Monthly Archives: May 2023

Voltz Protocol, an automated market maker (AMM) for interest-rate swaps, is bringing one of the stalwarts of traditional finance (TradFi) on-chain.Anyone who can access Voltz will be able to trade products tied to the Secured Overnight Financing Rates (SOFR) – a benchmark used to set interest rates on loans, bonds and other credit products in…

New crypto-focused venture capital firm Dispersion Capital has launched a $40 million fund focused on pre-seed and seed investments in Web3 infrastructure projects. Limited partners backing the fund included the venture capital arm of USDC issuer Circle, enterprise-focused crypto firm Ripple and Web3 infrastructure giant Alchemy’s investment arm.The fund is opening for business during an…

Tenet - a liquid staking layer 1 blockchain built on the Cosmos network - will team with Conflux and Qtum, two blockchains with a heavy presence in China, to deepen the roots of the liquid staking industry in that country’s markets.Conflux and Qtum users will both stake a minimum of $1 million worth of their…

Industry stakeholders have largely welcomed new norms for the crypto sector proposed by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on Wednesday – but are uncertain how the rules will look in effect.The regulator's 18 policy recommendations for the global crypto industry cover a range of issues including market abuse, conflict of interest and consumer…

Hunting Hill Global Capital, a New York-based traditional finance hedge fund with $364 million in assets under management as of a March filing, announced on Wednesday that it will starts its digital asset affiliate, Hunting Hill Digital (HHD), which is backed by an undisclosed investment from early-stage venture capital firm BaseLayer Ventures.Hunting Hill Digital’s first…

Law enforcement around the world has long pointed to China as being a source of deadly fentanyl as well as the precursors used to manufacture it. New research from both Chainalysis and Elliptic have put a number on how much of this trade is done in crypto.Elliptic, which published its report on the topic Tuesday,…