Tagged: alex mashinsky

As Cred Crumbles, Celsius Reports Topping $2.2 Billion in AUM

Celsius, a “cryptocurrency rewards-earning platform,” says it has surpassed over $2.2 billion worth of assets under management (AUM). Celsius says it topped $1 billion in total AUM earlier this year and ths has doubled its net cryptoasset holdings in just six months. Celsius has shared… Read More

Crypto Lending Network Celsius Integrates Chainlink’s “Decentralized” Price Feeds

Crypto lending network Celsius has confirmed that it has successfully integrated Chainlink’s (LINK) “decentralized” price feeds in order to power its internal systems as “a key component of its pricing services.” As noted by the Celsius team, the integration encompasses the “usage and adoption” of… Read More

PayPal Goes Crypto, Crypto Industry Responds

Today’s news that PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) will start allowing it’s over 360 million users to use crypto placed a firm stamp of establishment approval on digital currency. PayPal partnered with Paxos to provide the service – a digital asset firm that has always placed regulatory compliance… Read More

Alex Mashinsky from Celsius Network Argues that the Ethereum based Lending Platform Is Better than its DeFi Competitors

Alex Mashinsky, the founder of several notable startups such as Arbinet, VoiceSmart, GroundLink, and currently the CEO at the Celsius Network, an Ethereum-based lending platform, notes that Celsius is a member organization. He explains during an interview featured on Bloxlive.tv that the company’s job is… Read More

Alex Mashinsky’s Celsius Network Secures $10 Million Equity Investment from Tether Ltd

Tether Ltd, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, has reportedly made a $10 million equity investment into the operations of the Celsius Network, a leading digital asset lending platform, which now has a $120 million pre-money valuation and $150 million post-money valuation. Celsius… Read More

Celsius Network Partners with BnkToTheFuture on $15 Million Funding Round

Celsius Network has announced a $15 million equity funding round to be promoted by BnkToTheFuture. The equity offering is said to be for both U.S. & non-U.S. investors. Celsius Network claims it has seen rapid growth since its launch in July 2018 with over 100,000… Read More

Bitcoin Bull Run. Is the Halving and Massive Government Stimulus Fueling Bitcoin’s Rise?

May is here meaning spring is emerging for parts of the world. For all of the world, it also means that Bitcoin is on the cusp of the next Halving (or the Halvening). The Bitcoin Halving takes place every four years. This is when the… Read More

Crypto Assets: Celsius Network Reports Profitability 18 Months After Launch

Celsius Network, a blockchain-based marketplace platform, is reporting profitability after just 18 months of operation. The crypto platform enables users to borrow or lend crypto assets. The company claims that it distributes 80% of its revenue back to the depositor community as weekly interest income…. Read More

Report: Former Wall Street Traders Warn of Crypto Lending Bubble

The availability of cheap, cryptocurrency-collateralized loans is growing unsustainably and could induce a crisis, two former Wall Street traders now working in crypto lending have told Bloomberg. According to the outlet, the crypto-collateralized loan industry is a relatively new one that mostly emerged in the… Read More

Bitcoin Bounce: BTC Rises 14% During the Day

Bitcoin is on a tear today rising in value by over 14% in the last few hours. Earlier this week, on the day Mark Zuckerberg took a shellacking from the US House Financial Services Committee, Bitcoin dumped 8%. While the trip to the House of… Read More

Terrifying: “The idea that global centralized monopolies like Facebook would also control money”

Facebook’s attempt to launch a global non-sovereign currency was doomed from the beginning for many reasons. While Facebook will continue to put a smiley face on Libra, in its current form, it is just not happening. And this is not just about Facebook’s penchant to… Read More

Crypto Rating Council Sign of Maturity Says Celsius Network CEO

Yesterday, a prominent group of digital asset exchanges joined in announcing a new “Crypto Rating Council” that sets a score on a crypto asset to better establish whether or not it is a security. While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dripped out guidance… Read More

Bitcoin Sinks. Is Bakkt the Cause?

Bitcoin rapidly deflated today. The world’s most popular crypto is now trading under USD $9000 (~$8700  $8400). At one point today, BTC tanked about USD $1000. So what’s the cause? A portion of the chatter claimed that Bakkt’s much-heralded launch this week was much ado… Read More

Crypto Consumer Lending Firm Celsius Has $1 Billion in Digital Assets Deposited with BitGo

The initial coin offering (ICO) craze of 2017 and early 2018 helped generate billions of dollars for blockchain startups throughout the world. However, many ICO projects were scams or did not lead to the development of useful products. London-based Celsius is among the very few… Read More

Sober Enthusiasm for Blockchain While ICOs Create a Crypto Bubble

  Sober enthusiasm is the way I would describe a recent LAT Blockchain Economic Forum I attended in New York City. Most speakers at the event noted that we are in a crypto bubble referencing the gold rush mentality embracing the Initial Coin Offering (ICO)… Read More

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