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Business
Alan Howard-Backed 10T Raises $750 Million for Debut Crypto Fund
Private equity firm 10T Holdings raised $750 million for its first fund to pursue investments in fast-growing cryptocurrency companies.
Hedge fund Brevan Howard enters the crypto space with BH Digital
Hedge fund Brevan Howard Asset Management has found a new unit for the management of cryptocurrencies and digital assets that
Steve Cohen is backing a new crypto trading shop
Steve Cohen continues to expand his reach over the crypto market.
SkyBridge raises $100M for Algorand fund and files for crypto company ETF
After filing for a crypto company focused ETF two days ago, SkyBridge announced it has raised $100 million toward a new Algorand fund.
Mastercard makes a big bet on crypto, buying blockchain analytics start-up CipherTrace
Mastercard has agreed to acquire blockchain analytics start-up CipherTrace, in the latest sign of how major companies are warming to cryptocurrencies.
There was insider trading on NFT platform OpenSea, the $1.5 billion start-up admits
Rumors of insider trading at non-fungible token marketplace OpenSea are true, according to a statement from the start-up.
It’s DeFi season and things got a little too hot to handle for Solana and Arbitrum One as transaction volumes ballooned
The Solana blockchain network was down for hours after seeing 400,000 transactions per second. The system has since been rebooted but it’s gonna be a while before applications and other systems based on Solana are back to full functionality. A surge in transactions caused the Ethereum-backed Arbitru…
Solana Hit By “Intermittent Instability” Again, Arbitrum Suffers Outage
Solana has reported “intermittent instability” issues for the second time in 12 days. Meanwhile, the Optimistic Rollup Arbitrum is also down.
Markets
$3.5 Billion Liquidated in September Flash Crash
What HappenedThe Bitcoin market experienced a high volaitility sell-off on the 7th ofSeptember, which caused 330′243 traders to be liquidated in 24 hours for a total $3.54 billion. The main driver of the sell-off was the flushing out of excessiveleverage in futures markets. After Bitcoin experi…
BTC price nears $46K with Bitcoin exchange reserves lower than November 2020
Bitcoin exchange reserves dip below bull run start levels with BTC price action targeting $46,000.
Will the Ethereum price outperform Bitcoin? This chart says yes
Financial news and actionable analysis
Fake news: Litecoin price surges 35% following Walmart adoption hoax
Major news outlets erroneously reported on Monday that Walmart planned to have a Litecoin payment option for its retail websites. The retailer has since denied this is the case.
Regulations
U.S. markets regulator takes aim at Coinbase lending product
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has told Coinbase Global Inc <a href=“https://www.reuters.com/companies/COIN.O” target=“_blank”>(COIN.O)</a> that it plans to sue the cryptocurrency exchange if it goes ahead with plans to launch a programme allowing users to earn interest by lending digit…
Republic of Panama introduces bill for regulating crypto
The Republic of Panama introduced a bill regulating cryptocurrencies, aiming to make the country “compatible with the blockchain, crypto assets and the internet.”
Ukraine is the latest country to legalize bitcoin as the cryptocurrency slowly goes global
Ukraine is the fifth country in as many weeks to lay down some ground rules for the crypto market, in a sign that governments believe bitcoin is here to stay.
Opinions
‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary slams ethereum’s speed, touts a trillion-dollar opportunity in bitcoin, and calls for US regulation in a new interview. Here are the 8 best quotes.
“I don’t want to get involved in crypto if the regulator says it’s not OK. I can’t afford to be offside,” Kevin O’Leary said.
Podcasts / Readings
Lightning Network: Bitcoin’s high speed transmission protocol
Bitcoin has progressed through several phases of differing usage over the past decade. What started as a peer-to-peer payment network soon transformed to
Kraken Intelligence’s Taproot Primer: An Upgrade For The Ages
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