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Damien Hirst live streams the burning of $10M in art for NFT project

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The Currency is the name given to Hirst’s NFT project which examines the value of digital art vs physical art. Britain’s wealthiest living artist, Damien Hirst, has started setting fire to millions of dollars worth of his own artworks as part of his nonfungible token (NFT) project called “The Currency.” During an Oct. 11 livestream of his London gallery at 12:30 pm local time, Hirst burned hundreds of his own The Currency artworks, ensuring that they exist only in the form of an NFT moving forward. The Currency is the…

Crypto Stories: How an entrepreneur raised $10M for her startup during a bear market

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Josipa Majic explains what she and her partners did to build a crypto company at a time when investors were fleeing the space. In the midst of the 2018 crypto price slump, a young entrepreneur invested all her funds and personal money into a prototype that combined fintech and crypto services to offer virtual debit cards and crypto payment services for subscriptions. But because it was a bear market, no one wanted to invest the capital to put the solution on the market. In the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s “Crypto…

DeFi Platform Ribbon Finance’s Unsecured Lending Product Sees Crypto Firms Folkvang and Wintermute Borrow Over $10M

Meanwhile, Lend users stand to make higher yields from unsecured lending to institutions that have been evaluated for their creditworthiness by Credora. Besides, lenders can exit their positions at any time, subject to availability of liquidity in the pool. According to Ribbon, most unsecured lending in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is for the fixed term, meaning lenders cannot withdraw deposits until the loan maturity. DeFi is a term used to describe financial activities carried out on a blockchain without the help of intermediaries. Source

Celsius founder reportedly withdrew $10M before bankruptcy filing: FT

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Celsius Network founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky allegedly withdrew $10 million from the crypto lending platform just weeks before the company froze customer funds and declared bankruptcy. The withdrawal was cited by sources from the Financial Times who said Mashinsky withdrew the funds in “mid to late May” prior to the Jun. 12 pause on all withdraws. Celsius was a popular crypto-lending platform with 1.7 million customers and $25 billion in assets under management but the prevailing poor crypto market conditions eventually led the company to a $2.85 billion…

Ex-CEO of Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Withdrew $10M Weeks Before Company Froze Customer Accounts: Report

A Mashinsky spokesperson, cited by the paper, said that the entrepreneur had disclosed to an unsecured creditors committee (UCC) in the bankruptcy proceedings that he and his family had $44 million in crypto frozen with Celsius following the withdrawal. The spokesperson said that Mashinsky “‘withdrew a percentage of cryptocurrency in his account, much of which was used to pay state and federal taxes,’” according to the FT. Source 10MAccountsBankruptCelsiusCompanyCryptocustomerExCEOFrozeLenderReportWeeksWithdrew CryptoX Portal

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Founder, Alex Mashinsky, Withdrew $10M Weeks Before Company Froze Customer Accounts: Report

A Mashinsky spokesperson, cited by the paper, said that the entrepreneur had disclosed to an unsecured creditors committee (UCC) in the bankruptcy proceedings that he and his family had $44 million in crypto frozen with Celsius following the withdrawal. The spokesperson said that Mashinsky “‘withdrew a percentage of cryptocurrency in his account, much of which was used to pay state and federal taxes,’” according to the FT. Source

Iran makes $10M import with crypto, plans ‘widespread’ use by end of Sept

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Struggling through decades of economic sanctions, Iran has placed its first international import order using $10 million worth of cryptocurrency, according to a senior government trade official.  News that the Islamic republic placed its first import order using crypto was shared by Iran’s Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine & Trade Alireza Peyman-Pak in a Twitter post on Aug. 9. While the official did not disclose any details about the cryptocurrency used or the imported goods involved, Peyman-Pak said that the $10 million order represents the first of many international trades…