According to a report published by Bloomberg on Thursday, Ava Labs is en route to raising a new round of funding for $350 million at a valuation of $5.25 billion. Details of the agreement have not been made public. Ava Labs is the lead developer of the Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain. The total value locked, or TVL, on AVAX currently sits at $14.6 billion, according to data from DeFi Llama. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, borrowing and lending protocol Aave accounts for 33.72% of the market share on the blockchain. AVAX has…
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Ava Labs Set to Raise $350M at $5B Valuation: Report
Ava Labs, builder of the Avalanche blockchain, is set to raise $350 million at a $5.25 billion valuation, according to a Bloomberg report Thursday. Source
Coinbase, FTX and Biggest Crypto Exchanges Consolidate Power As Traders Prefer Lower Risk Platforms: Report
A new report from CryptoCompare finds that top-tier digital asset exchanges such as Coinbase, FTX, Gemini and Binance have continued to increase their market share over the last six months. In the latest Exchange Benchmark report, CryptoCompare finds that top-tier exchanges have gained a further seven percent market share since August 2021. “Top-Tier exchanges have increased their market share from 89% in Aug 2021 (based on Aug 2021 rankings) to 96% in February 2022 (based on the latest Feb 2022 rankings) as both retail and professional traders move to lower risk…
Blockchain in the EU healthcare report: 6 key takeaways
The EU Blockchain Observatory published its fifth report under the headline “Blockchain Applications in the Healthcare Sector.” The document highlights the importance of distributed ledger technology for the European healthcare sector, which faces a number of challenges on its route to the “Healthcare 4.0” revolution. The 66-page document was announced on the EU Blockchain Observatory’s Twitter on April 11. Its authors take an optimistic perspective on the implementation of blockchain technology in healthcare, noting its compatibility with the core principles of “Healthcare 4.0”, such as interoperability, virtualization, decentralization, real-time capability,…
Lack of proper financial services boosts crypto ownership in Nigeria, says report
A new study has revealed staggering growth in crypto adoption across Nigeria, fueled by limited access to affordable fiat-based financial services in Africa. Crypto exchange KuCoin’s “Into the Cryptoverse Report” highlights that many Nigerian citizens have started using cryptocurrencies as a viable alternative to store and transfer assets. According to the report, 35% of the Nigerian population aged 18 to 60 — or 33.4 million people — have owned or traded cryptocurrencies during the last six months. Out of those people, nearly 17.36 million (or 52% of Nigerian crypto investors)…
Blue Chip and Metaverse NFTs propel growth of NFT Market, says Nansen report
On Tuesday, blockchain data analytics platform Nansen released its quarterly report on the state of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. The report highlighted the rapid growth of the NFT market over that of the cryptocurrency market year-to-date, and it predicts of an $80 million market cap by 2025. As Cointelegraph previously reported, Nansen recently released six NFT indexes weighted by market capitalization denominated in Ether (ETH): Nansen NFT-500, Nansen Blue Chip-10, Nansen Social-100, Nansen Gaming-50, Nansen Art-20 and Nansen Metaverse-20. According to the Nansen 2022 Quarterly NFT Report, The NFT market continues outperforming…
Fabric Ventures Completing 2 Web 3 Funds Totaling $245M: Report
Fabric Ventures is close to completing two Web 3-focused funds worth more than $245 million in total, according to a report by The Block. Source
Industry Associations, Regulator Give Some Clarity on Singapore's Crypto Ad Rules: Report
Advertising to retail investors will be disallowed, as Singapore limits crypto trading to professional investors. Source
FDIC Asks All Banks to Report Crypto Activities
On Thursday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a financial institution letter – a letter sent to CEOs of FDIC-insured banks – requesting that banks should notify their regional FDIC director of their crypto activities. This request applies to both current and future crypto-related activities. Source
The FDIC wants US banks to report on current and intended crypto-related activities
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the United States government corporation that insures depositors at U.S. commercial and savings banks, issued a financial institution letter Thursday. The letter requests the institutions supervised by the agency to notify the appropriate regional director of their activities with crypto-related assets or their intentions to engage in crypto-related activities. According to the letter, “It is difficult for institutions, as well as the FDIC, to adequately assess the safety and soundness, financial stability, and consumer protection implications without considering each crypto-related activity on an individual basis.”…