Category: ICO

Cultivating Diversity, Inclusion and Humanity in the Crypto Community

Part of my responsibility at CoinFund is to help our firm and our portfolio companies hire amazing, talented people. In the past year, I’ve noticed a trend that candidates “must know and be obsessed with crypto,” and if they haven’t “fallen down the crypto rabbit hole” (a phrase I’ll happily never hear again if I can help it), they’re just “not a fit.” We must be careful here, as this type of quick sorting will mean many high-potential female candidates, who are not yet in the industry, will continue to…

BlackRock & Securitize Launch Revolutionary Digital Assets Fund, Boosting Tokenization and Regulated Markets

In fact, on March 27, 2024, Ondo Finance completed a $95 million reallocation of its own tokenized short-term bond fund to BUIDL. As fiduciaries onboard with Securitize for the desired access to BUIDL, they’ll move significant capital into the fund and therefore into the Securitize ecosystem. As a result, surrounding alternative investment products and listings on Securitize Markets’ primary and secondary trading venues are likely to see a bump in capital flows and activity. This in turn will set precedent for other broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, and comparable regulated venues…

Beyond Bitcoin’s Surge, the Untapped Potential and Use Cases of Digital Assets

Instead of asking themselves, “Did I miss my chance?” potential digital asset investors should ask, “Do I believe in the transformative nature of blockchain technology?” Investing in digital assets should represent a belief in the far-reaching value proposition of blockchain technology, ranging from the variety of industries that comprise the macroeconomy to the transactions that encompass everyday markets and human experience. A thoughtful multi-asset approach to portfolio construction and ongoing management is crucial to ensuring crypto investors capture the full value proposition of blockchain innovation. Source

U.S. SEC Calls for Comments on Spot ETH ETFs

Despite rising hopes after the agency’s approval of bitcoin spot ETFs in January, industry analysts have become less optimistic that the regulator will follow suit with the products tracking Ethereum’s (ETH). The commission had been pressured into abandoning its earlier opposition of the bitcoin applications after a key loss in a court dispute with Grayscale, and SEC officials had argued that their resulting approval of bitcoin ETFs doesn’t apply to other tokens. Source

Nic Carter and David Hoffman Square Off for Karate Combat at Consensus

When the news leaked on X last week, several commenters made fun of the fighters’ physiques and mocked their fighting skills. But the two are undeterred. “At the end of the day, it’s me and David that are taking the risk and getting in the ring and all they can do is watch,” Carter said. “If they want to fight they can try and get in the undercard, they are welcome to reach out to Karate Combat. But David and I aren’t claiming to be amazing fighters. The objective is…