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Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitcoin Support
Payments company Stripe, whose API supports millions of digital storefronts, has begun assembling a crypto engineering team to chart its future in digital assets. In an industry first, Stripe supported bitcoin in 2014 but abandoned the service four years later.
Stronghold Digital Sets IPO Price at $16-$18 a Share
Stronghold Digital, a bitcoin mining firm that converts coal waste into power for its operations, plans to raise $94 million and $106 million in an IPO. According to a filing with the SEC, it plans to sell about 5.9 million shares at $16-$18 per share for acquisitions of mining rigs and power-generating assets.
Dapper Labs Signs Multi-Year Partnership With NBA Star Kevin Durant’s Boardroom
Boardroom, a sports media company created by NBA star Kevin Durant and his investment firm Thirty Five Ventures, has agreed to a two-year partnership with Dapper Labs to help create original NBA Top Shot Moments and video content. This comes as JAMBB raised $3.5 million to build a comedian-focused NFT marketplace on the Flow blockchain. "The Hash" group discusses NFT video moments as the latest emerging trend to watch.
Andreessen Horowitz Reportedly Plans to Meet With Washington Policymakers Over Web 3
Venture capital (VC) firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is reportedly planning to meet with leaders in Washington over the regulation of the next generation of the internet, commonly known as Web 3. "The Hash" panel discusses the possible outcome for Web 3 technologies and regulations, the role of VCs in policymaking at Capitol Hill, and the wider U.S. crypto regulatory landscape.
With $8.5M in Funding, Can Strips Finance Make DeFi Derivatives Click?
Strips Finance has raised $8.5 million to launch a new derivatives platform in November that will initially enable interest rate swaps (IRSs) via automated market makers (AMMs), the decentralized exchanges over which much of DeFi is transacted. CEO Ming Wu shares insights into the launch as part of the latest effort to overcome the ecosystem-wide reluctance in DeFi to embrace more complex financial instruments.
Trading Data Suggest Retail Traders Not Behind Bitcoin’s Recent Rally
Bitcoin is up 25% this month despite the overnight pullback Wednesday. Trading data from institutional market-making firm B2C2 suggests retail traders are not behind this latest surge. B2C2 Co-CEO Rob Catalanello discusses the key findings, sharing insights into global institutional and retail inflows and outflows.
Why G20's Financial Stability Board Says $133B Stablecoin Sector Remains Niche
A survey from the Financial Stability Board, a G20 entity that provides recommendations for the global financial system, found stablecoins are currently not being used at a significant scale for mainstream payments. CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De discusses what the data reveals about stablecoins at large amid a global call for stricter crypto regulation.
Finder Releases Cryptocurrency Adoption Index
Financial comparison website Finder.com has published a global survey on crypto adoption around the world. Founder Fred Schebesta discusses the top highlights, sharing insights into crypto ownership and bitcoin adoption among crypto owners in the U.S., global crypto adoption rate ranking and more.
Bitcoin Facing Impending Bull Cross
Bitcoin is in retreat despite a pickup in blockchain activity and a long-term technical indicator that is about to turn bullish. The 100- and 200-day moving averages (MA) look to be on track to print a bullish crossover in the next few days for the first time in 16 months.
Toroso Investments CIO: BTC to Reach $100K by Year's End
Michael Venuto, chief investment officer at Toroso Investments, discusses his assessment of bitcoin as the cryptocurrency experiences a pullback, explaining why he maintains his bullish outlook bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the end of the year. Plus, reactions to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon bashing bitcoin again and calling it "worthless.