The Metaverse has been a hot topic in late 2021. It’s obvious that investment companies have plans to offer investors access to growth in the virtual world. In a press release issued earlier this month, FinTech Asset Manager Defiance Investments announced the launch of the first NFT-focused Exchange-Trade Fund (ETF), in short - the NFTZ [...] The post Defiance Launches ETF To Track...
On November 23, US-based major cryptocurrency company Ripple made an announcement regarding its new strategic partnership with the Republic of Palau. Specifically, Ripple and the Republic of Palau have teamed up to facilitate the launch of national stablecoin. Palau Makes A Move to Ripple Paula’s national stablecoin looks to be the main focus, along with [...] The post Pacific Island Nation of Palau...
Bitcoin pleb Austin Herbert discusses why he left the world of traditional finance to embrace Bitcoin and the future of money.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:...
Pacaso, a fast-growing house co-ownership platform located in the United States, is the latest name to embrace cryptocurrency payments, announcing on October 20 that consumers will be able to buy and sell using token like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The extraordinary price volatility of bitcoin and other digital currencies has produced a cautious attitude in some [...] The post Pacaso: Real Estate Platform to...
Crypto has gone mainstream, and is attracting interest from some of the most important investors on the planet. It was just revealed by Dawn Fitzpatrick, who is the CIO of the $27 billion Soros Fund Management family office that the billionaire is buying tokens. To wit, “We own some coins -- not a lot -- [...] The post Soros-Backed Hedge Fund Cashing Out...
Philippe Bekhazi of XBTO Group discusses building a large, diversified Bitcoin company.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:...
Deloitte, one of the “Big Four”, surveyed financial leaders as part of its 2021 Global Blockchain Survey, with the results suggesting a transition to digital assets is inevitable. A total of 1,280 executives and practitioners were surveyed as part of the poll between March 242th and April 10th, with a total of 10 locations being [...] The post Deloitte: Banks Should Embrace Their...
Bitcoin offers the chance for us to truly learn and understand money on a level that people have not yet experienced.Bitcoin will bring about an explosion of financial literacy in the same way that the printing press brought about an explosion of reading literacy in the 1400’s. While it's impossible to calculate the literacy rate...
As regulators close in, BlockFi continues its plans to go public after a potential $500 million Series E funding round, according to Coindesk’s sources. The cryptocurrency lending platform is currently aiming to go public at some point over the next 18 months, according to the documentation provided to investors on Wednesday 22nd. However, details are [...] The post BlockFi is Planning To Go...
As China’s Digital Currency development continues to progress, US lawmakers are asking athletes and the Olympic committee to prevent the use of Digital Yuan during the 2022 games. The 3 United States Senators signed a letter urging the committee to ban American athletes from making use of China’s new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) during [...] The post United States Lawmakers Express Concerns...
The creation of synthetic assets in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has given birth to the creation of synthetic versions of Tesla, Amazon, Apple, and other big stocks, creating doubt on the future of stocks. These synthetic stocks have been seen in projects like Mirror Protocol and Synthetix over the past years, where they mimic [...] The post Synthetic DeFi Tesla & Apple...
ProShares, the massive ETF company, has opted to offer exposure to cryptos and blockchain via blockchain companies, at least according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Unlike a pure crypto ETF that would give investors direct exposure to the price of major tokens, the new ProShares ETS would invest in [...] The post ProShares Looks to Launch Blockchain...
A survey of 100 hedge fund Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) forecasts that hedge funds all around the world will be holding 7.2% of their assets in crypto within 5 years. The results reflect an increasing vote of confidence in cryptocurrencies despite the increasing regulatory pressure and volatility the industry has experienced over the past months. [...] The post Survey: Crypto Will Represent 7%...
Each of the included companies must hold “$100 million of liquid crypto assets on their balance sheet.”
Crypto's Gender Disparity: What Can Be Done About It? 4 Women Weigh In Crypto sits at the intersection of two male-dominated industries: tech and finance. I was asked to moderate a panel for the Amber Group with four leading women in crypto to discuss the role of gender in the crypto industry and what can be done to bring more women into the...
While China is usually referred to as the most advanced country in the world when it comes to the development of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) suggests this isn't the case. PwC has published the first edition of its “PwC Global CBDC Index 2021”, in which it analyses [...] The post PWC Report: China Not Ranked...
Greg Foss takes a deep look at the conditions surrounding the global credit market in this executive summary.It is often said that equities are about emotion, whereas bonds are about reason. Equity investors tend to ask, “How much can I make?” whereas bond investors tend to ask, ”How much can I lose?” Are these types of investors optimists vs. pessimists? No, but...
PLUS: Goldman Sachs to offer clients bitcoin! With Bitcoin hovering just below $60k and Ethereum sitting just under $2k, it looks like April could be another bullish month in the crypto industry. In lieu of a typical introduction summarizing the week’s news, I am going to embed a tweet from the @Unchained_pod, the new Twitter handle for all Unchained content. Click the link...
The United States Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, referred to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBD) by stating they would not replace cash but complement it. The remarks took place at a conference hosted by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures taking in Basel, Switzerland. During the conference, Powell said, “Relevant to today’s topic, one [...] The post CBDCs Need to Coexist With...
Citigroup, one of the big four financial institutions in the United States, has recently published a report titled “Bitcoin: At The Tipping Point” in which the organization claims that cryptocurrencies are ready to become mainstream. The report was officially published on March 1st at a time when companies like Tesla, Paypal, Twitter, and Mastercard have [...] The post Bullish: Citi Claims Bitcoin is...
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