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Blockchain.com Seeks New Funding at $4 Billion Valuation – 70% Decline From Previous Round
28.10.2022
Major crypto company Blockchain.com is allegedly in talks over down-round fundraising that could see its valuation slashed by more than 70%.
The crypto exchange reportedly aims to raise funds at a fraction of the $14 billion valuation it achieved earlier this year, Bloomberg reported Thursday...
Andreessen Horowitz Flagship Crypto Fund Down 40% This Year
27.10.2022
Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) flagship crypto fund has fallen 40% in the first half of this year alone, after it was set up as the crypto market peaked, according to a new report.
The 40% fall for the crypto-focused venture fund is much larger than the 10% to 20% drops seen in other...
ConsenSys commits $2.4M annually to launch MetaMask Grants DAO
27.10.2022
The employee-led DAO will take charge of issuing grants to external developers building within the MetaMask ecosystem
A16z's Largest Crypto Fund Loses 40% Value in First Half of 2022: Report
26.10.2022
Andreessen Horowitz's flagship crypto fund has cratered by more than 40% in the first half of this year, according to Wall Street Journal, which cites people familiar with the matter
BNB Chain Introduces $10M Fund to Incentivize Project Growth on the Blockchain
25.10.2022
The program will initially support 10 projects in the fourth quarter, with incentives up to 800 BNB per month in total for gas, or blockchain transaction fees
Near Foundation sets up $40M fund to bail out USN investors in case of collapse
25.10.2022
The program was launched after Decentral Bank, the issuer of NEAR-native stablecoin USN, raised concerns about the stablecoin depegging due to algorithmic failure
Report: Billionaire Says Britain May Be Forced to Seek Bailout From IMF if It Does Not Renegotiate Brexit Deal
25.10.2022
British billionaire investor Guy Hands has reckoned that Britain will become “the sick man of Europe” and may be forced to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if it does not renegotiate its Brexit deal. The billionaire insisted the United Kingdom’s current...
Anyone Can Start a Hedge Fund: How On-Chain Credit Changes the Crypto Economy
24.10.2022
Undercollateralized loans open crypto into new forms of financing, and could spur a wave of trading activity and capital formation
Report: Ghanaian Cedi Slides Further Versus the US Dollar to Become World’s Worst-Performing Currency
24.10.2022
As Ghana waits for a financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country’s currency continued its slide versus the dollar after the respective currencies’ exchange rate slipped to just under C15:$1. Following this latest plunge, the cedi has now depreciated by more...
Analysts Say an Onslaught of Fed Rate Hikes Could Spur a ‘Bond Market Flash Crash’ or ‘Blow up the Treasury’
23.10.2022
The U.S. economy has been struggling with inflation running rampant and investors are eagerly waiting for the U.S. Federal Reserve to announce the next federal funds rate hike next month. Harris Kupperman, the founder of the hedge fund Praetorian Capital, believes the onslaught of Fed rate hikes...
Pension Fund-Backed Parataxis Digital Yield Fund Targets $500M in Assets in 2023
21.10.2022
The digital yield fund received investments from two Fairfax County, Va. pension funds earlier this year
Stealthy Crypto Hedge Fund Edge Capital Raises $66.8M for DeFi Bets
20.10.2022
Founded in 2020, Edge is a market-neutral, macro-style DeFi hedge fund
Institutional crypto adoption requires robust analytics for money laundering
20.10.2022
Large financial institutions are getting involved in digital assets by investing capital, time and effort into on-chain analytics solutions
Renowned Investor Jim Rogers Warns of the Worst Recession in His Lifetime
20.10.2022
Veteran investor Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, expects the bear market to get much worse, adding that this recession will be the worst in his lifetime. “We are probably going to have one last rally but that will be it,” he predicted....
Institutions 'moving very, very fast' into Crypto: Coinbase exec
19.10.2022
D’Agostino also said the recent battles between the SEC and CFTC is a good thing for crypto because it indicates that it will be a “vitally important piece of market structure” moving forward
Effort to Reverse Bitcoin Fund Rejection Wins Broad Crypto Industry Support
19.10.2022
In the brief,the Blockchain Association and two other groups said that a spot bitcoin ETF "was ideally suited" for investors seeking exposure to bitcoin
Report: Bankrupt Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Probed by SEC, CFTC for Possible Legal Violations
18.10.2022
Reports indicate that the bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) is facing more trouble from liquidators and financial authorities from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The whereabouts of the hedge fund’s...
Ripple’s $250M fund backs Web3 projects focused on ‘entertainment and media’
18.10.2022
A Ripple executive said the company believes that tokenization can transform the creator economy and create new business models
SEC, CFTC Probing Bankrupt Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital: Report
17.10.2022
The federal agencies are looking into whether Three Arrows misled investors about its balance sheet and whether the hedge fund should have registered with them
Crypto Venture Capital Fund Paradigm Also Wants CFTC to Serve Ooki DAO's Members
17.10.2022
Crypto venture capital fund Paradigm Operations has asked a federal court for permission to join two other groups in arguing that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should serve the members of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) directly, rather than through a generic website...