Blockchain.com launches asset management for institutional investors

Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange and financial services firm, has reportedly launched an asset-management service for its wealthy customers. According to Bloomberg, the service is known as BCAM and will serve institutions, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. BCAM was founded in collaboration with Altis Partners, a futures portfolio manager that also manages investment portfolios using blockchain technology. Blockchain.com is the underlying platform that powers BCAM. The new service, which has yet to be officially announced by either Blockchain.com or Altis Partners, is based on a strategy that tracks the price of…

Female investors led crypto market growth in 2021, says new report

The crypto market is maturing and is no longer driven by speculation, according to a new report from BTC Markets (BTCM). According to the report by the Australian cryptocurrency exchange, the crypto market’s growth in 2021 was driven by utility. The BTCM Investor Study Report 2021 is an in-depth analysis of data from the BTCM exchange for the year 2021, divided by demographics (age, gender, investor type) to anonymously examine and analyze cryptocurrency investment habits among its 325,000 customers. As per the report, “crypto queens” or rather female investors on the…

Crypto Offering New Opportunities for Inflation-Worried Indonesian Investors; Bitcoin Is Flat

Amid Oanda Senior Market Analyst, UK & EMEA Craig Erlam noted bitcoin’s choppiness over the past week after soaring past $47,000. “It’s recovered over the last few days after finding some support around $44,000 but continues to struggle to find much momentum as it approaches last week’s peak,” Erlam said. “It could still build on that breakout but it may be more of a grind than we’ve seen in the past, given the current environment.” Original

retail crypto investors should be protected

Gary Gensler, chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, said the agency’s protections that apply to investors of traditional assets should extend to those in the crypto market. In prepared remarks released Monday for the Penn Law Capital Markets Association Annual Conference, Gensler said he had requested SEC staff to explore getting crypto platforms registered, having them subject to the same regulatory framework as exchanges. In addition, the SEC chair said the agency’s staff could be working towards addressing regulatory clarity in the crypto space by considering how…

Data Shows Bitcoin Investors Afraid To Take Risk As Leverage Remains Low

On-chain data shows Bitcoin investors have been afraid to take risk recently as the leverage ratio has remained low in the last few days. Bitcoin Leverage Ratio Remains Low In Past Few Days As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, investors haven’t taken much risk since the surge in the crypto’s price a few days back as leverage in the market is low at the moment. A relevant indicator here is the “open interest,” which shows the total amount of Bitcoin futures contracts currently open on all…

Seven common mistakes crypto investors and traders make

Investing in cryptocurrencies and digital assets is now easier than ever before. Online brokers, centralized exchanges and even decentralized exchanges give investors the flexibility to buy and sell tokens without going through a traditional financial institution and the hefty fees and commissions that come along with them. Cryptocurrencies were designed to operate in a decentralized manner. This means that while they’re an innovative avenue for global peer-to-peer value transfers, there are no trusted authorities involved that can guarantee the security of your assets. Your losses are your responsibility once you…

DeFi sector TVL rises as investors return to a bullish crypto market

The month of March has been a tale of two halves for the cryptocurrency market and the weakness seen since the start of the year has began to fade. Bitcoin’s (BTC) strong move above the $40,000 level is helping to lift sentiment across the sector, and DeFi tokens are also beginning to move upward.  Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative.me Data from cryptocurrency market intelligence firm Messari shows that a majority of the top tokens in the DeFi sector have posted double-digit gains over the past 30 days, led…