Henrik Andersson, CIO of crypto asset fund manager Apollo Capital believes institutions may soon “flip” on their conservative stance towards crypto. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the Melbourne-based crypto fund manager said that while institutional interest in crypto has been slow in picking up, particularly in Australia, there are a lot of players that are waiting for the right moment to strike.…
Month: September 2022
Should There Be A Bitcoin Political Party? – Bitcoin Magazine
This is an opinion editorial by Robert Hall, a content creator and small business owner. As political polarization continues to widen, finding your ideological home in a political party has become difficult. In today’s political environment, you must be all in with the party. This adherence to dogmatic orthodoxy applies to both the Republican and Democrat party. If you stray…
$491B asset manager KKR’s health care fund tokenized on Avalanche
Digital asset company Securitize Capital is set to tokenize $491 billion asset management firm KKR’s Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II (HCSG II) on the Avalanche blockchain. The news was shared by KKR on Sept. 13, with the tokenization of HCSG II being described by the head of Securitize Capital Wilfred Daye as a “significant breakthrough” for individual access to…
Final Fantasy creators join Oasys blockchain, gamers whine about it
Square Enix, the Japanese game developer behind the beloved Final Fantasy franchise has signed on as a node validator for blockchain gaming project Oasys, with the duo also teaming up to create blockchain games. The move has predictably been met with criticism from some crypto and NFT hating members of the gaming community, irritated that the firm is continuing to…
Robert Kiyosaki Urges Investors to Get Into Crypto Now, Before Biggest Economic Crash in World History – Economics Bitcoin News
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has urged investors to get into crypto now, predicting that the biggest economic crash in world history is incoming. “Now is the time you need to get into crypto,” he stressed. Robert Kiyosaki Says Now Is the Time to Buy Crypto The author of Rich Dad Poor…
Why Bitcoin Is Pristine Collateral – Bitcoin Magazine
This is an opinion editorial by Leon Wankum, one of the first financial economics students to write a thesis about Bitcoin in 2015. Today, the most common form of collateral used by a borrower to secure repayment of a loan to a lender is real estate. This practice is common among mortgages, personal loans and business loans. Banks lend to…
‘WAGMI’ Is Dead: Pplpleasr, UnicornDAO, TIME President Weigh in on NFTs
Are we all gonna make it? Probably not—and some Web3 proponents don’t even want people using the term “NFTs” anymore. At a Tuesday panel on the “Future of NFTs” at SALT New York, speakers offered takes ranging from jaded and blunt to hopeful on the impact of the Ethereum merge on NFTs and what the future of NFTs might look…
Justin Trudeau Slams Pierre Poilievre for Telling People They Can ‘Opt out’ of Inflation by Investing in Cryptocurrency – Economics Bitcoin News
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has slammed Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, for telling people that they can “opt out of inflation” by investing in cryptocurrencies. Trudeau claims that his Conservative rival’s crypto advice is not “responsible leadership.” Justin Trudeau Calls Pierre Poilievre’s Crypto Advice Irresponsible Leadership Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about…
Maker Raises Staked Ethereum Limit to Reduce Reliance on USDC
Maker, the DeFi protocol behind the DAI stablecoin, announced that it has doubled its debt ceiling on its staked Ethereum (stETH) vault. The world’s largest decentralized-finance app, Maker is working to reduce its reliance on centralized stablecoins such as Centre’s USD Coin (USDC)—especially after the mid-August Tornado Cash scandal. Staked Ethereum is a crypto token representing one unit of Ethereum…
Bitcoin Adoption On The Ground – Bitcoin Magazine
This is an opinion editorial by Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful and cofounder of the Built With Bitcoin Foundation. While Bitcoin adoption continues to grow around the world, education remains one of our biggest challenges. Financial literacy should be a right, but in many places around the world, people are denied this — or even worse, are misinformed. But how…