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Tokenized Credit Platform Centrifuge Plans Institutional RWA Lending on Coinbase's Base, Raises $15M in VC Investment
17.4.2024
CFG, the protocol's native token, spiked as much as 14% after the announcement before paring gains and outperformed other DeFi tokens
DeFi Firm Usual Labs Raises $7M Round Led by Kraken Ventures and IOSG Ventures
17.4.2024
The firm has received a commitment of $75 million in total value locked for the launch of its stablecoin USD0
Study: Three-Quarters of Defi’s Total Value Locked Earn 5% APY in Low-Risk Contracts
17.4.2024
In the first quarter of 2024, approximately $43.8 billion, or 76% of the decentralized finance yield market, earned an annual percentage yield (APY) of about 5% in very low-risk contracts. Staking played a crucial role in the resurgence of decentralized finance, bolstered by the Ethereum network’s...
Folks Finance chooses Avalanche for its cross-chain lending app
17.4.2024
Folks Finance recently announced that they are choosing Avalanche for its cross-chain lending app. The DeFi hub offers leveraged trading, lending, liquid staking, on/off ramp, leverage liquid staking, and swaps. Given Folks’ well-rounded product suite, users find it robust and flexible...
GTA VI Publisher Cancels $140 Million In New Projects And Lays Off Hundreds
17.4.2024
Grand Theft Auto VI publisher Take-Two Interactive announced massive cuts in an SEC filing at the end of business today. The company revealed it will lay off 5 percent of its roughly 11,000-strong workforce and has cancelled several in-development projects valued at $140 million in an effort...
OKX 'OG' Execs Tim Byun and Wei Lan Leave Crypto Exchange
16.4.2024
Max Boonen's PV01 Tokenizes $5M Treasury Bill, Plans to Look at Corporate Bonds
16.4.2024
The company aims to bring corporate bonds to blockchain rails, which could have averted a similar credit meltdown to what happened in crypto in 2022, CEO and co-founder Max Boonen said in an interview
Homium Raises $10M and Tokenizes Home Equity Loans on Avalanche
16.4.2024
The loans are currently live in Colorado and plan to extend to other states
UK Finance broadening the pilot of experimental shared ledger
16.4.2024
UK Finance is broadening the testing stage of the experimental shared ledger to monitor banking payments and unravel the digital assets space. Banks like Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, Citigroup, and Mastercard, and Visa are connected with the testing stage. The test is the way forward to building...
Bitcoin ETFs Are Driving a Spot Multiplier Effect, Canaccord Says
16.4.2024
HSBC to Expand Tokenized Asset Offerings — CEO Says He’s ‘Very Comfortable’ With Tokenization
16.4.2024
Hong Kong’s leading commercial bank, HSBC, continues to invest in its tokenization product lineup. The bank’s CEO, Noel Quinn, stated that he is “very comfortable with the concept of tokenization.” He indicated that the bank will look at ways of tokenizing assets backed...
There Are Many Bitcoin Critics Left in Finance, Despite BlackRock's Newfound Love
15.4.2024
At a recent gathering of investors in Miami, skepticism remained high even after finance titan BlackRock's shift toward touting the original cryptocurrency
Tether Announces Upcoming Release Of Multi-Chain Tokenization Platform
15.4.2024
Tether is preparing the release of an in-house developed tokenization solution. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, announced on social media that the company is on the verge of releasing a white-label, multichain tokenization platform available for everyone. Ardoino explained that this platform would...
Germany’s Largest Federal Lender LBBW Ventures Into Crypto Custody, Targets Mid-2024 Launch
15.4.2024
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Germany’s largest federal bank, has announced plans to offer crypto custody services later in the year. LBBW revealed its collaboration with Bitpanda, based in Austria, and stated that it will begin these services focusing on bitcoin and ethereum, the...
ETF Analyst Offers Sober Outlook on Newly Approved Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs; Challenges $25B Inflow Estimate
15.4.2024
Following Hong Kong’s authorization of the region’s first spot bitcoin and ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas shared his insights on social media about the new additions. Although there were anticipations of notable capital...
DeFi-Focused Berachain Raises $100M in Funding Round Led by Brevan Howard Digital
15.4.2024
Decentralized finance (DeFi) -focused Layer 1 blockchain platform Berachain, announced it has secured $100 million in a funding round led by Brevan Howard Digital and Framework Ventures.
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Gold and Silver Weather the Storm as Middle East Unrest Shakes Crypto Markets
14.4.2024
Over the weekend, cryptocurrency assets saw a significant drop, with the crypto economy shedding more than 5% to fall to $2.3 trillion, while precious metals also saw declines, albeit less severe than the digital currency sector. Amidst the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, gold fell by 1.18%...
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs See $55.1M Outflow; GBTC Divests 2,048 BTC Amid Market Volatility
14.4.2024
Data shows that U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced negative outflows on Friday, totaling $55.1 million, with Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) seeing another notable decrease. Metrics from Thursday reveal GBTC held 316,193.43 bitcoins, but after a decline of 2,048.23...
Grayscale CEO Sees GBTC Reaching Equilibrium, Expects Outflows to Ease
13.4.2024
Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments believes that GBTC “has started to reach a little bit of an equilibrium,” says CEO Michael Sonnenshein, noting that some anticipated outflows from the firm’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) are “largely behind...
Deutsche Bank Survey: Over Half Expect Crypto to Become ‘Important’ Asset Class and Payment Method
13.4.2024
A new Deutsche Bank survey found that over half of respondents expect cryptocurrencies to become an important asset class and a method of payment. In addition, 10% of respondents expect the price of bitcoin to be above $75,000 by year-end. Deutsche Bank’s Crypto Survey A recent Deutsche Bank...