Crypto news

In a CNBC interview over the week, a major hedge fund manager predicted that “massive inflation” will lead the Fed to hike interest rates six times by 2024. Crypto traders are keeping a close watch on the macro-financial environment as they wrap up another volatile month. Federated Hermes has over $600 billion in assets under management. Phil Orlando, the investment firm’s chief equity strategist, has been a long-time stock market bull but expects the big changes at the...

Jerome Powell has been nominated to lead the Federal Reserve in 2022, and many analysts believe this could bear serious repercussions for the cryptocurrency space. Powell Might Not Be Great for Crypto, Analysts Claim While Powell is all set to lead the Federal Reserve, his counterpart vice chairwoman may be Lael Brainard. Both nominations will need to be confirmed by a majority vote in the Senate. Powell served as the Federal Reserve chair under President Donald Trump,...

Digital Currency Group (DCG) is moving to Connecticut, and with this relocation, the company aims to generate over 300 jobs over the next five years. Barry Silbert cited the proximity to major metropolitan areas, infrastructure, talent, business-friendly environment, and facilities as the reasons behind the move. Cryptocurrency behemoth Digital Currency Group (DCG) announced relocating to Stamford, Connecticut, from its New York headquarters. Founded by Barry Silbert in 2015,...

Jerome Powell – Chairman of the Federal Reserve – has now confessed that rising US inflation numbers are not “transitory”. As such, he is considering speeding up the taper on the Fed’s bond purchase program to bring inflation under control. As the news dropped, Bitcoin’s price almost immediately fell by $2000. Inflation Not “Transitory,” Says Powell The chairman voiced his new plans while testifying in front of the Senate earlier today. He said that the US economy is...

Financial services minister Jane Hume believes that governments around the world are wrong to be worried about cryptocurrencies. She says that cryptocurrency is “not a fad,” but rather a valid financial tool that can play many parts in the future of the global economy. Jane Hume Is Confident in Crypto At a summit review in Australia just over a week ago, Hume said that cryptocurrency wasn’t likely to disappear “anytime soon.” She offered the following message to...

Griid Infrastructure – an American bitcoin mining company known – and the blank check firm – Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp. (ADEX) – announced their merger. As a result, the latter will acquire Griid Holdco LLC – a newly formed holding organization and parent of Griid. Upon finalizing the transaction, the combined entity is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). NYSE Might Have a New Participant According to a November 30 press release, the entity will go...

Moon Pay – a crypto and fintech firm – is only three years old and one of the newest players in the digital currency industry. However, the company is already valued at more than $3.4 billion thanks to its first ever funding round, which took place two Mondays ago. Moon Pay Has Come a Long Way in a Short Time During this round, the company managed to add more than half a billion to its overall market valuation. The event was led by Tiger Global. The company has been...

Coinbase – a popular cryptocurrency exchange – recently acquired the Israel-based cryptographic security company, Unbound Security. The exchange notes that this gives them an all-new presence in the region, which is “a well-established and rapidly growing technology hub.” How Unbound Helps Coinbase Coinbase announced its latest acquisition in a blog post earlier today. The company said Unbound is a first-mover on cryptographic security technology, including a new area called...

MonoX, a decentralized finance project providing single token pools, has become the latest hack victim, in which early estimations show that the perpetrators managed to take more than $30 million in various cryptocurrencies. The protocol took it to Twitter to confirm the breach, explaining that a “method in the swap contract was exploited and boosted MONO token price to sky-high.” The attackers used the coin to purchase several other digital assets. According to some...

Grayscale Investments, the digital asset manager with over $50B in AUM, announced the launch of its 16th investment vehicle – the Grayscale Solana Trust. The company’s press release, dated November 30th, explained that the new Trust will “solely and passively” invest in SOL – the native cryptocurrency of the popular blockchain project, Solana. The product is already available for daily subscriptions by eligible individual and institutional accredited investors. The Grayscale...