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CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Surges to Record 21% as Institutional Participation Increases
25.1.2023
Bitcoin futures open interest at the Chicago Merchantile Exchange (CME) has surged to near all-time highs at 21%, which indicates growing institutional participation in BTC futures....
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Nexo Agrees to Pay $45 Million to SEC and State Regulators for Unregistered Offering of Earn Interest Product
20.1.2023
The cryptocurrency lender, Nexo, has agreed to pay $45 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and several state regulators after charges were levied against the firm for failing to register the company’s Earn Interest Product (EIP). Nexo detailed that the settlements...
Spacewalkers: Becoming an Investor on the Blockchain – How Can Anyone Invest in the Gaming Industry?
19.1.2023
Spacewalkers, a gaming studio, is revolutionizing the way that investors can participate in the profits of their projects. The company is releasing a series of games and offering the opportunity for anyone to invest in them through the use of blockchain technology. Spacewalkers is an already...
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Received £1 Million Donation From Thai Crypto Investor
17.1.2023
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson received a £1 million donation from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency investor, parliamentary documents have revealed.
The register of interests, published on Friday 13 January, showed that Johnson's company Boris Johnson Ltd., received the donation from...
DMCC Crypto Centre Surpasses 500 member companies in 2022
14.1.2023
The presence of over 500 blockchain and Web3 firms inside the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)’s Crypto Centre shows that demand for space is still very high, a statement has said. According to CEO at DMCC Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the “record-high” number of overall new company...
Uncertainty Surrounds Federal Reserve’s Future Plans for Rate Hikes
9.1.2023
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised the benchmark bank rate seven times during the course of 2022, leading many to question when the central bank will cease or change course. The Fed has stated that it aims to bring inflation down to the 2% target, and the increases to the federal funds rate...
Report: Fanatics to Sell 60% of Candy Digital Stake Amid Struggling NFT Market
6.1.2023
Fanatics, the retailer specializing in licensed sports merchandise, is divesting 60% of its stake in the non-fungible token (NFT) company Candy Digital, according to reports. The company is selling its Candy Digital stake to an investor group associated with billionaire Mike Novogratz and his firm...
Early Crypto Investor Erik Voorhees Says the Next Bitcoin Bull Market Will Start When This Happens
4.1.2023
The next bull market may be coming anytime between this year and 2026, suggested crypto veteran Erik Voorhees, but it will require some changes in the macro environment - as well as in people's minds.
Voorhees, who is the founder and CEO of crypto exchange ShapeShift, was a guest on the Bankless...
Indian Government Launching Crypto Awareness Campaign
4.1.2023
The government of India is launching a crypto awareness campaign that will educate investors about the legality of cryptocurrencies in the country while highlighting the risks of investing in crypto assets. Indian Government’s Cryptocurrency Awareness Campaign The Indian government...
Twitch Streamer and NFT Founder DNP3 Admits to Gambling Away Investor Funds
4.1.2023
His projects, including The Goobers NFT and charity-focused cryptocurrency CluCoin, were down following the announcement. It's unclear how much money was lost
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Warns of Another Inflation Spike — Expects US to Be ‘in Recession by Any Definition’
3.1.2023
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says inflation has peaked in the U.S. but there will be another inflation spike. He expects the U.S. economy to be in a recession “by any definition.” Michael Burry’s 2023 Economic Predictions...
Report Shows Financial Troubles Plagued Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research as Early as 2018
2.1.2023
Before FTX collapsed it was assumed that Alameda Research was one of the top quantitative trading firms and market makers within the industry. However, much of that perception may have been a facade as a recent report details that Alameda suffered from financial troubles as early as 2018. People...
‘Oil Prices North of $200’ per Barrel — Investor Expects Oil to ‘Crush’ Every Investment in 2023
27.12.2022
Amid the dreary global economy, a number of market strategists and analysts believe oil will be the number one investment in 2023. While a barrel of oil is coasting along at prices between $80.12 and $85 per unit, Goldman Sachs analysts think oil will reach $110 per barrel for Brent oil,...
Early Amazon Investor Bill Miller is Still Bullish on Bitcoin Despite the Recent Crash – What Does he Know?
26.12.2022
Bill Miller, a famed American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist, is still bullish on Bitcoin despite the recent crypto meltdown that has seen the price of the flagship cryptocurrency plunge by around 75% compared to its all-time high. ...
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Snowden to Musk: ‘I Take Payment in Bitcoin’; Big Short Investor Says Audits of Exchanges like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless,’ and More — Week in Review
25.12.2022
Ahead of the holidays and new year, the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor known to the world as a staunch privacy advocate and whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has offered to step up as the new CEO of Twitter after current “Chief Twit” Elon Musk has said he is stepping...
Legendary ‘The Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Believes Binance Crypto Exchange Audit Is Meaningless – Here's Why
19.12.2022
Audits of Binance and other crypto exchanges are “essentially meaningless” since auditors don’t know how to deal with crypto, according to Michael Burry, the legendary investor who inspired the movie ‘The Big Short’.
According to Burry, this is the same problem as he was facing himself in 2005...
Grayscale Will Explore Returning 20% of Investor Capital if SEC Refuses Spot Bitcoin ETF: Report
19.12.2022
Grayscale Investments is exploring options to return a portion of capital underlying its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin (GBTC) product if the SEC refuses to grant a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to a report
Billionaire Investor Mike Novogratz Says Not All Crypto Exchanges Are Criminal Organizations Like FTX
17.12.2022
Mike Novogratz, CEO of crypto investments company Galaxy Digital, has said not all crypto exchanges are run like the now-collapsed FTX.
In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on December 15, Novogratz said not every crypto boss is trying to steal users' money and that not all crypto platforms...
Big Short Investor Michael Burry Says Audits of Crypto Exchanges Like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless’
17.12.2022
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says the problem with auditing cryptocurrency exchanges, like Binance and FTX, is the same as when he started using a new kind of credit default swap. “Our auditors were learning on the job,”...
Puerto Rico Blockchain Week: Blockchain Investor Network BitAngels announces ‘Best in Show’ of companies innovating Web3 and Blockchain
13.12.2022
BitAngels, the world’s premier investor network for the blockchain industry, today announced ShredSpots, Waterfall Protocol, and Big Watt Digital as the winners of its BitAngels Startup Pitch Contest at CoinAgenda, the leading global conference series connecting blockchain and cryptocurrency...