In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Jordan Brewer writes on the missing piece in token markets: institutional-grade investor relations. Then, Martin Burgherr breaks down how crypto markets are maturing, becoming more efficient and lower risk for institutions.
“We want to be the default for 'money at rest' within the onchain space,” WisdomTree Head of Digital Assets Will Peck said.
A new product from Mezo, backed by Anchorage Digital and seeded by Bullish, highlights a broader shift as institutions seek yield on bitcoin without sacrificing custody or control.
Research firm 10x says the negative funding rates reflect structural hedging by institutions, not a broad bearish play.
Pantera backs shareholder push for Satsuma to sell $50 million bitcoin hoard after 99% stock plunge, according to Bloomberg.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Jennifer Rosenthal writes on the need to protect the people actually building DeFi infrastructure. Then, Alexis Sirkia comments on how Ethereum's L2 strategy is failing due to a fundamental design flaw.
Polymarket had a $9 billion post-money valuation in October after Intercontinental Exchange agreed to invest up to $2 billion.
A new survey from Nomura and Laser Digital shows improving sentiment among institutional investors, as regulatory clarity and new products drive deeper engagement with digital assets.
HIVE Digital plans a $75 million zero-coupon note offering to fund GPUs and data centers as it moves to the TSX.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Tricia Gallagher writes how the fix for broken digital identity systems will need to be state-led and user-controlled.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Bob Williams covers how stricter crypto regulations in Asia are putting more personal responsibility on senior leaders, making strong governance and D&O insurance essential. Then, the FBI’s Haidy Grigsby writes on how crypto scams are increasingly targeting experienced investors by building trust and tricking them into making larger deposits until their money is gone.
Beyond simple storage, the next era of institutional crypto will be defined by the real-time connectivity and mobility of digital assets across a fragmented market.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Nilmini Rubin writes on the challenge facing crypto and traditional markets to create a hybrid, shared governance structure. Then, Meredith Fitzpatrick covers how financial institutions must fundamentally rethink AML risk as crypto and TradFi converge.
Midas raised a $50 million Series A led by RRE and Creandum, and launched a $40 million liquidity facility for tokenized assets.
DRW founder Don Wilson says public blockchains conflict with how institutions trade and manage risk, limiting adoption.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.
Bernstein analysts named Circle and Coinbase as top stablecoin proxies, citing USDC adoption and early agentic machine-payment opportunities.
Amundi launched the $100 million Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund on Ethereum and Stellar with Chainlink support.
The company plans to use the funds to expand across Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
Bernstein said bitcoin’s ownership base is strengthening as ETFs and corporate treasury buyers like Strategy reshape the market.
Metaplanet has raised $255M from investors, with warrants potentially lifting funding to around $531M for its long-term 210,000 BTC strategy.
Grayscale’s Avalanche Staking ETF (GAVA) has debuted on Nasdaq, offering AVAX exposure and staking rewards.
KAST has raised $80 million in a Series A led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital, valuing the startup at $600 million.
Coinbase Financial Markets will provide 24/7 access to over 20 futures contracts as the exchange expands its prime brokerage offering.
Core Scientific secured a $500 million Morgan Stanley facility, with an option that could bring total commitments to $1 billion.
When markets are closed and Bitcoin is moving, the custody agreement decides who can act. A spot Bitcoin ETF fixed an awkward problem for finance. Bitcoin used to arrive as software, keys, and operational responsibility. The ETF repackaged it as a ticker that sits next to every other ticker. That convenience came with a structural […]
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MEV Capital’s assets under management fell 80% from a peak of $1.5 billion to about $300 million following millions in direct losses linked to deUSD depeg in October.
Better and Framework Ventures agreed to a $500 million credit plan via Sky's stablecoin ecosystem alongside a $45 million equity investment.
Bitdeer plans $300 million convertible note offering to expand high-performance computing; shares drop 18%, down 37% this month.
S&P Global gave the majority of the bonds the less-than-stellar rating of BBB-, according to a Feb. 9 report.