The Latin American exchange has raised $62 million in a Series B funding round led by the investment funds Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors. Bitso, the biggest crypto exchange in Latin America, has raised $62 million dollars in a series B funding round. Bitso plans to use the funding to consolidate its expansion in the […]
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The news follows Bitwise withdrawing its SEC application for a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund earlier this year. U.S. retail investors will be able to get exposure to Bitwise’s new crypto index fund — albeit indirectly. According to a Dec. 9 statement from Bitwise Asset Management, shares of its crypto index fund will begin public quotation on […]
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Crypto funds have posted near-record inflows during recent weeks as the gold investment products shed liquidity. A new report from market data aggregator CoinShares has revealed recent surging crypto inflows amid record gold outflows. The report, published Dec. 7, notes that gold investment products have seen record outflows of $9.2 billion over the past four […]
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“The Woz” makes a big impression in the crypto space as his newly-launched token WOZX records 26X gains after only five days of trading. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s new token, Efforce (WOZX), almost doubled in price today after an astonishing run that saw the price increase around 26X in the past week. WOZX will open […]
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Institutions still fear Bitcoin’s criminal persona, its volatility, and other factors. Although a number of big players have picked up bags of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2020, multiple aspects still avert institutions from investing on a wide scale, according to Robert Li, an analyst for Draper Dragon, a Draper Venture Network fund. “I think there are […]
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IOHK’s Project Catalyst names Liqwid as a potential candidate to receive up to $250,000 in ADA funding. IOHK, the development company behind Cardano, has named a DeFi lending protocol as one of its so-called Project Catalyst ideas — sending a strong message that decentralized finance applications could be coming to the project’s blockchain. In a […]
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The SEC subpoenas the former owner’s bank accounts to find out what happened to investments into Crypto Traders Management. Dissolved limited liability company Crypto Traders Management is seeing its legal troubles multiply. Per a Dec. 4 legal filing in Utah, CTM and former manager Shawn Cutting are trying to fight off a subpoena from the […]
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Will CBDCs disrupt stablecoins or will they help each other? The public and private sectors should work closely together to bring about the future of money, according to a former leader of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Chris Giancarlo, a former CFTC chairman and initiator of a blockchain-based digital dollar project, joined the Singapore Fintech […]
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Leading business intelligence firm MicroStrategy is doubling-down on Bitcoin, announcing a securities offering to raise $400 million to invest in BTC. The world’s largest publicly traded business intelligence firm, MicroStrategy has announced plans to invest the proceeds from a $400 million securities offering into Bitcoin. On Dec. 7, the firm revealed plans to issue $400 […]
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Multiple indicators show pro and retail traders remain strongly bullish even as Bitcoin price failed to break $20,000. Apart from a brief $18,100 test on Dec. 1, Bitcoin (BTC) markets remained relatively calm over the week. This suggests that investors are beginning to realize that a more extended period of consolidation could be possible after […]
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