NFTs Are Finance as an Aesthetic Medium

NFTs are a perfect alignment between art and finance. They are two halves of a strange love-finance-aesthetics union hanging together with a precision that has never been achieved in any previous chapter of the interrelationship of art and money. Because NFTs themselves are a kind of currency, the creative possibilities they open (making, borrowing, sharing, rarity distributions, permissioned access, etc.) have direct analogs on the right side of the balance sheet (issuing, lending, pooling, risk curves, investor control, the beat goes on). Source

Visa Partners With ConsenSys to Help Bridge CBDCs With Traditional Finance

Payments giant Visa has teamed up with Ethereum scaling firm ConsenSys to help central bank digital currency (CBDC) networks bridge the gap with traditional financial institutions. Customers will eventually be able to use their CBDC-linked Visa card or digital wallet anywhere that Visa is accepted globally, Catherine Gu, Visa’s head of CBDC, said in a blog post Q&A with ConsenSys. “If successful, CBDC could expand access to financial services and make government disbursements more efficient, targeted and secure – that’s an attractive proposition for policy makers,” Gu said. Visa’s CBDC…

Yearn Finance Creator To Launch New AMM, What It’s All About?

Famous for his motto “I test in prod”, Andre Cronje, inventor of Yearn Finance and other DeFi protocols, will launch a new platform. Called ve(3,3) it has been designed as an Automated Market Maker (AMM) to operate with a “protocol for protocols” architecture. Related Reading | Solana DeFi Goes Stratospheric as Hubble Protocol Announces $3.6M Raise In other words, this new AMM will be easy to integrate with other platforms to incentivize their own liquidity and without tradeoffs. The protocols that decide to add ve(3,3) won’t lose fees, volumes, or…

Nasdaq-Listed Company to Pay Dividends in Bitcoin at the Option of Shareholders – Finance Bitcoin News

A Nasdaq-listed company has announced that shareholders can receive dividends in bitcoin. The company claims to be the first one to pay dividends in the cryptocurrency. ‘First-Ever Dividend Payable in Bitcoin by a Nasdaq-Listed Company’ Blockchain company BTCS Inc. (Nasdaq: BTCS) announced Wednesday “the first-ever dividend payable in bitcoin by a Nasdaq-listed company.” BTCS refers to the dividend as Bividend. Charles Allen, BTCS’ CEO, commented: We are the first Nasdaq-listed company to pay a Bividend, a dividend payable in bitcoin at the option of our shareholders. “BTCS intends to pay…

NFT Analytics Platform Cryptoslam Raises $9M From Animoca Brands, Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures – Finance Bitcoin News

On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) data and analytics platform Cryptoslam raised $9 million in a capital funding round led by Animoca Brands. Cryptoslam detailed that Mark Cuban participated in the financing and Ashton Kutcher’s and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures joined in as well. Cryptoslam Reveals $9 Million Capital Raise, Animoca Brands Leads Investment Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have become a big deal and a billion-dollar industry since the boom started last year. On January 5, 2022, the NFT-centric data and analytics platform Cryptoslam revealed the company raised $9 million from…

Moneygram Invests in Crypto ATM Operator — CEO Bullish on Opportunities Crypto Offers – Finance Bitcoin News

Moneygram has completed an investment in cryptocurrency ATM operator Coinme. “At Moneygram, we continue to be bullish on the vast opportunities that exist in the ever-growing world of cryptocurrency,” said the CEO. Moneygram Invests in Crypto Company Coinme Moneygram International Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI) announced Wednesday that the company “has completed a strategic minority investment in Coinme, a leading cryptocurrency cash exchange in the U.S.” This venture gives Moneygram an approximate 4% ownership stake in Coinme. Alex Holmes, Moneygram chairman and CEO, commented: At Moneygram, we continue to be bullish on…

What is Decentralised Finance 2.0?

One of the most successful innovations to come out of blockchain technology is the introduction of decentralized finance. Decentralized or DeFi is a broad term used to catalog the decentralized applications that integrate traditional financial services into the crypto world. Decentralized finance applications and protocols are constantly evolving to integrate emerging trends. Over the last few months, the DeFi industry has seen a sudden influx of liquidity-focused decentralized finance projects introducing a new generation of DeFi called DeFi 2.0. Introducing DeFi 2.0 DeFi 2.0 is a new phrase used in…

Certik identifies Arbix Finance as a rug pull, warns users to steer clear

BSC-based yield farming protocol Arbix Finance was identified by blockchain security company Certik as a rug pull.  According to the firm’s incident analysis, there were several reasons why the project was flagged. The security firm cites that the ARBX contract has mint() with onlyOwner function, 10 million ARBX tokens were minted to 8 addresses, and 4.5 million ARBX were minted to a single address. Following this, Certik confirmed that the 4.5M minted tokens were then dumped. The firm also reported that the $10 million in funds deposited by users were…

Leading NFT Marketplace Opensea Raises $300 Million, Firm’s Post-Money Valuation Taps $13.3 Billion – Finance Bitcoin News

Leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea announced the firm has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round led by Paradigm and Coatue. Opensea’s latest capital raise has propelled the company to a $13.3 billion post-money valuation. Opensea Raises $300 Million, Commands Post-Money Valuation of $13.3 Billion In mid-November, a report authored by theinformation.com’s Kate Clark and Berber Jin explained that Opensea was fielding new investments after investors were allegedly chomping at the bit to fund the project. At the time, Opensea’s estimated valuation was $10 billion and two…

Ribbon Finance gains 60% after V2 launch and Avalanche integration

Decentralized finance (DeFi) was one of the breakout sectors of the cryptocurrency market in 2021 and stands poised to continue to facilitate the mass adoption of cryptocurrency in 2022. This comes as institutional and retail investors embrace the emergence of Finance 2.0.  One DeFi project that has kicked off the year with a bullish start is Ribbon Finance (RBN), a protocol that utilizes financial engineering to create structured products such as automated options strategies. These are designed to provide users with sustainable yields over time. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro…