$72M Crypto Fund Backed by Paul Tudor Jones and LL Cool J Comes Out of Stealth

The Arcanum Emerging Technologies Fund will start in India, but its founders plan to expand to other regions.James McDowall, Founding Partner at Arcanum CapitalFeb 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTCNew Emerging Markets Fund Targets Blockchain, DeFi StartupsAsset management firms Alpha Innovations and Arcanum Capital have launched a $10 million venture capital fund focused on driving…

YouTube-based crypto content channels are one of the key sources of information for retail investors.The increased user base for popular crypto-focused YouTube channels has historically marked major price tops in bitcoin, according to data tracked by Delphi Digital.Consider the number of crypto-related YouTube channels you have subscribed to and the hours spent per day watching

Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for global policy and regulation. He doesn't hold any crypto.The unusual joint meeting of the two most crypto-relevant committees in the U.S. House of Representatives was called to work out the best legislative approach to digital assets, but one of the top Democrats questioned whether Congress should be…

Apr 20, 2020 at 19:00 UTCBearish or Bullish? What Oil, Defi Hacks and Cash Hoarding Tell Us About MarketsAs economic confusion accelerates, NLW breaks down what in the recent news is bullish and what is bearish for bitcoin and the crypto community.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time…

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk mentioned creating a leaderboard for the most inefficient government spending, blending transparency with public engagement. The announcement and the use of "DOGE" have significantly boosted dogecoin’s memetic fundamentals, with traders setting a long-term target

Jul 31, 2020 at 15:24 UTCUpdated Jul 31, 2020 at 15:41 UTC(Evgenii Sribnyi/Shutterstock)Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the first of two bills on digital assets into law on Friday. The bill, approved by the country's parliament last week, says companies can issue digital securities on a blockchain if they are properly registered with the Bank…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesSingapore's central bank is starting to test tokenization use cases alongside major traditional finance players including JPMorgan, DBS, and BNY Mellon. The tests will examine bilateral

Australian officials directly sought out current and former employees of Binance’s operation there this week, demanding copies of internal communications and data from their personal devices, according to a person familiar with the government’s move against the leading crypto exchange, which marked the latest in a pile-up of legal troubles facing the company.The representatives of…

On days like this, it's easy to scoff at bitcoin (BTC) – specifically, the claim that the original cryptocurrency is a store of value, the digital equivalent of gold. BTC tumbled along with the broader financial markets Monday and briefly dipped below $50,000, its lowest level since February, before retracing some of its losses. Early