Northern Trust Is Helping Hedge Funds Invest in Cryptocurrencies

news Korea Blockchain Evaluation, a company that issues ratings on blockchain projects, began operations on Sept. 25, according to a report from the Cheongnyeon Ilbo and other local media. The company believes that investors are harmed by the lack of information on blockchain projects and weak regulations. It added that professional, arms-length analysis using objective…

Christopher Robbins is a nationally recognized journalist who has been featured as a speaker and panelist on topics including investing, personal finance and wealth management. When I first became aware of cryptocurrencies a little more than a decade ago, no one I knew was investing in them.That changed quickly, as people around me began to buy,…

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reaching beyond its jurisdiction in trying to sue Binance, the global crypto exchange said in a motion to dismiss the regulator's lawsuit against it.The filing leans heavily on the view that the CFTC is overreaching in suing Binance, which does not operate in the U.S., and its…

news Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group – Japan’s largest financial group and the fifth largest bank in the world by assets – is leading a 22-member research consortium to develop standards around security token management. The group – the Security Token Research Consortium – includes security issuers, broker dealers and technology companies, such as NTT Docomo…

Mar 16, 2020 at 11:30 UTCUpdated Mar 16, 2020 at 11:31 UTCBitcoin Sinks Below $5K Despite Fed Reserve’s Slashing of Interest RatesBitcoin has dropped below $5,000 even as market uncertainty in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak pushed the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to zero. The cryptocurrency slumped below $5,000 as the…

A woodsy, digital-native coliving project is trying to rethink the modern city – with just a touch of crypto governance.The project, Cabin, escalated that effort Tuesday with plans for the first “network city,” a global alliance of self-governing neighborhoods accessible to “citizens'' who hold NFTs. Project backers say living in these neighborhoods will be cheaper,…

Sep 10, 2020 at 11:17 UTCUpdated Sep 10, 2020 at 11:21 UTC(Javier Crespo/Shutterstock)Options market data shows increased activity in ether (ETH) puts, or bearish bets. According to one trader, that reflects fears of a drop in prices led by a slump in decentralized finance (DeFi). Ether's put-call volume ratio – a measure of activity in…

Data provider Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), designed to help build cross-chain applications and services, is now live for early access users on the Avalanche, Ethereum, Optimism and Polygon blockchains.CCIP was being tested by at least 25 partners that are now beginning to move to the mainnet; decentralized finance protocol Aave and decentralized liquidity platform…

Jan 10, 2020 at 20:00 UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2020 at 20:08 UTCChina’s digital currency project continues to move ahead aggressively, with a new paper from the People’s Bank of China suggesting that a core design is complete. Whatever stage of development the currency is actually in, it’s clear that China wants the world to see…