$4 billion US hedge fund attempts to short Tether’s stablecoin

    Fir Tree Capital Management, a $4 billion New York-based hedge fund, is shorting Tether as the largest stablecoin in crypto faces down scrutiny from regulators and fears over ties to the Chinese debt market. According to Bloomberg, Fir Tree has constructed a way to short Tether in an “asymmetric trade.” That means the risk is…

    Yuga Labs acquires CryptoPunks and Meebits intellectual property

    Yuga Labs, the company behind one of the biggest and most valuable NFT collections in the industry, the Bored Ape Yacht Club, announced Friday that it has bought the rights to the intellectual property of the other two most popular collections – CryptoPunks and Meebits – from Larva Labs. Yuga Labs announced Friday that it…

    Crypto Trends Weekly March 5 – 11

    Breaking crypto news from the last week (Mar. 5 – 11, 2022): Mar. 5: The global pandemic changed everything for creators: The stay-at-home orders accelerated the shift toward blockchain and Web3 advancement, writes Doug Petkanics, a co-founder at Livepeer, where the team is building a decentralized live video broadcast platform to enable the next generation…

    Roofstock raised $240 million from SoftBank, reaching a $1.9 billion valuation

    Roofstock, a digital real estate platform for single-family rental investing, announced closing a $240 million Series E round led by SoftBank‘s Vision 2 fund. With the new funding, Roofstock achieved a valuation of $1.94 billion. The Roofstock platform enables the $4 trillion fragmented, cottage industry of single-family rentals (SFRs) to become a relevant asset class….

    UK’s financial regulator issues termination order for Bitcoin ATMs

    Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned operators of crypto ATMs in the UK to shut down their machines, claiming it illegal. The financial watchdog says that it hasn’t granted any of the crypto firms registered with it the permission to operate ATM services. Government regulators are concerned about money laundering using crypto ATMs. The…

    Pandemic leads crypto entrepreneur to new business in Dubai

    Сrypto businessman Ilman Shazhaev got stuck in Dubai in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns. However, he realized soon that Dubai is the best place to conduct international business. In a Cointelegraph interview, Shazhaev shared that he got stranded in the Middle-Eastern country during the pandemic lockdowns. However, he soon realized that it was a…