In Conversation With Digital asset trading platform FalconX recently raised GBP 17 million in a funding round. Backed by the likes of Accel, Accomplice and Coinbase, the firm services institutional investors including some of the largest hedge funds, prop trading funds, OTC desks, payment gateways…

Governance and Guardrails: Grayscale’s Record Inflows & Their Impact on the Market Crypto investment fund manager Grayscale Investments recently saw the value of its AUM reach $3.8 billion, up from $2.1 billion in May 2019. The average weekly investment into the trust has increased by…

CommerceBlock recently launched Mercury, a StateChain for transferring ownership of Bitcoin without touching the Bitcoin blockchain. The method opens up further use cases for the cryptocurrency so we caught up with the CEO Nick Gregory to find out more. ‘The concept is simple really, instead…

Crypto Market Data Digital asset market data provider CryptoCompare was nominated for a Waters Technology award in the best market data provider category. It was the only digital asset data provider nominated. CryptoCompare CEO Charles Hayter explained how the company was able to stand out…

In Conversation With BlockFi Founder and CEO Zac Prince recently tweeted that in the aftermath of coronavirus, the company does not intend to participate in a recession. “If there was ever a time for cryptocurrency to shine, especially bitcoin, I think it’s this macroeconomic environment….

In Conversation With: Crypto Market Integrity Yoann Turpin, head of trading at Wintermute, discussed how institutional investors are approaching crypto. “I was talking to some large institutional brokers this week who were telling me that they’ve just opened shop. They mostly opened shop, and it…

In Conversation With: Bitcoin Halvening Special – Miner Economics Chris Bendiksen, head of research at CoinShares, talked to Pavel Moravec, CTO at SlushPool, and Dr. Philipp Kallerhoff, co-founder and partner at Protos Asset Management, about the bitcoin mining landscape. He asked if the profitability of…

Last week we heard the news that Swiss company Eidoo obtained Visa backing for its new payments card. What is less well known is that Moneyfold are behind the scenes powering the card’s crypto to fiat payment rail. Moneyfold has come a long way from…