Crypto brokerage Voyager Digital (VOYG.TO) has issued a notice of default to Three Arrows Capital (3AC) after the beleaguered hedge fund failed to make the required payments on its loans of 15,250 bitcoins and $350 million in USDC, worth about $670 million at current prices. Source
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Educating regulators will help mitigate risks, says Figment exec
Cointelegraph’s managing editor Alex Cohen interviewed Figment’s staking marketing director Robert Ellison at the European Blockchain Convention (EBC) 2022. The duo discussed topics like educating regulators on blockchain and crypto, how businesses navigate uncertain regulatory landscapes and regulating staking. According to Ellision, it’s very important to educate regulators in the space to mitigate the risks of them going overboard without understanding the basics. The Figment executive mentioned that clear understanding is very important because of the complicated nature of the space. He explained that: “This is the battle we’re fighting,…
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Crypto Hedge Funds, Traders Short Tether After UST’s Implosion: Report
The positions are worth at least “hundreds of millions” of dollars in notional value, one trader said. Source
Meta Launches Meta Pay, a Metaverse Dedicated Digital Wallet – Metaverse Bitcoin News
Meta, the metaverse-based platform, has announced the launch of a new wallet directed to support value interaction in the metaverse. Meta Pay, a rebrand of the former Facebook Pay service, will keep fulfilling the same functions that Facebook Pay did in the past, but will be developed as a universal way of paying for goods and services using digital identities in the metaverse. Facebook Pay Rebrands to Meta Pay Meta is trying to solve the problem of transaction and value interactions in the metaverse. The company announced the…
Less than 1% of all holders have 90% of the voting power in DAOs: report
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have become a rage in the ever-expanding crypto ecosystem and are often seen as the future of decentralized corporate governance. DAOs are organizations without a centralized hierarchy, intended to work in a bottom-up manner, where the community collectively owns and contributes to an organization’s decision-making process. However, recent research data suggests that these DAOs are not as decentralized as it was intended to be. A recent report from Chainalysis analyzed the workings of ten major DAO projects and found that on average, less than 1% of…
Regulators may favor centralized stablecoins after Terra crisis
Swiss National Bank (SNB) deputy head Thomas Muser talked to Cointelegraph editor Aaron Wood and discussed the ongoing trends in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, and regulations, during the recently concluded European Blockchain Convention (EBC) 2022. Talking about the innovation and adoption of private stablecoins and plans of central banks regarding the CBDC launch, Moser said both could co-exist. He said that CBDC’s function would be very basic and private stablecoin issuers can add services on top of them to meet retail customers’ needs. When asked about the recent…
Metaverse fractional ownership to form similarly to property loans: Casper exec
As metaverse land assets become more expensive, ownership becomes harder for normal users. Because of this, Ralf Kubli, Board Member at the Casper Association, argues that fractional ownership, similar to property loans in the real world, may gain traction within the virtual space through nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Kubli told Cointelegraph that understanding fractional ownership within the metaverse is very similar to the legacy property system. As prices soar, many cannot afford to buy and own properties. This leads to people renting or leasing property, giving a form of fractional ownership.…
GPU Demand Likely to Slow if Ethereum Moves to Proof-of-Stake
Both Nvidia and AMD (AMD) have argued that they have minimized the downside scenarios from crypto, but Morgan Stanley is of the view that there will be a correction lower in gaming GPU in the first quarter of next year. This will be due to a combination of factors including lower demand due to a reduction in working from home, cryptocurrency migration to PoS, and “tough sequential comps after channel inventory rebuild in 2022,” it added. Source