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Institutional Crypto Trading Platform Raises $17M Despite Economic Slowdown
15.5.2020
Amid the COVID-19 slowdown, institution-facing liquidity aggregator FalconX has raised $17 million from top VCs in the crypto space
Galaxy Digital Secures Listing on Top Canadian Stock Exchange via Sandbox
15.5.2020
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital has been accepted into the Toronto Stock Exchange’s sandbox, with hopes of graduating onto its senior platform after 12 months
Visa Patent Filing Would Allow Central Banks to Mint Digital Fiat Currencies Using Blockchain
15.5.2020
The filing details a way for fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, to be turned into a central bank digital currency
CoinDesk 50: Bakkt – Financializing Bitcoin
15.5.2020
Bakkt's eagerly awaited debut offers new ways for institutions to get exposure to bitcoin. And it's just getting started
Open Interest on CME Bitcoin Options Is Up 1000% So Far This Month
15.5.2020
CME Bitcoin options open interest has soared to $142 million in the first half of May, marking an increase of over 10 times the value at the end of last month
BitGo Now Providing Custody for India’s Largest Crypto Exchange
15.5.2020
One of the oldest crypto custodians, BitGo has started securing crypto assets at India's largest exchange by trade volume, CoinDCX
Pantera Capital’s Crypto Hedge Funds Are Losing Double Digits, But Its Bitcoin Fund Is Up 10,000% to Date
15.5.2020
Internal documents show that Pantera Capital's bitcoin fund is vastly outperforming its more exotic crypto-asset fund counterparts
Surprise CryptoKitties Drop Overwhelms Winklevoss-Backed Exchange
15.5.2020
Two years after CryptoKitties ‘broke Ethereum’ and the launch of a new CryptoKitty token has overwhelmed the Winklevoss-backed NFT exchange Nifty
Coinbase Report Suggests Bitcoin Acts as a Gateway to Altcoins
15.5.2020
Bitcoin acts as a gateway to altcoins, with only 24% of investors keeping the faith, according to research from Coinbase
Visa Files Patent Application For Digital Currency
15.5.2020
Visa has filed a patent application to create digital currency — potentially using Ethereum as the blockchain
CoinMarketCap Initially Rejected the Metric That Now Puts Binance at No.1
15.5.2020
CoinMarketCap last year rejected the web traffic metric that has catapulted new owners Binance into the top spot
Aggrieved Investors Mull Suing Telegram Over Canceled TON Blockchain Project
14.5.2020
Some backers of the now-shelved TON blockchain project are in talks to sue Telegram over their refund structure
Traditional Stock Market Valuation Techniques Reveal Overvalued DeFi Projects
14.5.2020
Applying stock market valuation methods to DeFi leads to surprisingly tame results, all things considered
Bequant Launches Crypto Prime Brokerage to Compete for Institutional Money
14.5.2020
London-based Bequant becomes one of only a few companies in crypto to offer a full range of prime brokerage services for hedge funds
Polymath Eyes June Testnet Launch for New Blockchain Designed for Security Tokens
14.5.2020
The firm is soon to launch the first test network for its new blockchain designed to bring new safeguards for financial institutions working with security tokens
Staying Alive: Why the World of Enterprise Blockchain Has Turned to Collaborations
14.5.2020
Enterprise blockchain isn’t dead, but survival has meant more collaboration and some smart pivots. A dispatch from this week’s Consensus: Distributed
The Remote Work Renaissance Will Demand Decentralized Technology
14.5.2020
The world’s digital migration driven by the COVID-19 pandemic requires more transparent and trusted technology such as blockchain
Ledn Launches USDC Stablecoin Savings Accounts With Focus on Latin America
14.5.2020
Ledn is now offering USDC stablecoin savings accounts through a partnership with the crypto lending and trading conglomerate Genesis
BitGo to Provide Custody Services to Indian Crypto Exchange CoinCDX
14.5.2020
Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo will provide its services to Indian exchange CoinCDX, offering secure storage and partial insurance for assets traded on the platform
Overstock Files to Dismiss ‘Meritless’ Fraud Lawsuit Over Its Security Token Sale
14.5.2020
The e-commerce giant is hoping to persuade a judge in the Utah District Court to throw out a class-action securities fraud lawsuit, claiming the defendants have not backed up their allegations with evidence