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The crypto and blockchain space seems to be thriving. In fact, this vertical has fetched the largest valuation step-up this year. Naturally, VC firm Paradigm has also ramped up its game with its latest $2.5 billion venture fund. With the wave of new-fangled investor interest, eye-popping fundraises in crypto are not surprising anymore. One such high-profile investment firm is Paradigm that has managed to capture the crypto industry’s biggest venture fund ever after breaking...

The popular cryptocurrency lender – Nexo – has announced a buyback program for its native token worth $100 million. The company estimates that the entire process will be completed within the next six months. Nexo’s $100M Buyback Program The press release shared with CryptoPotato informed that the company’s Board of Directors had approved the program, authorizing it to “discretionally repurchase” the native token Nexo in the open market periodically. The procedure has already...

Ridiculous and bizarre trends in the crypto industry aren’t surprising. Little-known StarLink (STARL) is the latest to see a wild swing that has some connection with Elon Musk, but it’s not what you think. Coincidentally, StarLink happens to share the same name as that of the Elon Musk-backed satellite internet constellation Starlink. Amidst a busy week, SpaceX launched its second rocket that included a stack of 53 Starlink satellites into orbit on November 11th. This was...

The futures market experienced a moderate reset in the funding rate. The recent price volatility in the range between $58 and $69K has caused it to decline. However, similar to the price rally from the COVID crash in 2020, a rising macro trend in the funding rate becomes obvious. At the same time, the momentum of the open interest has also dropped through the last two weeks of volatile price movements. Chart by CryptoQuantThe market has the same structure that we saw in...

One of the largest Bitcoin mining companies in the States – Marathon Digital – plans to raise $500 million through the issuance of senior convertible notes. The firm wants to use the proceeds to buy bitcoin and BTC mining machines. Founded over a decade ago, Marathon Digital Holdings is among the largest publicly-traded BTC mining companies. The firm’s announcement from earlier on November 15th outlined its plans to “offer, subject to market and other conditions, $500,000,000...

Fabio Panetta – Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank – revealed that the digital version of the euro might become a legal tender inside the European zone. Digital Euro ‘Should Not Be Taken for Granted’ As Bloomberg reported, the Italian economist and member at the ECB – Fabio Panetta – hinted about the initiative during a panel discussion in Helsinki, Finland. He asserted that if the European Central Bank proceeds with its efforts of launching a digital...

Bloomberg recently found that investors are protecting themselves from fears of rising inflation by using Bitcoin. In a tweet, the company even called it “the best inflation hedge around” depending on how one looks at it. Bitcoin Beats Inflation After crunching the numbers, Bloomberg Opinion’s John Authers found that Bitcoin has achieved 99.996% deflation over the past 10 years. What cost one Bitcoin in 2011 now costs just 0.004% of a Bitcoin today. Meanwhile, the CPI has...

The results of a global poll carried out by the international financial consultancy firm – deVere Group – revealed that 36% of millennials and 51% of Generation Z would be happy to get half of their paychecks in digital assets instead of fiat. Crypto Is The Future of Money for The Youngsters Seen by many as a financial revolution and a global technological development, the cryptocurrency industry is prevalent among people younger than 40-years-old. With that said, it is no...

Cryptocurrency mining and environmentalism did not usually go hand in hand in conversations about the development of the blockchain industry, but one tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk was enough for the crypto community to start worrying about what Bitcoin and Proof-of-work miners are doing to the planet. An investigation by Forexsuggest studied several cryptocurrencies and measured how polluting they are, calculating the estimated carbon emissions and the amount of resources...

A survey conducted by the software firm – Stratis – revealed that 58% of American and British video game developers had incorporated blockchain technology into their endeavors. 47% have integrated non-fungible tokens in their games. Blockchain Is The Future for Video Games The poll surveyed 197 video game developers in the USA and the UK. Apart from those who already use blockchain and NFT technologies, the rest of the participants are also optimistic since 72% said they...