The $25 million Series A round was led by New Form Capital, with participation from Joint Effects, Tribe Capital and Ripple, among others.
Global funds network Calastone taps Fireblocks to support a new tool enabling asset managers to tokenize any fund on its platform.
Securing sustainable liquidity will be essential for DeFi's future, says Jason Hall of Turtle Club.
Bitdeer Technologies opened a $200 million credit facility earlier this month with Matrix Finance, also founded by Jihan Wu.
A survey uncovers institutional investor sentiment and planned adoption of digital assets. Dive into the results with EY-Parthenon’s Prashant Kher.
Other investors include prominent financial institutions Susquehanna and Triton Capital as well as dozens of crypto native firms and angels.
VanEck is a global investment management firm focused on specialized and often underrepresented asset classes.
The credit line is for moments of extreme liquidity demand, such as the recent Trump memecoin launch, MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright told The Block.
Converge, expected to launch in Q2, is an Ethereum-compatible blockchain featuring native KYC and custody solutions.
BlackRock's first tokenized fund surpassed Franklin Templeton's BENJI last April and has since overtaken Hashnote's USYC as the largest onchain fund.
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Integrating an oracle would make it easier to bridge Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane and KKR's onchain funds into DeFi.
The announcement comes as Movement prepares to launch its mainnet in beta, the latest release for the politically active team.
Despite having been around for over a decade, cryptocurrencies still remain largely misunderstood. In this article, we dispel a few of the biggest crypto myths.
The omni-chain solution, which counts Brevan Howard and Hamilton Lane as early partners, is live on several chains.
The crypto index fund manager counts 'thousands' of financial advisors, family offices and institutional investors as clients, it says.
Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to crypto, but the key question is whether to focus solely on bitcoin or diversify across multiple cryptocurrencies to optimize risk-adjusted returns and portfolio resilience.
A former bitcoin skeptic, Griffin says he regrets not trading crypto sooner, although is still skeptical of its utility.
Major institutions, including sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, ramped up their spot Bitcoin ETF investments.
FOBXX, which invests in U.S. government debt, launched on Stellar and trades on Coinbase’s Base, Aptos and Avalanche as well as Sui.
CME Group, the world's largest operator of financial derivatives exchanges, announced it will introduce options on Bitcoin Friday Futures.
On Jan. 21, Riot Platforms said it is looking to the artificial intelligence and high-performance computing boom.
We can say with some optimism: those three famous words—we’re so back, as the winds of change appear to be shifting in a favorable direction.
In the weeks leading up to President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the crypto market experienced significant volatility. The Bitcoin market’s maturity means it’s affected by a complex combination of institutional activity, macro events, price movements, and derivatives. The week before the inauguration was particularly volatile, with Bitcoin and the broader institutional market affected. Spot Bitcoin ETF […]
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Coinbase Prime has seen an increase in USD inflows, indicating a rise in OTC bitcoin trading by institutional investors.
The yield-bearing solution was spun up through a partnership with crypto-native fund Maven 11's credit unit and a prominent prime broker.
South Korean regulators reportedly continue to discuss the approval of corporate crypto trading amid the country’s ongoing leadership crisis.
Average Bitcoin and USDT deposits across crypto exchanges escalated over the year, indicating a rise in institutional demand for digital assets.
According to EDX Markets, its average daily volume rose by 59% over the third quarter of 2024.
A recent survey shows institutional investors’ growing confidence in crypto, with many planning increased long-term allocations.