Strategy

February 4, 2022 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The 1inch Network has introduced a new investment tool. According to an update shared with CI, this investment tool “takes advantage of more efficient use of capital than in regular AMM pools.” As explained in the announcement, the 1inch Network is consistently working on solutions… Read More

February 3, 2022 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini notes that there has been a considerable decline across the wider crypto market, including Bitcoin, since the beginning of 2022. However, Gemini points out in a report shared with CI that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are “thriving.” The update… Read More

February 1, 2022 @ 8:30 am By Justin Daniels  |  

Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are currently the belle of the blockchain ball. The revenue related to sales of NFT’s are staggering: $69 Million for Beeple while NBA’s Top Shot swished over $700M in sales in less than a year. Open Sea, the largest NFT exchange, has a… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset trading tanked during January, a statement that should come as no surprise to industry observers. CryptoCompare, a digital asset data provider, states that Bitcoin trading sunk by 23.3%, and Ethereum performed even worse dropping by 36.9%. This is in contrast to all-time trading… Read More

January 30, 2022 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Zhang, the Co-founder and CEO at Fintech Airwallex, notes that in the past year, they continued on their journey to build one of the biggest international financial infrastructures by expanding their platform capabilities and geographic presence. Zhang writes in a blog post that Airwallex… Read More

January 27, 2022 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zafin, the SaaS Cloud-native product and pricing platform for banking institutions and credit unions, announced that it has acquired FINCAD, a global firm focused on pricing and risk analytics of financial derivatives and fixed income products. By acquiring FINCAD, Zafin expands its product portfolio and… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 11:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Several geopolitical and macroeconomic factors are behind the crash in cryptocurrency prices to begin 2022, two industry watchers believe. For Eli Ndinga, a research lead at cryptocurrency issuer Amun, the crash, at least in the short term, can be correlated with macroeconomic events such as… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinshares reports that digital asset investment inflows totaled $14.4 million last week. While breaking a 5-week downward trend, the amount was still pretty small. Coinshares states that total assets under management (AuM) are now $51 billion, the lowest since early August 2021, having fallen 41%… Read More

January 21, 2022 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin is tanking. Around the beginning of the year, Bitcoin was trading at over $50,000. Today, BTC has lost a dramatic amount of value trading at under $40,000. While Bitcoin is not alone in its decline (Ethereum has crashed too), BTC is the most popular… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider, a leading news and information website covering the emerging global industry of disruptive finance including investment crowdfunding, blockchain, and other forms of Fintech, has launched a six-part webinar series exploring and evaluating the ongoing US crowdfunding revolution, starting in February 2022. The JOBS… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Truebill notes that the new year can be a good time to “reset your finances,” and they would like to help you out with that. The company recently shared some practical ways to help improve your finances in 2022. The firm recommends… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 1:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

    Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies and NFTs are more trusted than stocks to give investors better returns in 2022, suggests a poll of close to 6,000 people on business networking site LinkedIn. The poll, conducted over the past two weeks, finds 30 per cent of… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Genesis, a crypto prime brokerage, has published a report covering last month (December 2021). According to Genesis, their perspective shows that Bitcoin acts more like a “risk asset” than an inflation hedge – something many observers frequently ascribe to BTC. The firm said that the… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Callie Cox, the US-based Investment Analyst at eToro, notes that she’s always thinking about how market moves and headlines affect your finances. Starting January 7, 2022, Cox confirmed that she’ll be publishing a weekly blog, titled The Bottom Line, which will look into what’s happening… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finland’s card-as-a-service (CaaS) platform Enfuce, which recently finalized a €45 million Series C round, notes that client expectations and competition in the banking sector are “getting tougher all the time.” Denise Johansson, Co-Founder, Chief Commercial Officer & Deputy CEO at Enfuce, writes in a blog… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 9:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Like any industry, venture capitalism is “a shifting landscape with ebbs and flows, though to be fair, it hasn’t really ‘ebbed’ lately,” according to a blog post by US Fintech Unicorn Brex. The VC industry has seen tremendous growth during the past few years—one that’s… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lending has become an increasingly popular strategy among online investors. Platforms like Prosper have brought the P2P lending model “into the spotlight,” according to an update from YieldStreet, a multi-asset alternative investment platform that’s focused on reducing friction and offering “previously unattainable” access to alternatives… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) announced an investment in a newly incorporated firm established by the combination of Equiniti and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, recently acquired by affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Siris”). The announcement noted that… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) have announced an agreement for Mastercard to acquire McDonald’s personalization platform and decision engine company, Dynamic Yield. As mentioned in the announcement, Dynamic Yield’s tech is a valuable addition to Mastercard’s extensive suite of services that assist brands… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (December 20) that for the week ending December 17,… Read More