Bitcoin firm NYDIG valued at $7 billion after latest $1 billion funding round
    16 Dec 2021
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    NYDIG, a crypto financial services firm, announced on Tuesday that it raised $1 billion in a funding round led by WestCap, valuing the Morgan Stanley-backed Bitcoin company at more than $7 billion. According to Reuters, growth equity firm WestCap led the round with other backers like Bessemer Venture Partners, FinTech Collective, Affirm, Fiserv, MassMutual, New…

    Meme currencies – the crypto market parasite
    16 Dec 2021
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    The story of the Squid cryptocurrency scam has once again drawn attention to the issue of so-called “meme” cryptocurrencies. What are they – a malevolent outgrowth compromising the entire cryptocurrency industry or an incomprehensible phenomenon at the intersection of technology and sociology that deserves to be studied? Feels like 25-30% of all news on cryptocurrency…

    Chainalysis helps Robinhood in meeting compliance requirements
    15 Dec 2021
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    Robinhood will be partnering with crypto tracing firm Chainalysis to get data and tools for trading in advance of the app launching its crypto wallet. The trading app will adopt Chainalysis’ monitoring compliance solution Know Your Transaction and the Chainalysis Reactor, its investigations software, to meet compliance requirements. On Monday, Chainalysis announced the integrated partnership…

    Institutional investors predict major crypto market correction next year
    15 Dec 2021
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    A significant share of institutional investors is expecting a major correction in the crypto market in 2022, a survey published by Natixis Investment Managers said. Despite this, institutional investors are increasingly warming up to crypto-assets. Natixis Investment Managers published the results of a global institutional investor survey. The company polled 500 institutional investors who collectively…

    Lesson from Squid
    15 Dec 2021
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    Seems like the numerous cryptocurrency scams have not taught anyone a thing. Moreover, people are falling victim to increasingly more primitive schemes – the criminals don’t even need to invent anything. We decided to figure out what can be learned from the collapse of the Squid token launched in the wake of the Squid Game…

    IMF expressed the need for a global approach to crypto regulation
    14 Dec 2021
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    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for a “comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated” approach to harness the benefits of crypto’s underlying technology while mitigating its risks. The fund plans to work closely with the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and other members of the international regulatory community to develop an effective regulatory approach to crypto-assets. In a…