Crypto Wallet Startup Blockchain.com Raises $120M From Investors Including Google Ventures
Blockchain.com said the institutional backing will power an increasingly institutional-minded business. Source: CoinDesk
Read moreCoinbase, Readying for Public Listing, Gets $77B Valuation From Nasdaq Private Market
Last week’s settlement price of $303 per share would make Coinbase bigger than NYSE-owner ICE. Source: CoinDesk
Read moreBitwise Launches DeFi Crypto Index Fund
The fund bets on 10 Ethereum-based protocols angling to shape the future of finance. Source: CoinDesk
Read moreCentral Bank Digital Currencies May Drive Cash ‘Shadow Economy’ to Crypto: Reuters
“Shadow economy” participants, those who use deal mostly in hard cash for anonymity’s sake, are unlikely to be drawn to
Read moreMicroStrategy Boosts Latest Debt-for-Bitcoin Offering to $900M
The firm has already bought 70,784 bitcoin, an amount now worth around $3.6 billion. Source: CoinDesk
Read moreDiem Stablecoin Prepares for Liftoff With Fireblocks Custody Partnership
The rebranded Libra network aims to come out with an initial product around the end of this quarter, with help
Read moreOsprey Fund’s Bitcoin Trust Is Now Available to Retail Investors via OTC
The fund is structured similarly to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, but aims to compete with lower fees. Source: CoinDesk
Read moreDeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Raises $2.7M in NXM Token Sale
The firm aims to sell over $1 billion worth of cover in 2021 spread across at least 30 protocols. Source:
Read moreFirst Mover: Bitcoin Tops $50K and Crypto’s Nouveau Riche Move In
Break of psychological threshold pushes largest cryptocurrency’s year-to-date return to 70%, as a new breed of upstart tokens pushes industry
Read moreWhat Really Happened When Robinhood Suspended GameStop Trading
The byzantine world of the public U.S. securities market killed the GameStop pump (sort of). Source: CoinDesk
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