Day: December 15, 2021

[SPONSORED] The Asia – Europe arbitrage opportunities: crypto derivatives

Key trend 2021: traders tend to trade on multiple markets to find more arbitrage opportunities across Asia and Europe in particular. During the event we will: – talk about the current market structure: how it changed to support institutional participants – highlight market access challenges and issues around connectivity – discuss liquidity and product correlation in the Asian and European markets that make arbitrage strategies popular – explore the best practices for price discovery and trading when volatility picks up – explain complexities arising from margin currencies. Source

8 Trends That Will Shape Bitcoin Mining in 2022

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With competition ramping up next year, some miners will start to feel the margin squeeze, leading to potential for increased mergers and acquisitions. “I think there’s going to come a time, in the not too distant future, where there are companies that have raised money, have machines on order and have not deployed them yet that are in a cash crunch,” said Fred Thiel, CEO of Marathon Digital, one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin miners. Original

Michael Jordan and Son Reveal First Tech Venture, Heir Platform to Feature NFTs and Leverage Solana – Bitcoin News

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The legendary former professional basketball player Michael Jordan and his son Jeffrey Jordan have revealed they are getting into blockchain and Web 3.0 technology, according to an announcement published on December 15. The father and son duo’s first tech venture is called Heir Inc., a platform that aims to connect loyal fans with popular athletes. Furthermore, Jordan’s tech platform aims to launch a token called “heir” built on the Solana blockchain. Jordan Duo to Launch Heir Platform in 2022, Heir Token to be Built on Solana Michael Jordan and his…

[SPONSORED] Getting Ready for The FATF’s Upcoming Virtual Asset Guidance

This October, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering watchdog, is expected to adopt sweeping updates to its guidance on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The FATF’s guidance will have a profound and widespread impact on the shape of regulation facing the crypto industry. Any business operating in the crypto space needs to understand and prepare for the likely changes ahead. In this session, we’ll hear from leading industry experts about the impact of the anticipated changes to the FATF’s guidance, including: -What it…

Katie Haun Leaving A16z to Start Own Crypto VC Firm

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) partner Katie Haun, a prominent name in crypto investing, is leaving after four years to start her own firm. Axios broke the news, and the fact that she will be joined by a small number of a16z staffers, including crypto marketing head and Coinbase alum Rachael Horwitz but no one from the investing team. Haun, a Coinbase director and former U.S. prosecutor, has helped a16z become crypto’s most well-known backer. Earlier this year, a16z raised $2.2 billion for its third crypto fund and has already deployed a…

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell Says Crypto Exchange Eyeing Up Metaverse and Virtual World Ecosystem

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The CEO of crypto exchange Kraken says that it’s working on creating a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform as it monitors the blossoming metaverse sector. In a new interview with Bloomberg Technology, Kraken chief Jesse Powell says that the rising popularity of NFTs and virtual worlds this year is something the exchange has noticed and plans to get ahead of. “We’re working on an NFT platform right now to give investors exposure to the burgeoning NFT market.” According to Powell, the metaverse is only going to get larger as NFTs…

[SPONSORED] A Paradigm Shift in Mining

The ever-dynamic crypto mining industry has been even more active following China’s crackdown. The global hashrate has largely shifted to North America, making the US a key international mining hub where institutions now take central stage. This new demographic of miners have special requirements, which Foundry has been catering to through its rapidly growing Foundry USA Pool and other services that have been tailor-made for institutional miners. Source

[SPONSORED] What Banks Could Expect From the Future of DeFi

This blockchain-enabled innovation has the potential to change the global financial system by stripping transaction costs and stepping up the fight for next-level efficiency and speed. What’s more, the whole point of DeFi is that it bypasses the need for centralised licensed custodians of money: aka, incumbent banks. What this means is that DeFi isn’t merely yet another unwelcome disruption for incumbent banks, it’s an existential threat. How could the banks address this existential threat? Are there any ways for collaboration between banks and startups? How could banks implement these…

Why Corporate America Is Getting NFTs All Wrong

Every corporate marketing department in America (and beyond) seems to be piling onto the NFT craze. But sadly for them, most have little impact and are making those businesses seem less relevant rather than the reverse. Janine Yorio is the co-founder and CEO of Republic Realm, one of the most active investors in and developers of the metaverse real estate ecosystem. That’s because every NFT project from Adidas to Campbell’s Soup to Budweiser follows a nearly identical format: Announce an upcoming non-fungible token project Declare that yours will be different…