Genesis, Crypto.com latest companies to distance themselves from FTX crisis

Crypto trading and lending firm Genesis Trading and wallet provider Crypto.com are among the latest companies to distance themselves from the FTX liquidity crisis. The two firms took to Twitter ...

BlockFi brings back high-yield product thanks to SEC exemption

BlockFi is bringing back its popular high yield crypto savings account almost nine months after the SEC fined the fintech, thanks to a loophole. And this time it will only target America’s wealt...

Brian Armstrong reflects on Coinbase’s origin story

Episode 97 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotify, Google Pod...

Venture firm Bessemer counts on a decentralized network for deal flow

In the world of venture capital, an investor’s network is as good as her net-worth.  Venture investor Bessemer is hoping that a decentralized network of scouts will help it spot the most innovat...

Genesis is no longer acting as an authorized participant for Grayscale’s crypto trust products

Digital Currency Group’s Grayscale is terminating its relationship with sister firm Genesis to issue new shares of its crypto products, including the flagship fund GBTC.  Genesis will no longer ...

BlackRock preps ETF targeting metaverse companies: Bloomberg

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is planning a new ETF aimed at capitalizing on metaverse-facing companies, Bloomberg reported. The new fund, the iShares Future Metaverse Tech and C...

Terraform Labs Founder Do Kwon says he’s ‘making zero effort to hide’

Do Kwon doesn’t seem too stressed that he’s wanted by authorities. “I’m writing code in my living room hbu,” the Terraform Labs founder replied to a user on Twitter. When asked about his t...

Cipher Mining seeks to raise up to $250 million in stock market offering

New York-based Cipher Mining aims to raise up to $250 million in a stock market offering of its common stock, a Sept. 21 regulatory filing shows. The move comes as bitcoin miners struggle to make ends...

Fitch downgrades El Salvador’s rating to ‘CC’

Fitch Ratings downgraded El Salvador’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) to “CC” from “CCC,” saying that the country faces a “dire” liqui...

Fidelity to offer bitcoin trading to retail customers: Reports

Fidelity Investments plans to launch bitcoin trading for retail customers on its brokerage platform, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.  The trillion-dollar asset manager will make it...

JPMorgan seeking hire to push banking products onto metaverse, crypto companies

Wall Street megabank JPMorgan is looking to expand its reach in the crypto market, seeking a new business development specialist in its payments group to target new clients across Web3, the metaverse,...

BlackRock taps Kraken’s CF Benchmarks to power its bitcoin offering: Exclusive

BlackRock will use Kraken’s CF Benchmarks bitcoin index pricing product for its first crypto offering.  The world’s largest asset manager’s bitcoin product will be benchmarked by CF Benchm...

Aggregate open interest of ether options hits all-time high

Open interest of ether options has hit a fresh all-time high. Per The Block’s data dashboard, August 12 saw open interest hit $8.11 billion—a figure that’s nearly three times higher than w...

Cboe reports $460 million write-down on ErisX acquisition

During its second-quarter earnings call on Friday, exchange operator Cboe reported a $460 million write-down on its recent purchase of ErisX, a crypto asset exchange acquired by the firm in May to hel...

Ether derivatives trading is surging as large hedge funds speculate on merge

Ether-based derivatives are heating up as large traders increasingly speculate on the cryptocurrency’s upcoming transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. Aggregate open interest of ether ...

Digital Asset Macro Environment | Q2’22 Update

July 29, 2022, 1:06PM EDT • 1 min read Quick Take Update on Q1’22 Digital Asset Macro Environment(1) Analysis and impact of current inflation market Wall Street remains bullish long term on public dig...

Ether pushes past $1,700 as general crypto market goes up

Ethereum’s native token was up by around 6.3% on Thursday afternoon, as its price rose above $1,700. The coin was trading at around $1,720 at the time of publication, according to TradingView. J...

Ether outperformance continues into the weekend, trading over $1,600

The price of Ethereum’s native token continued its rally into the weekend, trading above $1,600 for much of Sunday, according to data from TradingView. The coin was up by roughly 4% on Sunday af...

Quantitative trading firm Susquehanna will follow FTX to the Bahamas

Susquehanna International Group, a large quantitative trading firm that operates in both traditional as well as crypto markets, is plotting an expansion to the small island nation of The Bahamas, foll...

Blockchain infrastructure company Chain completes $100 million acquisition of MDT token ecosystem

Count this as a sign that merger-and-acquisition activity in the crypto market is robust despite the slump in cryptocurrency prices.  Blockchain infrastructure firm Chain announced on Saturday the acq...

Multicoin, LedgerPrime back new $20 million hedge fund

There’s a new hedge fund in the crypto market, and it’s hoping to bring deep fundamental analysis to an industry known for its dizzying volatility and meme coins.  Announced Monday, Modula...

‘Merge’ rally pushes Ethereum almost to $1,400

The price of Ether was trading in the green this morning, continuing a rally that kicked off after the release of a soft timeline for the underlying Ethereum blockchain’s transition to proof-of-...