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Nomura's Laser Digital Starts 'Bitcoin Adoption Fund' for Institutional Investors

19.9.2023
The Bitcoin Adoption Fund will provide long-only exposure and will be the first in a range of such digital asset investment products offered by Laser Digital

Citigroup Unveils Token Services for Institutional Clients

19.9.2023
In a pilot, Citi used smart contracts to serve the same purpose as bank guarantees and letters of credit working with shipping company Maersk and a canal authority

Binance Staked Ether Experiences $573M in Inflows This Month

19.9.2023
Binance's staked ether token (BETH) experienced $573 million in deposits across two single days in September, more than quadrupling total value locked to $731 million, DefiLlama data show

Activision Says Switch 2's Power Is Akin To PS4, Xbox One

18.9.2023
As reports that a Nintendo Switch successor is inbound become more commonplace, we’re learning more about what we can likely expect from the company’s next console. Maybe this was to be expected, but new details suggest that the performance of the Nintendo Switch 2—or whatever it ends up being...

Chainlink’s LINK Soars, Outperforming Other Crypto Majors

18.9.2023
The uptick comes as the company has secured a number of notable partnerships with traditional finance institutions

Coinbase Receives $1 Million Amid Crypto Hack, Yet Victims Await Compensation – What's Going On?

18.9.2023
Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, has raked in $1 million in profit from the recent hack of DeFi platform Curve Finance. The exchange has not yet returned the funds, which some argue belong to the victims of the hack, claiming that it is not obligated to do so. The incident...

Crypto VC Firm Blockchain Capital Raises $580M for 2 New Funds

18.9.2023
Most of the firm's limited partners are traditional institutional investors, including university endowments, private foundations, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and U.S. pension plans

Decentralized finance needs alternatives to blockchain

18.9.2023
Critics often overlook the inconvenient fact that “decentralized” blockchains in fact depend on centralized points of failure that have the potential to corrupt entire ecosystems

Dex Trade Volumes Plunge 37% Since May; September Volumes Could Be Even Lower

18.9.2023
After capturing $66.5 billion in May, decentralized exchange (dex) trade volumes have fallen for four consecutive months, with August statistics reaching a 2023 low of $41.7 billion. Metrics for the first half of September do not show improvement, with decentralized exchange trade volumes at about...

Tether Co-Founder Sizes Up PayPal’s Stablecoin Ambitions

18.9.2023
Tether pioneer William Quigley, who was also an early investor in PayPal, said he doubts the payments giant will bring much innovation to the stablecoin space

Crypto Community Skeptical of Blackrock’s XRP Pivot Rumors

18.9.2023
Many crypto proponents have warned that despite a small connection between Blackrock and XRP, the news of the world’s largest asset manager shifting focus from bitcoin to XRP is fake. Blackrock is currently waiting for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to greenlight its spot...

DeFi economic activity drops 15% in August: VanEck

16.9.2023
According to an analysis from investment manager firm VanEck, exchange volume across DeFi protocols declined to $52.8 billion in August, 15.5% lower than in July

Deutsche Bank Teams Up With Swiss Crypto Firm to Offer Digital Asset Services

16.9.2023
Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany by total assets, is collaborating with Swiss digital asset firm Taurus to provide clients with crypto custody and tokenization services. “As the digital asset space is expected to encompass trillions of dollars of assets, it’s bound to be seen as one...

Hong Kong Steps Up Crypto Regulation with Warnings to Imitation Banks – Here's What You Need to Know

15.9.2023
Today, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a warning to cryptocurrency companies that improperly use the term "bank" in describing their services. The authority stated that such wording wrongly suggests these companies are regulated by the HKMA, which is not the case. According to HKMA...