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Q2 Earnings Show Coinbase Raked in $2 Billion — Firm Forms Partnerships With Elon Musk, PNC Bank, Spacex
11.8.2021
Coinbase published the company’s shareholder letter on Tuesday which detailed it made over $2 billion in net revenue during the second quarter. The firm said “Q2 was a strong quarter” for Coinbase as it saw both “growth and diversification” this year. While netting...
Unido – Leading the Race at Bridging Institutional Investors to Crypto Markets
9.8.2021
To demonstrate the use case and commercial viability of Unido Enterprise Platform (EP), it is helpful to compare with an established digital asset management platform which has built in DeFi options. Enzyme (MLN) has been selected for competitor comparison and analysis, given it launched in July...
UK’s Standard Chartered to Offer Crypto Brokerage Services in Ireland
8.8.2021
British bank Standard Chartered will offer cryptocurrency broker services in Ireland through its Zodia Custody subsidiary. The digital asset custodian will focus on signing up institutional investors in the Republic which has become a European base for many financial institutions and crypto...
Fidelity Investments Engages With Regulators to Bring Crypto Assets Mainstream
8.8.2021
The president of Fidelity Digital Assets, the crypto arm of Fidelity Investments, says that crypto is “its own unique asset class.” He revealed, “We and others are very engaged with regulators … to bring this asset class into the mainstream.” Fidelity Sees Long-Term...
Genesis Report Highlights ‘Emerging Role’ of Ethereum and Defi in Q2 2021
7.8.2021
Genesis Digital, a leading cryptocurrency trading, lending, and custody desk, released its Q2 reports, where it confirms what it calls the “emerging role” that Ethereum and defi have in the industry. The report also confirms that institutional interest in crypto is still rising despite...
South African Start-Up Aims To Shield Merchants From Crypto Price Swings
5.8.2021
While opponents of cryptocurrencies continue to peddle the environmental damage or the terrorism funding narrative, users from countries where the majority is financially excluded see these as a breakthrough innovation. Crypto Utility Inspires Volatility Solutions For instance, to undocumented...
State Street-backed Securrency partners with GK8 for custody and institutional blockchain infrastructure
4.8.2021
“Banks and other financial institutions are waking up to the fact that blockchain is more than crypto, and that any financial instruments can be tokenized,” says Lior Lamesh, CEO and co-founder of GK8
German law allowing institutional funds to hold crypto comes into effect Aug. 2
31.7.2021
As much as $415 billion worth of investments could flow into cryptocurrencies as new laws governing German Spezialfonds go into effect
Financial Giant State Street Expands Cryptocurrency Services as Demand From Traditional Funds Soars
30.7.2021
State Street Corp., one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, has announced the expansion of its crypto services in partnership with Lukka, an enterprise crypto asset data and software provider. State Street Launching New Crypto Services State...
Mike Novogratz Says Institutions Are Buying Bitcoin, Politicians Need More Crypto Education
29.7.2021
Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz says that cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, have bounced back because institutional investors are buying. Responding to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s anti-crypto stance, he stated, “We need to do a much better job going to D.C.” to educate...
Vontobel's wealthy clients are interested in crypto, says CEO
28.7.2021
The Swiss bank said some of the firm’s clients are allocating part of their portfolios to crypto
Illusion or reality? Crypto demand either faltering or poised to charge
23.7.2021
Recent developments such as China banning BTC mining may be “long-term positives for the market even if they introduce short-term volatility.”
Bitcoin security still a concern for some institutional investors
21.7.2021
Security of cryptocurrency custodial services is still among significant hurdles preventing institutional investors from buying crypto for the first time, new data suggests
Majority of Institutions to Hold Digital Assets in Near Future, Survey Suggests
20.7.2021
Most institutional investors look forward to adding digital assets to their portfolios, in spite of concerns over crypto market volatility. More than half of the respondents in a new survey conducted by Fidelity’s crypto subsidiary have revealed they already have digital asset investments....
Pre-Crash Survey: 70% Of Institutional Investors Considered Buying Crypto
20.7.2021
Before the crypto market started its downturn in April this year, around 70% of surveyed global institutional investors planned to buy cryptoassets eventually.
Also, more than 50% of the 1,100 investors surveyed by Coalition Greenwich on behalf of Fidelity Digital Assets, a crypto-focused arm...
Majority of institutional investors ready to buy digital assets, study says
20.7.2021
A new study found that institutional investors’ appetite for digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, is growing
Bitcoin investment product volumes fall to 38% of YTD average
20.7.2021
Institutional Bitcoin products have recorded outflows for nine of the past ten weeks, suggesting many investors remain bearish
Institutional demand for Bitcoin evaporates as BTC struggles below $31K
20.7.2021
A lack of institutional demand and several bearish factors are complicating all efforts to pull Bitcoin price back above the $31,000 level
Grayscale sets sights on institutional DeFi fund
19.7.2021
Grayscale Investments is set to float a fund targeting blue-chip assets in the decentralized finance space
Ubisoft CEO And Others Blamed For 'Institutional Harassment'
16.7.2021
Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry publisher Ubisoft is the target of a new complaint filed in French court that accuses the company, and its long-time CEO and co-founder, Yves Guillemot, of “institutional harassment.” According to a survey released last fall, one in four Ubisoft employees has either...