Oct 17, 2024
CheckSig
- CheckSig Funding Round - Press release
- CheckSig Funding Round - LinkedIn
- CheckSig Funding Round - Facebook
- CheckSig Funding Round - Twitter
Ecosystem - M&A, VC
- Crypto companies raised just over $25 billion in venture funding during 2021
- Crypto industry M&A activity surged 131% in 2021
- Kraken Ventures Raises $65 Million for Early Stage Fund - Business Wire
Ecosystem - Defi
- Crypto exchange Kraken acquires staking startup Staked
- Kraken Acquires Staked to Support Growth and Resilience in One of Largest Crypto Industry Deals to Date - Business Wire
- Switzerland’s SEBA Bank wants to use Aave’s institutional DeFi platform
- Terra Becomes Second-Largest DeFi Protocol, Surpassing Binance Smart Chain
- Do Kwon, Terra Claim SEC Violated Procedure in Ongoing Legal Fight
- Terraform Labs Hits Back at SEC: ‘No Jurisdiction over Do Kwon’ - Blockworks
- Parachains officially launch on Polkadot network
- Polkadot Launches Parachains, Increasing Scalability - Decrypt
- Uniswap Launches on Polygon, Driving MATIC to All-Time Highs - Coindesk
- Uniswap goes live on Ethereum scaling network Polygon - theblockcrypto
- Adidas Originals pauses collaborative NFT mint - theblockcrypto
Ecosystem - NFT
- First Wikipedia edit NFT sells at Christie’s for $750K - Cointelegraph
- Crypto Exchange BitMEX to Launch and Airdrop Native Token - Decrypt
- Crypto.com Will Run Its First Super Bowl Ad Amid Marketing Blitz - WSJ
- Decentralized exchanges saw over $1 trillion in trading volume this year
Ecosystem - TradFi
- SWIFT will test how it might play a role in asset tokenization next year
- Exploring tokenised assets: Collaborative innovation in action - SWIFT - The global provider of secure financial messaging services
- Bakkt President Adam White Announces He Is Leaving - Decrypt
Ecosystem - Binance
- Binance Signs Agreement With Dubai Authority to Establish Crypto Hub - Decrypt
- Binance Signs Agreement with Dubai World Trade Centre Authority to Establish an Industry Hub for Global Virtual Assets - Binance Support
Regulation - ETF
- SEC Rejects Valkyrie, Kryptoin Spot Bitcoin ETF Applications - Decrypt
- SEC Rejects Kryptoin Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal
Regulation
- Only Two Senators Own Crypto Assets. Both Are Shaping the Industry’s Rules. - WSJ
- Bank of England to Ramp Up Talks on Crypto Rules as Data Is Hard to Find - CoinDesk
- Paraguay moves a step closer to regulating digital currency
Facts and Opinions
- Asset classes of 2021: Bitcoin’s surge leaves gold in the dust - Financial Times
- Why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme - Financial Times
- Bitcoin: Disrupting Cross Border Payments - IMF Fintech Seminar - YouTube
- Jack Dorsey: Bitcoin will replace the dollar, criticizes Web3 - Fortune