The fund started looking at crypto in 2013 when one of its limited partners, Wences Casares, founder of crypto bank Xapo, introduced the founders to the subject, Arrieta said. In the crypto and blockchain segments, NXTP Ventures’ portfolio currently consists of Securitize, Ripio, RSK, Koibanx and Waynyloan. Source
The National Bank of Ukraine, the country’s chief monetary authority, has recently taken to professional social network LinkedIn to promote its blockchain developer job opening. The ad was published by the director of NBU’s IT department, Vladimir Nagornyuk. The ad goes on to list “development, implementation and modification of infrastructure services […] and distributed systems” among the prospective employee’s duties, in addition to mentioning smart contracts and Hyperledger competencies among the requirements for the job. The central bank’s interest in blockchain hires adds to other recent news coming out of…
The two largest stablecoin issuers – Circle and Tether – have revealed that their products were backed by a combination of cash, cash-like products, short-term securities and commercial paper. In attestations published earlier this year, Tether executives announced that roughly half of Tether’s reserves are held in commercial paper, while Circle said its reserves are largely comprised of cash and highly liquid money-market funds. Source
Ripple’s (XRP) rallied 72% from Aug. 7 to Aug. 14, but since then, every attempt to break out of the descending channel has been quickly suppressed. The past ten days have been no different, with the XRP price correcting by 15%. The platform was first launched in 2012 and Ripple is a distributed open-source protocol and remittance system created by U.S.-based Ripple Labs. The company provides cross-border payment solutions through domestic partnerships or by offering RippleNet services. At one point, XRP price was trading above $2, but the ongoing multi-year…
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Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea is once again listing the Polygon-based copy of CryptoPunks after a successful Digital Millennium Copyright Act counter notice. In a Sept. 28 announcement on Twitter, the PolygonPunks project said its nonfungible token, or NFT, collectibles were back on OpenSea after responding to a DMCA takedown notice from Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks. The punks were booted from OpenSea in August after becoming one of the most popular collections on the marketplace. PolygonPunks ARE BACK ON @Opensea!!! The DMCA counter notice to Larva Labs was successful…
Gensler, a key digital assets regulator, singled out bitcoin ETFs which invest in CME-traded futures contracts and register under the Investments Company Act of 1940. The so-called ‘40 Act “provides significant investor protections,” he said in prepared remarks for a Financial Times conference: “I look forward to staff’s review of such filings.” Source
“Sooner or later, ETH will outpace Bitcoin and become the global standard”, said Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph. Nailwal believes that Ethereum will eventually become “the ultimate settlement layer” for the DeFi space. Polygon will play a major role in ensuring the long-term success of Ethereum through its scalability solution. Despite increasing competition from other layer-1 protocols, such as Solana, Nailwal believes it is still too early to talk about an “Ethereum killer.” “The Ethereum chain, because of its fundamentals, security, the level of decentralization…
Bitcoin investing is arguably one of the most talked-about investment in the finance industry at present. The returns on the digital asset have seen people allocating more of their investment budgets to bitcoin. But for people who may not have as much fiat as they would like to invest in the asset, borrowing has been a way to get more money to invest. Related Reading | Over $5 Billion In Bitcoin And Ethereum Moved From Cold Wallets Amid China Crackdown Individuals are also not alone when it comes to borrowing to…