
Microstrategy Selling up to $1 Billion of MSTR Stock to Buy Bitcoin
15.6.2021
Microstrategy Inc. is selling up to $1 billion of its common stock, MSTR, with the aim to use some of the net proceeds to buy bitcoin. The Nasdaq-listed company also recently completed a $500 million secured notes offering and will use the proceeds to acquire bitcoins. Selling MSTR Stock to...
Europe Raises 20 Unicorns This Year Including Crypto Companies
15.6.2021
Twice as many European startups have achieved unicorn status in 2021 compared to last year. Despite the negative effects of the ongoing Covid crisis, young companies on the Old Continent, including several crypto unicorns, have managed to attract a record high amount of VC capital. European...
$160 Billion Asset Manager Entering Crypto Market in Collaboration With Nasdaq
10.6.2021
An asset management firm with nearly $160 billion in assets under management, Victory Capital, has announced that it is entering the cryptocurrency market. The firm has established exclusive agreements with Nasdaq and asset manager Hashdex. Asset Management Firm Entering Crypto Market Victory...
Interactive Brokers to Launch Cryptocurrency Trading End of Summer, CEO Reveals
9.6.2021
Interactive Brokers will add cryptocurrency trading to its platform by the end of the summer, CEO Thomas Peterffy has revealed. The platform has about 1.33 million customer accounts and $330.6 billion in customer equity as of the first quarter. Interactive Brokers to Offer Cryptocurrency Trading...
MicroStrategy nets $1.6 billion in junk bond offering to buy Bitcoin
9.6.2021
The firm initially sought a $400-million bond offering
Dogecoin frenzy forces UK fund manager to offload $1.1 billion Bitcoin stash
9.6.2021
Ruffer revealed on Tuesday that it had sold its $600M position for $1.1B, citing concerns over excessive speculation across the cryptocurrency market
British Asset Manager Ruffer Bags $1.1 Billion Profit From Bitcoin
8.6.2021
British asset management firm Ruffer reportedly said its bitcoin investment has generated about $1.1 billion in profit. The firm says bitcoin has been “a wonderful store of value” and it is still optimistic about the cryptocurrency in the long term. Ruffer Profits $1.1 Billion From...
De-Dollarization: Russia Removing All US Dollar Assets From Its $600 Billion National Wealth Fund
5.6.2021
Russia has reportedly announced that U.S. dollar assets will be removed from its National Wealth Fund as U.S. sanctions on Moscow intensify. The fund, which currently totals about $600.9 billion, forms part of Russia’s gold and currency reserves. Russia Steps up De-Dollarization Efforts...
Lawsuit Accuses Korean Crypto Exchange of $3.5 Billion Scam, Tens of Thousands Defrauded
5.6.2021
A class action lawsuit has been filed in South Korea accusing cryptocurrency exchange V Global of defrauding investors. The police reportedly estimate that 69,000 people have invested with the crypto exchange and the damage amounts to 3.8 trillion won. Crypto Exchange Sued for Defrauding Investors...
Crypto E-Commerce Giant Shopping.io Supports eToro Social Impact Non-Profit, GoodDollar
4.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Shopping.io – Los Angeles, CA the premier crypto E-commerce platform will donate $50,000 to eToro’s flagship corporate social responsibility project GoodDollar, a non-profit initiative that distributes free crypto-based universal basic income (UBI) as part of its mission...
Filipinos Can Now Cash in Crypto Without Fees Through Moneybees OTC Outlets
4.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. With cryptocurrency adoption increasing in the Philippines, Filipino users are looking for ways to convert their digital assets into cash at an affordable rate. The Central Bank of the Philippines has recorded P76 billion (US$ 1.5B) worth of transactions processed by local virtual...
Funds locked in Aave soar past $20 billion amid layer-two embrace
2.6.2021
Aave’s TVL has soared past $20 billion, with one-third of capital coming from its deployment on layer-two, Polygon
Possible Yearn rival Convex Finance passes $1 billion in total value locked
1.6.2021
Both Yearn and Convex rely heavily on Curve, but that doesn't necessarily mean the two are in competition
More Than 5 Million in Ethereum Worth $13 Billion Rests in the Eth2 Staking Contract
1.6.2021
Statistics now show the Eth2 deposit contract has more than 5.2 million staked ether worth over $13 billion locked into the smart contract. The contract launched on November 4, 2020, and three weeks later, the contract met the required threshold to initiate the Beacon Chain. It’s not cheap...
Andreessen Horowitz Discusses Raising Third Crypto Fund to $2 Billion, Sources Say
31.5.2021
In May 2020, back when the crypto economy was still tumultuous from the coronavirus outbreak fears and gloomy global financial outlook, in general, the private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) revealed the 500 million-dollar “Crypto Fund II.” A report published on May...
S.E.C. charges 5 for illegally promoting $2 billion Bitconnect Ponzi
28.5.2021
The S.E.C. says five individuals "promoted a global unregistered digital asset securities offering."
Billionaire Carl Icahn Mulls Over Diving Into Cryptocurrency in a ‘Big Way’ With About $1.5 Billion Investment
28.5.2021
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, the founder of Icahn Enterprises, says that his company is exploring how to get involved in cryptocurrency “in a relatively big way,” which he said could be an investment of about $1.5 billion. Carl Icahn Exploring Getting Into Cryptocurrency Carl Icahn...
$2.2 Billion Notional in BTC Options Set to Expire on Friday, Bitcoin Contango Has Returned
27.5.2021
According to data from Skew Analytics, more than 55,000 bitcoin options contracts worth $2.2 billion will expire on Friday. Statistics further show, as far as options are concerned, Deribit captures the lion’s share of contracts with 48,469 bitcoin options contracts ($1.95 billion notional)...