‘Not a classic VC’: Tether plans to invest up to $1B in one year

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has taken a well-deserved break from the spotlight over the past couple of months after being one of the hottest sectors at the start of 2021, but recent growth on several top platforms may hint at another DeFi run in the near future. While projects that operate on the Ethereum (ETH) network continue…

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1. I’ve never heard of this before. What is it? Decentralized finance (known as DeFi, for short) essentially involves a brand-new monetary system being built on public blockchains. You may know Bitcoin and Ethereum as cryptocurrencies, but in fact they are vast, open-source networks that allow anyone to create applications that enable financial activity to…

Major Asia’s blockchain-focused venture capital firm CMCC Global has launched a new institutional tracker fund for Bitcoin (BTC).Custody by Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed firmCalled the Liberty Bitcoin Fund, the Bitcoin index fund deploys Anxone, a custodial solution developed by BC Group, tech and digital asset company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) organized tours to other countries for its officials to study cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICO), according to its 2017-18 annual report.The Indian regulator reports that authorities have already undertaken “study tours” in particular to study cryptocurrency and ICOs at Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), the U.K.…

A WordPress plugin allows publishers to timestamp content on Ethereum for immutability and copyright protection 3625 Total views 8 Total shares A plugin for the WordPress web publishing platform now enables users to timestamp content on the Ethereum blockchain.The plugin can help with copyright issues, proof of who created a piece of content, and to…

Sunday, March 24 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight losses on the day by press time, according to data from CoinMarketCap.Bitcoin (BTC) is down just over a tenth of a percent on the day, trading at around $4,021, according to CoinMarketCap. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is just…

Hotel booking service Travala.com and flight booking website TravelByBit — both of which accept cryptocurrencies as payment — announced the merger of their platforms. 1720 Total views 83 Total shares Hotel booking service Travala.com and flight booking website TravelByBit — both of which accept cryptocurrencies as payment — announced a merger of their platforms.According to…