How Founders Can Revitalize VC Tokens

To get listed on major exchanges, many crypto projects are over-inflating their valuations at launch, scaring away investors. How do founders get exposure to VC funding without playing the inflation game? CoinDesk columnist Azeem Khan, a VC himself, has some ideas. Source

Lloyd’s of London-Backed Insurance Policies Can Now Be Paid for in Crypto on Ethereum

“What we’re enabling is for people using public blockchain infrastructure to interact with highly regulated, traditional, fiat-backed institutions in a way that is seamless,” said Evertas CEO J. Gdanski in an interview. “Whether it’s to pay in USDC or native crypto, or to place policies completely on-chain with the blockchain helping coordinate between a broker, the insured, and the insurers, we think this is a seminal piece of infrastructure.” Source

Crypto Market Stabilizes After Nursing Losses

Nvidia is expected to see more significant price swings than bitcoin and ether. NVDA’s 30-day options implied volatility, a gauge of anticipated price swings over four weeks, recently surged from an annualized 48% to 71%, according to Fintel. Deribit’s bitcoin DVOL index, a measure of 30-day implied volatility, declined from 68% to 49%, according to charting platform TradingView. The ETH DVOL index fell from 70% to 55%. NVDA, a bellwether for AI, has emerged as a barometer of sentiment for both equity and crypto markets. Both bitcoin and NVDA bottomed…

Supporting public authorities to be open and transparent

Deborah Clark is the ICO’s Upstream Regulation Manager. Her team supports public authorities to perform in line with their statutory duties and prevent breaches of access to information legislation. Around this time last year, I wrote about our new Upstream Regulation team and our focus on supporting public authorities to be open and accountable with the public they serve. Transparency is fundamental to our democracy. It underpins trust and confidence in public services, which is essential because the decisions made here impact us all in some way. The Freedom of…