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Global Investment Bank Goldman Sachs Offers Its First Bitcoin-Backed Loan
30.4.2022
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has reportedly offered its first-ever loan backed by cryptocurrency. The cash loan was collateralized by bitcoin owned by the borrower. A spokesperson for Goldman Sachs explained that the deal is interesting to the investment bank due to its structure...
Singapore’s Central Bank: We Want to Be a Responsible Global Crypto Hub
29.4.2022
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank and the regulator of the crypto sector, says that its licensing process for digital asset service providers needs to be stringent. “It needs to be because we want to be a responsible global crypto hub with...
Crypto Exchange Binance.us Hires Former Financial Regulator
8.7.2021
Binance.us has hired Manuel Alvarez, a former financial regulator from California, to work as its chief administrative officer. The San Francisco-based crypto exchange, which sources technology from Binance, is aiming to deal with “the big question” — compliance. Binance.us...
BarnBridge unveils application to maintain portfolio weightings of ERC-20 tokens
6.7.2021
BarnBridge’s “SMART Exposure” application automatically rebalances ERC-20 tokens held in a user’s portfolio to ensure they maintain specific weightings
Hedgeye: This Model Predicts Bitcoin at $1,000,000
22.6.2021
Analysts at Hedgeye Risk Management, an investment research and financial media company based in Stamford, Connecticut, have analyzed the Bitcoin stock-to-flow argument. This framework suggests Bitcoin’s price potentially reaching $1 million by the latter half of 2020s, and as much as...
Award-Winning Carbon Broker to Assist XELS With Offset Procurement and Strategy
4.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Redshaw Advisors will support XELS mission of increasing participation in carbon markets in Japan and beyond. Tokyo, Japan — XELS, a revolutionary blockchain-based carbon offset platform has announced that it has joined forces with renowned carbon brokerage and risk management...
DSLA Protocol Launches v1.0 Mainnet
3.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. DSLA Protocol has released the first version of its Decentralized Service Level Agreements (SLA) protocol on the Ethereum L1 blockchain. Layer 2 deployments on Harmony and Avalanche are also coming in the near future, following the results of ongoing audits. Created by Stacktical...
Risk management in crypto: Aka 'the art of not losing all your money'
16.1.2021
To attract and retain the interest of institutional traders, we need advanced risk management tools that can maximize gains for investors
Global Virtual Series on the Future Evolution of AI in Payments & Fraud Risk Management
8.1.2021
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here for quite some time and is successfully being used in banking applications like Fraud Analysis and Customer Risk Scoring, but with a limited scope. With such high expectations for the technology in payments and in myriad other industries, what will AI actually...
The SEC Votes to Modernize Regulatory Framework for Derivatives Use
30.10.2020
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will enhance the regulatory framework for derivatives use by registered investment companies after passing a vote to either change or amend existing rules. As part of the new framework–which covers mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs),...
Gibraltar Updates Distributed Ledger Framework to Align With FATF Crypto Regulations
19.9.2020
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has updated its guidance notes for distributed ledger technology (DLT) providers to include recommendations for risk management, as well as clarify aspects around the issuance of digital assets. In a statement released on September 17,...
DeFi Risk Management Startup Cozy Finance Debuts With $2M Funding Round
3.9.2020
Announced Thursday, Cozy Finance has raised a $2 million seed round, led by Electric Capital and including Variant Fund, Dragonfly Capital, Robot Ventures, Slow Ventures, Volt Capital, Spencer Noon, Moncada and others
New Crypto Derivatives Let You Bet on (or Against) Tether’s Solvency
3.9.2020
Credit default swaps (of “The Big Short” infamy) have come to the Ethereum blockchain. Opium Exchange says they can help crypto investors manage risk
Join Crypto Market Live Now to Learn Risk Management Strategy With Naeem Aslam & Charlie Burton
18.6.2020
In today’s Crypto markets live, veteran traders Charlie Burton and Naeem Aslam will be discussing ways to navigate risk management
5 Risk Management Rules Every Bitcoin & Crypto Investor Should Follow
16.4.2020
Global markets are taking a hit due to the coronavirus pandemic but investors who manage their risk well can profit even during an economic downturn
ErisX Hires Capital Markets Veteran as Chief Risk Officer
6.2.2020
Vindhu Singh is the firm’s first chief risk officer, and will report to Head of Eris Clearing Liz James
Blockchain Technology Can Boost Risk Management Planning to Many Folds
2.2.2020
The art of Risk Management involves identifying any possible future risks and then to apply suitable solutions that can remove or reduce them. In the past years, things such as human intelligence, trust, credibility, experts’ experience and economic-prophesy, etc. were a few elements that were used...
PayPal Leads $4.2M Funding Round for Crypto Risk Management Platform
19.11.2019
PayPal leads a $4.2 million funding round for crypto risk management platform TRM Labs to further grow its services
Crypto Funds, Lending and Market Manipulation
25.5.2019
The growing practice of asset lending by crypto hedge funds could add systemic risk to the sector if we are not vigilant, argues Noelle Acheson
A Crypto Derivatives Primer
15.2.2019
Learn about crypto derivatives, risk management and the solutions they offer. From the CMC editorial desk: With increasing interest in crypto derivatives and the function they serve in managing risk, what must you know about them? We asked LXDX, and […]
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