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An initial public offering is the classic way to take a company public, but many crypto companies bypass the regulatory scrutiny with a backdoor SPAC mergerBy Connor SephtonIf you want to sell stock in an American company to the public, traditionally you hold an initial public offering, better known as an IPO. An IPO starts with…

When Facebook published the Libra white paper in June 2019, shockwaves were felt across the crypto markets the world over. Triggering the end of a long bear market, Bitcoin soared past the iconic $10,000 mark, and many prominent altcoins rose on the back of a phenomenon now known as the “Libra Effect.”As so often occurs…

Decentralized finance, or DeFi for short, became a buzzword in 2019 following the valuations of MakerDao and Compound after both companies raised sizable rounds from the elite Silicon Valley-based Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.2020 has been a difficult year for the crypto DeFi sector — it’s been going through the wringer. Over the weekend, the…

Peer-to-peer marketplace Paxful will refund its Earn program users impacted by Celsius Network's bankruptcy. 1004 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTCrypto marketplace Paxful will refund its Earn program users affected by the Celsius Network collapse in 2022, according to a Twitter thread posted on March…

The G-20 Summit in Japan brought 20 finance ministers and central bank governors to officially commit to implementing the guidelines of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The lack of regulation in the crypto markets can be fertile ground for money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, etc. Therefore, it is not surprising why the FATF…

It is Bitcoin ETF decision season once again for America’s securities regulator amid a changing of the guard at the commission. 2636 Total views 13 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission now has 45 days to deliver an initial decision on the VanEck Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund filing having officially published the…

German financial services giant Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) is developing a blockchain-based ecosystem to facilitate cross-border insurance payments for its corporate customers.Experimentations with blockchain technologyAllianz is working on a token-based blockchain system, expecting it to streamline international insurance payments for its corporate customers, Forbes reported on Aug. 8. An Allianz spokesperson told…

The first auction on Sotheby’s Metaverse will go live on Oct. 18, with the auction featuring prominent collections such as Bored Ape Yacht Club, MoonCats and CryptoKitties. 134 Total views 8 Total shares Prestigious auction house Sotheby’s has launched a new Metaverse themed NFT platform. The platform is dubbed “Sotheby’s Metaverse” and was announced alongside…