By Daniele Mensi, Managing Director of DigitalBits Foundation We’ve seen how NFTs and cryptocurrencies have found their way into art, music, entertainment, and now—in a major way—sports. In a time when the relationship between sports fans and their favorite teams has fundamentally changed, top leading brands are finding new avenues of engagement through leveraging digital […]
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Facebook, Mastercard, and Adobe Integrate With Blockchain and Metaverse
Neither the author, Kingsley Alo, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. In its early days, institutional bodies regarded Bitcoin as an unsustainable asset coveted by criminals. In the intervening decade since its development, the tables seem to have turned, and more firms are beginning to […]
Bitcoin Will Outperform Its Futures ETF By 8%, Says Analyst
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) greenlit the first “Bitcoin-linked” ETF. It was not exactly what the crypto community was waiting for, but attracted over $1 billion of inflows on its […]
Regulators Can Look to Singapore as Role Model for Crypto Regulation
By Don Guo, CEO of Broctagon. Asia has played a strong role as an emergent leader in the global crypto space, as countries like South Korea, China and Japan were all early adopters of blockchain technology. Singapore, the island-state in Southeast Asia, is well-known for its substantial growth in the fintech space and its crypto-friendly attitude […]
Can Traditional Banking Face Up To Crypto and Challenger Banks?
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. As traditional finance and digital finance become more closey entwined, the differences between banks, DeFi protocols, crypto exchanges, and challenger banks are becoming harder to define. Some crypto holders have become increasingly reluctant to […]
Investing In Radicle (RAD) – Everything You Need to Know
The Radicle (RAD) network is a decentralized platform that empowers developers to conduct peer-to-peer software collaborations. The network leverages a variety of open-source codes and a blockchain-based tech stack which enables developers to create permissionless Dapps in a more efficient manner. Notably, the platform continues to see growing adoption due to the time and money […]
Weekly Report: Coinbase completes major deals outside the blockchain space
On Tuesday, ProShares’ Bitcoin Strategy Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) – the first-ever in the US – launched, trading under the ticker BITO. News of the launch compounded with its seismic reception provided upward momentum that saw the two leading cryptocurrencies [Bitcoin & Ethereum] eclipse their previous peaks and set new all-time highs during Thursday’s trading […]
$5.5 Billion AUM Pension Fund Buys Bitcoin and Ether Because They Can’t “Ignore” It Anymore
Houston firefighters’ pension fund is the latest to join the cryptocurrency scene. The Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund has announced that it has bought $25 million worth of Bitcoin and Ether for a defined-benefit plan’s portfolio with the help of NYDIG, a subsidiary of asset manager Stone Ridge. The Fund’s chief investment officer Ajit […]
Funding Rounds In Focus — FTX Valuation Rises to $25 Billion
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Crypto Exchange FTX has announced the completion of its “meme-funding round“, raising $420,690,000, which saw its value reach $25 billion. This round of investment saw the participation of 69 institutions led by BlackRock, Sequoia […]
Australia to Push for A Cryptocurrency Framework to Promote Innovation and Investment
Australia’s crypto industry needs a robust policy and regulatory framework to compete with other global financial hubs, said the Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre in a draft report on Wednesday. The parliamentary committee that’s reviewing the use of digital assets said that such a framework is needed to promote investment, […]
