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Survey Shows 64% of Britons Believe Crypto Is ‘Not a Safe Investment,’ Respondents Think Ethereum Is a Drug, Cardano Is Cheese
30.9.2021
While there’s a lot of hype surrounding digital currencies like bitcoin, a great number of people are still confused by the crypto economy and the myriad crypto assets that exist. One study shows that some people think Ethereum is a drug, while others think Cardano is a cheese. Traders...
SwissOne Capital AG Makes It Easy for New Investors to Take Advantage of the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies With Smart Index Crypto Fund Tracker Certificate
29.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland: SwissOne Capital AG, a specialized digital asset manager with a focus on blockchain investment funds, has partnered with ISP Securities AG for the launch of their Smart Index Crypto Fund Tracker Certificate. This fund tracker certificate is the first of its kind...
Swiss Fintech Launches Country’s First Regulated Crypto Asset Fund
29.9.2021
fund tracks the performance of the Crypto Market Index 10 which is administered by the Zurich-based SIX Swiss Exchange. The index follows and measures the performance of the world’s top 10 cryptoassets by market capitalization.“The investment fund enables clients of innovative wealth and asse
Huobi-Backed SocialFi Platform, Torum to Make Social Metaverses a Reality With Avatar NFTs
29.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Torum is set to launch a pioneering social metaverse and socially integrated Avatar NFTs through a unique SocialFi platform. 29th September 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Torum SocialFi platform has announced that it will be launching a ‘Social Metaverse’ and...
Facebook Launches USD 50M Investment In Metaverse Research, Partnerships
28.9.2021
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Skybridge Capital’s Scaramucci on Crypto Boom: ‘The Institutions Are Not There’
28.9.2021
Anthony Scaramucci, CEO of Skybridge Capital, a multi-asset class investment firm, says he thinks the institutional investment boom in cryptocurrencies has been greatly exaggerated. In an interview given to Bloomberg last week, Scaramucci stated that most institutions are still not interested...
Facebook announces $50M investment fund tasked with developing its virtual metaverse
28.9.2021
Facebook has slated $50 million to be spent over the next two years through its XR Programs and Research fund
Institutional investors bought the dip as China FUD broke
28.9.2021
While institutional Bitcoin products have experienced outflows for 13 of the past 17 weeks, the sector has now seen three straight weeks of inflows
Master Ventures Adds Polker (PKR) to Portfolio as Play-to-Earn Project Gains Traction
27.9.2021
Malta, 27 Sep 2021 – Master Ventures have announced that they have added Polker into their highly regarded investment portfolio. The decision from Master Ventures to invest in the Polker comes as the platform prepares to launch its beta play-to-earn game to the public after a hugely...
LD Capital Establishes $50M FOF for Supporting High-Quality Blockchain Funds Worldwide Including 1kx
25.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. LD Capital announced it established a 50 million US dollars FOF towards supporting high-quality blockchain funds worldwide. Besides the financial support, hundreds of the projects invested by LD Capital will be shared as resources to the participated funds with post-investment...
Morgan Stanley’s Executive Likens Bitcoin’s Resilience to Kenny Who Dies in Every South Park Episode
25.9.2021
Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Dennis Lynch, says that bitcoin’s resilience is like Kenny from the popular TV series South Park. In almost every episode, Kenny comically died but always came back, just like how bitcoin bounces back every time after a bear market. Bitcoin...
Bank of Russia Lists Crypto Companies Among Financial Pyramids
24.9.2021
The Central Bank of Russia has recently expanded its database of financial market players suspected of illicit activities. Several crypto companies have been added to the list along with entities bearing signs of Ponzi schemes, as well as illegal credit organizations and forex dealers. Central Bank...
Banks Not Looking to Create Own DeFi Alternatives – Investment Banker
22.9.2021
Olsen of JPMorgan’s blockchain arm Onyx, said that finding the “right intersection between private and public infrastructure” will be an important job for the bank going forward. This argument would suggest that some private infrastructure will be necessary as major financial institution
High Yields Draw Institutions to DeFi, But Hurdles Remain
22.9.2021
ustry agreed that although a lot of hurdles remain for institutions to embrace DeFi, the potential for yield is drawing interest.According to Andrew Keys, Managing Partner of the crypto-focused investment firm DARMA Capital, it is the fact that investors can earn yields on, for instance, thei
Over USD 800M New Investments, Crypto.com Enters NBA + More News
22.9.2021
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Top Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual launches crypto trading app
21.9.2021
Initially supporting BTC and ETH only, BTG Pactual’s new crypto trading platform plans to allow its users to trade a wide range of altcoins
Russian Court Confirms Arrest Warrants for 3 Finiko Founders
20.9.2021
Tatarstan’s highest court has rejected appeals against arrest warrants issued for three co-founders of the notorious Finiko crypto pyramid. The top representatives of the Ponzi scheme, accused of large-scale fraud in Russia, are still hiding abroad, media reports reveal. Three Finiko Ponzi...
Mister DeepFuckingValue's Former Workplace Fined Over His Meme Stock Conduct
20.9.2021
The last we saw of DeepFucking Value, aka Roaring Kitty, aka Keith Gill, he was giving testimony to Congress and standing accused of market manipulation over his part in hyping up GameStop stocks earlier this year. Now his former employer, MassMutual, has been fined over Gill’s conduct while...
Directors of Collapsed South African Crypto Investment Firm to Testify via Virtual Platform
19.9.2021
Ameer and Raees Cajee, the two directors of the South African crypto-investment platform, Africrypt, are set to participate in an inquest that seeks to seal the fate of the collapsed firm. The Death Threats According to an Itweb report, the Cajee brothers — who have agreed to testify...
Avalanche Pulls Down $230 Million Investment Led by Polychain and Three Arrows Capital
17.9.2021
Avalanche, a smart contract-enabled cryptocurrency, has received a $230 million investment from a group of VC companies. The funding round, which is being described as a private sale, was led by Polychain and Three Arrows Capital, with the participation of other companies. This investment will give...