Institutional Investors and Whales

ForkLog 11 02.08.2022

Coinbase opens Ethereum staking to institutional clients

American Coinbase Prime clients have gained the ability to stake Ethereum.

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ForkLog 6 01.08.2022

Analysts record largest monthly inflow into crypto funds in 2022

In July, inflows into cryptocurrency investment products totalled $474 million (the year’s high), and for the week of July 23–29 — $81 million. Analysts from CoinShares reported this.

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ForkLog 9 01.08.2022

Tether calls hedge-fund shorting of USDT ‘categorically erroneous’

Hedge funds that decided to open a short position in USDT after the Terra collapse, 'on a fundamental level do not understand the principles of how the cryptocurrency market and Tether operate,' the issuer of the stablecoin said.

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ForkLog 12 29.07.2022

Sky Mavis chief denies insider trading allegations amid Ronin sidechain hack

The head of Sky Mavis, Trung Nguyen, called any speculation about the Axie Infinity team's involvement in an insider trading scheme in the period immediately after the Ronin sidechain hack 'baseless and false'.

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ForkLog 14 28.07.2022

Crypto venture firm Variant raises $450 million for two new funds

Variant's venture firm raised $450 million across two new funds focused on the Web3 space and the decentralized finance sector.

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ForkLog 6 26.07.2022

Analysts record largest inflow into Bitcoin funds since November 2021

For 16-22 July, net inflows into cryptocurrency investment products amounted to $30 million. For the previous week, the figure was revised from $12 million to $343 million, according to CoinShares.

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ForkLog 11 21.07.2022

Former Coinbase executive arrested on suspicion of insider trading

In the United States, a former Coinbase product manager, Ishan Vahi, was arrested. He was charged with fraud involving insider trading, the Department of Justice said.

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ForkLog 18 20.07.2022

BNP Paribas to launch custody service for digital currencies, reports say.

The French financial conglomerate BNP Paribas will launch a digital asset custody service, CoinDesk reports citing its own sources.

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ForkLog 11 19.07.2022

Bloomberg: SkyBridge froze redemptions of shares in one of its funds

The investment firm of Anthony Scaramucci—SkyBridge Capital—suspended redemptions of the Legion Strategies fund after a plunge in stock and cryptocurrency prices.

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ForkLog 18 13.07.2022

Lightspeed forms blockchain-focused division

Lightspeed Venture Partners raised $7.1 billion across four new funds to back early-stage entrepreneurs. The venture capital firm has also formed Lightspeed Faction, a team focused on investing in the crypto industry.

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ForkLog 6 12.07.2022

Analysts record a slowdown in inflows to bearish Bitcoin funds

From July 2 to July 8, inflows to cryptocurrency investment products totalled $15 million. According to CoinShares, the pace of inflows to funds that enable shorting Bitcoin slowed from $51 million a week earlier to $6.3 million.

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ForkLog 10 11.07.2022

ING sold its digital-asset custody platform.

ING Bank announced the transfer of Pyctor's digital-asset custody solution to market infrastructure provider GMEX Group.

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