DeFi tokens and protocols took a heavy hit on May 19 as Bitcoin price dropped to $30,000 and while BTC has entered what some analysts describe as a ‘compression’ phase, the total value locked in DeFi and the value many of the sector’s tokens have yet to rebound to the levels seen before the market
Major crypto solutions provider Blockchain.com is moving its U.S. headquarters from New York to Miami in an attempt to spur aggressive growth over the next few years. The $5 billion firm intends to hire 300 new full-time employees in the region over the next 18 months. The news broke a day before the city played
Crypto custody bank Anchorage Digital is expanding its services into crypto-backed loans for institutional investors. Clients at Anchorage can now access a line of USD credit backed by Ethereum through its partnership with U.S. commercial bank BankProv. Anchorage Financing will introduce a simple way for investors to put their Ethereum holdings to work, enabling them
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. Could green miners get a pass? Last week’s column had a look at the recent crackdown on cryptocurrency miners as China heads towards
DeepDAO, a website aggregating data on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), has raised $3 million for future expansion in a round led by venture capital firms Hypersphere and DFG. An announcement asserts the “overwhelming demand for DeepDAO’s seed round shows strong interest in data products for the DAO space and the belief the DAO ecosystem will
The cofounder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, recently discussed the highly anticipated full transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus model to proof-of-stake (PoS) as its replacement. Buterin admitted at Hong Kong’s Startmeup HK 2021 Festival that the transition was taking too long and highlighted that it wasn’t technical problems but “related to people.” Buterin: ‘If You
Despite a massive drawdown in May, the Bitcoin (BTC) bull market appears to be intact, with a $100,000 price target more likely than a retrace to $20,000, according to Mike McGlone, Bloomberg’s senior commodity strategist. $20K or $100K in 2021? The June 2021 edition of the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index report described Bitcoin as ‘stronger,
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Ether (ETH) has outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) by 32% since May and even though there has been a steady flow of bullish reports from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, derivatives metrics show elements of bearishness in both assets. Bitcoin is trading 41% below its $64,900 all-time high and that move has driven the “Crypto Fear and Greed
Following China’s major regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies, financial regulators in Hainan, the smallest province in the country, reportedly issued a warning against crypto or blockchain-themed illegal fundraising schemes. According to local reports, the Hainan branch of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank of the country, and the local financial supervision authority were among
Ethereum has seen some recovery in the past days, after the crypto market experienced one of its worst months since March 2020. At the time of writing, the second cryptocurrency by market cap trades at $2,823. A recent report published by Bloomberg Intelligence’s Senior Commodity Strategist, Mike McGlone, claims that ETH is on a “higher-beta
Polkadot (DOT) and Kusama (KSM) rose in tandem on June 3 as traders assessed a venture capital firm’s major investment into their blockchain ecosystems. Dubbed as Master Ventures, an Asian blockchain incubator and venture capitalist announced that it had launched a $30 million venture capital fund called Master Ventures Polkadot VC Fund. In a press release
Bitcoin (BTC) is slowly but surely preparing to flash “buy,” a key indicator suggests as a trading frenzy reignites memories of the GameStop debacle. In its latest report on June 3, Stack Funds highlighted the Puell Multiple nearing the green “buy” zone — a signal to enter the market. Puell multiple drops to pre-2021 levels
On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it would be winding down its corporate bond purchases and selling part of its portfolio. The central bank plans to start with exchange-traded funds and then move on to bonds as the Fed insists “sales will be gradual and orderly.” Federal Reserve Starts to Unwind QE All eyes
There is a reason why Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) emerged as a benchmark to measure institutional interest in Bitcoin (BTC). Grayscale no longer the only option for investors The digital currency investment product was among the only ones that offered hedge funds, endowments, pension funds, and family offices a way to gain exposure to Bitcoin
Cybersecurity firm, NortonLifeLock, has launched Norton Crypto, a tool allowing consumers to “safely” mine cryptocurrency through its Norton 360 product. From June 3, select 360 users will be invited to join Norton’s early adopter program for Ethereum mining. Norton also plans to open up the mining service to all of its nearly 13 million 360