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Major Japanese Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Trust to Launch Cryptocurrency Custody Business
24.5.2022
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, one of the major banking institutions in Japan, will reportedly enter the cryptocurrency custody business. The company is entering a partnership with Bitbank, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, to launch a new company that will focus on offering institutional-grade...
Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks Launches Web3 Services Suite
20.5.2022
Fireblocks, a crypto custody service provider, is expanding its services with the launch of an institutional suite of Web3 services. This suite will allow customers to leverage liquidity from different exchanges, and mint NFTs. The service, which has already onboarded several names in the industry...
Institutional DeFi Enabler? Data Firm Kaiko Probes DEX Liquidity With New Product
19.5.2022
The data feed unpacks what’s what in Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve Finance and Balancer asset pools
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Retakes $30K as 'Institutional Adoption' Makes Crypto More Like Stonks
17.5.2022
The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 17,2022
Citi, Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon Invest in Crypto Firm Talos as Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets Accelerates
11.5.2022
Several major financial services firms, including Citi, Wells Fargo, and BNY Mellon, are investing in institutional digital asset technology provider Talos, which aims to remove “the barriers to wide-scale crypto adoption.” The latest funding round values the company at $1.25 billion....
Crypto Miner Hive to Consolidate Shares to Attract More Institutional Investors
11.5.2022
The miner will have about 82 million shares from 411 million, after consolidation
SPiCE VC Launches $250M Blockchain Fund Targeting Institutional Investors
10.5.2022
The firm previously raised $50 million for a tokenized fund focused on financial verticals, but its second fund will invest more broadly
Commercial smart contract adoption next market driver: Mark Cuban
10.5.2022
“When businesses can use smart contracts to gain a competitive advantage, they will. The chains that realize this will survive,” according to Mark Cuban
‘Consistently Strong’ Institutional Crypto Demand Stayed Despite Price Slump – WisdomTree
6.5.2022
Demand for WisdomTree's crypto-backed funds has stayed “consistently strong” through the price slump this year, with professional money managers in Europe among the key players allocating to the space, this asset management firm and exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider has said.
Will Peck, Head...
First Mover Asia: Singapore’s Distaste for Retail Crypto is Spooking Institutional Money
2.5.2022
Three Arrows Capital's decision last week to move its headquarters to Dubai reflects growing concerns about Singapore's increasing regulatory scrutiny of crypto; bitcoin returns to where it started the weekend
Finance Redefined: Samson Mow's DeFi question, Fireblocks expands to institutional and more
30.4.2022
In this week's DeFi newsletter we bring you an exclusive research report on Terra, Samson Mow's shocking comment on DeFi and Fireblock's latest DeFi institutional offering
7 in 10 Retail and Institutional Investors Plan to Buy More Crypto, Bitstamp Survey Finds
29.4.2022
Most investors plan to spend more on crypto in the next five years, a new survey has found – with both retail and institutional investors looking to delve further into the sector.
The survey was conducted by the crypto exchange Bitstamp, which found that 73% of retail investors and 72%...
7 in 10 Retail and Institutional Investors Plan to Buy More Crypto, Survey Finds
29.4.2022
Most investors plan to spend more on crypto in the next five years, a new survey has found – with both retail and institutional investors looking to delve further into the sector.
The survey was conducted by the crypto exchange Bitstamp, which found that 73% of retail investors and 72%...
DBS Will Focus on Institutional Crypto Before Looking at Retail Trading Desk
29.4.2022
DBS’ Gupta said that institutional and accredited crypto is the bank’s focus for now, but doesn’t entirely rule out a retail crypto platform
VegaX Expands B2B Technology for Institutional Clients to Unlock Crypto Market
28.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. NEW YORK, April. 28, 2022 — VegaX Holdings (“VegaX”), the cryptocurrency index platform providing actionable cryptocurrency indexes and index-based asset management products for traditional investors globally, announced the company’s first partnership with...
80% of Institutional Investors Expect Crypto to Overtake Traditional Investments, Survey Shows
28.4.2022
A survey by crypto trading platform Bitstamp shows that 80% of institutional investors believe crypto will overtake traditional investment vehicles. Furthermore, 70% of institutional investors said crypto was a trustworthy investment, with 68% actively recommending this asset class in investment...
Former Jefferies FX brokers launching institutional crypto exchange
27.4.2022
Crossover Markets Group Inc. is being launched by two former Jefferies FX brokers, and aims to make a splash in the institutional crypto investment scene
Fireblocks expands institutional access to Terra's DeFi ecosystem
26.4.2022
Investors in the Fireblocks' Early Access Program put up close to $250 million into the Terra DeFi ecosystem within the first 72 hours of its integration going live
Institutional investment flows out of ETH and into competing L1 altcoins
26.4.2022
Analysis from CoinShares shows investors favored smaller altcoins last week as capital outflows for Ethereum hit $17 million
Blockchain.com names custody partner for its institutional offering
22.4.2022
Recently launched BCAM will provide an institutional-grade custody and settlement platform for digital assets