Large VCs are sidelining smaller crypto investors, PwC crypto lead says
Inflated valuations for crypto businesses have raised the bar for small investors to participate in the ongoing innovation. As cryptocurrency...
Year: 2021
State Street to launch crypto services for private funds clients
After leading Lukka’s Series C funding round in late 2020, State Street partners with the firm to offer new digital...
How yield farming on decentralized exchanges can become less risky
DeFi brings an opportunity to access the yields unseen in traditional finance, now with the competitive risk levels. The DeFi...
Mining firm wants to help taxpayers avoid obligations by sending proceeds to IRAs
The IRS has considered crypto mining revenue as part of taxable income since 2014. North American mining and hosting firm...
Nifty news: Polyient marketplace, Ronaldinho drop, and a ‘staggering’ $4800 NFT sale …
Polyient is launching an NFT marketplace with DeFi features, Ronaldinho has entered the NFT market and Vitalik Buterin has digitally...
Synthetix turns on layer-two alpha, launches Olympics betting on options platform
Users of the Synthetix-based Thales platform can now bet on the outcome of Olympic events. Decentralized derivatives and synthetic asset...
FinCEN’s new digital currency advisor says crypto’s ‘just another means of payment’
FinCEN digital currency advisor, Michele Korver, believes cryptocurrency is a natural evolution in financial technology. Michele Korver, the first-ever chief...
US Senator Lummis: Big Government Spenders Are Accelerating Adoption of Crypto Assets Like Bitcoin
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing for regulation that would ensure bitcoin remains a good store of value. If the...
Financial Giant State Street Expands Cryptocurrency Services as Demand From Traditional Funds Soars
State Street Corp., one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, has announced the expansion of...
Mila Kunis’ ‘Stoner Cats’ NFT Sale Pulls in $8M — Animated Series Can Only Be Watched by NFT Holders
A new non-fungible token (NFT) project crafted by the American actress and producer, Mila Kunis, has made millions selling NFTs...
PayPal set to launch crypto trading in the UK and may embrace DeFi
The global payments platform wants to let British customers trade crypto on its new “super app”. Global payments platform PayPal...
Congressman takes aim at peers who think crypto could cause a ‘financial 9/11’
Characterizing his contemporaries as viewing the crypto sector as a “financial 9/11,” Congressman Ted Budd has warned lawmakers against driving...
MicroStrategy pledges to buy more BTC despite paper loss on its holdings of $424.8M in Q2
As of June 30, 2021 MicoStrategy held an approximated 105,085 BTC with a carrying value of $2.051 billion, at a...
Shanghai Man: Crypto recovers, disasters strike, and China’s crackdown moves to other sectors
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industrys most important news,...
Bitcoin traders express mixed emotions about what’s next for BTC price
Bitcoin traders are at odds about where BTC price may head after it failed to flip the $40,000 level to...
