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How Foresight Ventures Is Approaching Investments in the Current Market Environment
1.7.2022
The Foresight Ventures founding and partnership team includes veterans of some of the top financial and technology firms dedicated to sourcing and supporting the next generation of disruptive innovations across Web3. They believe the future is multi-chain and thus the chains that find product...
Glassnode Report Says Bitcoin’s 2022 Price Drop Represents a Bear Market of ‘Historic Proportions’
28.6.2022
The crypto economy has slipped under the $1 trillion mark to the $970 billion range, as a large number of digital currencies have lost more than half their USD worth since November 2021. Bitcoin is down 70% from the all-time high last year, and a new report from Glassnode Insights calls the current...
Saddle․Finance Creates New Standards for DeFi Trading
25.6.2022
DeFi is a sub-sector in the crypto industry that has witnessed significant innovation since its inception. However, the narrative has struggled to stay consistent, affecting the domain overall. The current bear market has wiped out more than half of DeFi Total Value Locked (TVL), hampering...
Foresight Ventures Launches 200m Foresight Secondary Fund I to Invest in Private Round Crypto Assets
17.6.2022
Foresight Ventures launches 200m Foresight Secondary Fund I to invest in private round crypto assets that are looking to access liquidity during current volatile market conditions. The fund is launched with Bitget Exchange as the largest single LP. Current market conditions have not diminished...
Argentinian Cryptocurrency Exchange Buenbit Launches Stablecoin Yield Instruments
14.6.2022
Buenbit, one of the leading Argentinian cryptocurrency exchanges, announced the inclusion of two stablecoins in its current yield program. The company will allow its customers to earn yields of up to 11% annually on their USDC and USDT funds, with the earnings being deposited in customers’...
Tron’s Stablecoin USDD Falls to $0.97, USDC Deployed to Defend the $1 Parity
13.6.2022
After the Terra UST fallout and the current crypto market volatility, many eyes have been focused on the Tron-based algorithmic stablecoin USDD. On June 13, the crypto asset tron (TRX) dropped significantly in value and Tron’s founder Justin Sun spoke about traders shorting the digital...
XTRA․FUND – the World’s Only DeFi Platform That Always Rewards, No Matter the Market
13.6.2022
The cryptocurrency Winter is (NOT) here to stay. If the media was any indicator of the current state of the cryptocurrency industry, one would think it was time to “pack up” and find a new technology to invest both time and money into. It is true that the cryptocurrency industry...
New NFT Marketplace, myNFT, Seals $7m in Funding to Make NFTs Accessible to All
8.6.2022
PRESS RELEASE. New London-based NFT marketplace platform, myNFT, has announced its upcoming launch with the news that it has received Series A funding from some of the most prominent investors in the blockchain industry. myNFT believes that the current NFT industry is filled with barriers, blocking...
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman Compares Crypto to Housing Bubble and Subprime Crisis
8.6.2022
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has compared the current state of cryptocurrency to the housing bubble and the subprime mortgage crisis. Noting that crypto lacks any real value, he said: “it is a house built not on sand, but on nothing at all.” Paul Krugman on Crypto...
2TM Group, Parent Company of Mercado Bitcoin, Lays off 90 Workers Amid Market Cool Down
5.6.2022
2TM Group, a Latam unicorn and parent company of Mercado Bitcoin, a Latam-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it will execute a series of layoffs due to the current market cooldown. The company declared that this action was motivated by the recent global financial scenario changes, making...
Czech Central Bank Plans Tenfold Increase in Gold Holdings, New Governor Says Precious Metal ‘Good for Diversification’
4.6.2022
The incoming governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB), Aleš Michl, has said he plans to increase the institution’s gold holdings almost tenfold from the current 11 tonnes to 100 tonnes. Michl also said he will ask the bank’s foreign exchange reserves management team to invest...
Old Fashion Research Launches $100 Million Latam and Emerging Markets Crypto Metaverse Fund
31.5.2022
A VC company founded by former Binance employees, Old Fashion Research, has announced the launch of a new crypto fund in the midst of the current downturn the market is facing. The fund, which will have $100 million at its disposal, will focus resources on metaverse investments and in carrying...
Fed Has ‘Limited Firepower’ for Rate Hikes, Current Expectations Already Priced in for Bitcoin - CoinShares
27.5.2022
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has “limited firepower” to raise interest rates due to high oil prices and a threat of recession -- and this could lead to higher bitcoin (BTC) prices, the crypto research and investment firm CoinShares has said. Meanwhile, others also remain positive for...
Ethereum’s Beacon Network Deals With a 7-Block Chain Reorganization
26.5.2022
On May 25, seven blocks were reorganized on Ethereum’s Beacon chain at 8:55:23 a.m. (UTC) at block height 3,887,075 all the way to block 3,887,081. The reorganization was discovered by Martin Köppelmann who noted the “current attestation strategy of nodes should be reconsidered...
JPMorgan Sees ‘Significant Upside’ to Bitcoin — Replaces Real Estate With Crypto as ‘Preferred Alternative Asset’
26.5.2022
JPMorgan sees “significant upside” to the price of bitcoin. The global investment bank’s price target for the cryptocurrency is 28% above its current price. JPMorgan has also replaced real estate with cryptocurrencies as its “preferred alternative asset class along with...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin play: What does the current slump mean for adoption?
24.5.2022
Despite all of the existing volatility, El Salvador’s move to legalize BTC has helped pave the way for a digital future helmed by crypto assets
Bitcoin’s current setup creates an interesting risk-reward situation for bulls
23.5.2022
A slight improvement in equities markets and the resilience of a few key BTC price metrics are giving bulls hope of a reversal
Ethereum Has Destroyed $8.10 Billion in Ether, ETH Scarcity to Increase After The Merge
21.5.2022
According to current metrics, the Ethereum blockchain has burned 2.35 million ether since the implementation of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. The $8.10 billion in value was burned over the course of nine months and during the last seven days, 18,110 ether worth $34.9 million...
Panama President Mulls Crypto Bill Approval Due to Money Laundering Concerns
19.5.2022
The president of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, has declared he will not sign the recently approved cryptocurrency bill passed by the National Assembly of the country in its current form. Cortizo stated that one of his main concerns about the bill is the stance it takes regarding money laundering...
Trade Minister Expects Russia to Legalize Cryptocurrency
19.5.2022
Cryptocurrencies will be eventually legalized, a member of the Russian government has opined. The question is when this will happen, Trade Minister Denis Manturov stated as new crypto-related legislation advanced in the State Duma this week. Crypto Legalization Is Current Trend, Russian Minister...