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Genesis Doubles Crypto Loan Issuance for the Third Quarter to $5.2 Billion

1.11.2020
Crypto lender Genesis provided $5.2 billion in new loans in the third quarter of 2020, more than double its previous record of $2.2 billion in the preceding quarter. Issued to corporate borrowers such as hedge funds and trading firms, the loans are mainly denominated in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH)...

Fidelity Investments’ Digital Asset Custody Services Arm Expands to Asia

30.10.2020
Fidelity Digital Asset Services has revealed the company is expanding into Asia and plans to help high-net-worth investors and family offices in the region with custodial crypto products. Fidelity is working with the Singaporean startup Stack Funds, a fully-insured custody operation servicing...

Hedge Funds Failures, Bankruptcies and Pandemic Fatigue

26.10.2020
As cases rise and the U.S. settles in for a fresh wave of COVID-19, the economic fallout from round one is still being felt, from hedge funds to bankruptcies and beyond

Numerai Hedge Fund Offers $50M in NMR Tokens for Fresh Stock Market ‘Signals’

12.10.2020
Numerai said its new signals monetization system will take any data set, from any source

Ex-Pantera Partner’s New Crypto Fund Is ‘Not for the Faint of Heart’

24.9.2020
Paul Brodsky is helming a new crypto investment firm called PostModern Partners that bets on volatile digital assets, not bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoins Hit Exchanges as Bloomberg Touts Crypto and DeFi Hedge Fund Seeks $50M

23.9.2020
Bloomberg hails crypto as top 2020 asset, bitcoin hits exchanges, options traders see calm around U.S. elections, hedge fund seeks $50M for DeFi

Crypto Hedge Fund Looks for $50M to Buy DeFi Tokens Amid Market Pullback

23.9.2020
Panxora, a cryptocurrency hedge fund manager, seeks $50 million to buy digital tokens associated with decentralized finance, known as DeFi

Over 15% of ETH Supply Locked in Smart Contracts, BTC Dominance Declining

17.9.2020
The rapid growth of decentralized finance (defi) protocols is contributing to the increasing proportion of ETH supply that is now locked in smart contracts. More than 15% of the total ETH supply is now locked, compared to 11.5% from a year ago. This growth led to the inevitable decline of...

Opium‌ ‌Protocol Allows Traders to Hedge or Bet Against the Stablecoin Tether’s Solvency

7.9.2020
Cryptocurrency traders can now protect their tether tokens or bet against the solvency of the stablecoin by leveraging a new crypto derivatives product from the Opium Protocol. Opium founder, Andrey Belyakov, claims the product is the “first CDS (credit default swap) on a centralized...

Federal Reserve’s Major Policy Shift to ‘Push Up Inflation’ Could Send Bitcoin Price to $500K

28.8.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced a significant policy change to push up inflation. Bitcoin is set to greatly benefit from this policy change. Not only the price of bitcoin could surge past $500K, but a number of companies have also begun moving their reserves into the cryptocurrency to hedge...

Polychain Capital’s Original Crypto Fund Raises an Additional $19.5M

21.8.2020
The fund has raised $307 million in its four year history of investing in crypto and SAFTs

Crypto Long & Short: The Surprisingly Sunny Outlook for Crypto Hedge Funds

16.8.2020
Bitcoin returns are beating crypto hedge funds, but other recent developments point to more favorable tailwinds for those funds in the long term

Federal Reserve’s Expected Inflation Ramp-Up Drives Institutional Investors to Hedge With Bitcoin

10.8.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to ramp up inflation by keeping interest rates low. As the U.S. dollar falls sharply and gold’s price soars, institutional investors are moving their money into alternative investments, including bitcoin. Fed Policies Drive Demand for Bitcoin The Federal...

Only Bitcoin Outpaces G4 Central Bank Balance Sheet Growth

7.8.2020
Investment strategist Raoul Pal says bitcoin is the only asset with a growth rate that outpaced that of G4 central bank balance sheets. Pal says G4 central bank balance sheets have grown much faster than traditional safe-haven assets like gold. A founder and CEO at Global Macro Investor (GMI)...

Crypto Hedge Fund Neural Capital Closes After Losing Half Its Money

3.8.2020
Neural Capital, a hedge fund that traded cryptocurrency assets, has quietly shuttered

Coinbase Sees More Institutional Investors Buying Bitcoin in H1

29.7.2020
Coinbase says more institutional investors are now using its platform to build direct positions in the cryptocurrency market. Crypto fund managers are now getting more backing from institutional investors that see the crypto market as an alternative investment strategy. In a report, the exchange...