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Reports by Fed and FDIC Reveal Vulnerabilities Behind 2 Major US Bank Failures
29.4.2023
On Friday, Michael Barr, the vice chair for supervision at the U.S. Federal Reserve, published a report on the vulnerabilities that led to the ultimate failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In addition, Marshall Gentry, the chief risk officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)...
Advisors: Here’s What the Dot Com Bubble Can Teach Us About Crypto Investing
20.4.2023
Investors in the crypto markets may be prone to irrational thinking when bullishness sets in, but advisors can offer a balanced and rational investment strategy that counters the hype
A Technical Analyst’s Take on Crypto
12.4.2023
TA is a graphical representation of investor behavior, with certain patterns and indicators providing a clue about what’s coming next. It has an important place in the three-legged stool of fundamental, technical and quantitative analysis
9 examples of artificial intelligence in finance
6.4.2023
Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming the financial sector with nine examples of AI in finance
Bitcoin Millionaire Tim Draper Advises Startups to Keep Bitcoin as a Hedge Against a ‘Domino’ Run on the Banks
28.3.2023
Tim Draper, a venture capitalist and bitcoin millionaire, has included bitcoin as part of a series of cash management recommendations offered to startup founders. Draper recommended having at least two payrolls worth of cash in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to avoid being affected by bank...
5 basic principles of finance you should know
10.3.2023
Discover the five basic principles of finance to improve your financial literacy, including, time value of money, risk management, compounding and more
US agencies recommend old risk management principles for crypto liquidity
25.2.2023
The joint statement highlighted the key liquidity risks associated with crypto-assets and related participants for banking organizations
Institutional Crypto Trading Platform Elwood Technologies Expands Offerings
14.2.2023
Crypto Trading Firm FalconX Debuts Risk Management Platform for Institutional Clients
13.10.2022
FalconX 360 seeks to make risk management and liquidity visibility more accessible for institutional crypto investors
Portuguese banks shutting crypto accounts citing risk management concerns
4.8.2022
The Bank of Portugal has licensed all of the exchanges that have had their accounts closed, including Criptoloja, Mind The Coin and Luso Digital Assets
BlockFi had $1.8B in outstanding loans in Q2: Report
22.7.2022
Crypto lender BlockFi outlined the total amount of loans and net risk exposure it carried at the end of Q2 2022, and shared how it is managing liquidity and credit risk
Crypto firms facing insolvency 'forgot the basics of risk management' — Coinbase
20.7.2022
“The issues here were foreseeable and actually credit specific, not crypto specific in nature,” said three department heads at Coinbase
Tether Liquidates Celsius Bitcoin Loan — ‘Position Has Been Liquidated With No Losses’ to the Company
9.7.2022
On July 8, 2022, the company behind the largest stablecoin in the world, Tether, revealed that the firm liquidated a loan made to the crypto lender Celsius, and the liquidation caused “no losses to Tether.” According to the stablecoin issuer, the bitcoin loan to Celsius...
Terra’s meltdown highlights benefits of CEX risk-management systems
22.5.2022
The Terra collapse demonstrates why crypto exchanges need advanced risk management systems — especially when providing access to DeFi protocols offering favorable yields
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...