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Ripple Teams With Nelnet on $44M Solar Investment

The joint investment will fund solar energy projects throughout the U.S. as crypto firms try to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.

Brad Garlinghouse Ripple

Marchés

Gene Simmons’ $300K Cardano Investment Has More Than Doubled Since February

The Kiss star has veered heavily into crypto in recent years. It may have paid off handsomely.

Gene Simmons of Kiss performs in New York City on June 11, 2021. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for A&E)

Finance

NFT Market Too Frothy? Now You Can Short It

SynFutures’ new Tinder-like product allows investors to bet against NFTs.

9 cryptopunks

Finance

VC Fund NFX to Go Deeper Into Crypto With $450M Seed Fund

The firm, now home to Libra co-creator Morgan Beller, is looking to fund early-stage crypto companies with billion-user potential.

Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX

Guides

What Is a Perpetual Swap Contract?

The perpetual swap trading product was first introduced in 2016 by crypto exchange BitMEX.

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Finance

DAOs May Be the Future of Work, but Don’t Bet on Them Being the Next Big Asset Class

The decentralized nature of DAOs and their dependence on vibrant, committed communities can be at odds with investors who are just in it for the virtual Benjamins.

(Pepi Stojanovski/Unsplash)

Marchés

With Evergrande on the Brink, the ‘China Hustle’ Comes Home to Roost

Evergrande’s problems are part of a much larger pattern in Chinese equities. One overlooked documentary was a stark warning that needs revisiting.

An electronic screen displays the Hang Seng Index in the Central district of Hong Kong, China Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Growing investor angst about China's real estate crackdown rippled through markets, pummeling Hong Kong developers and adding pressure on Beijing authorities to stop financial contagion from destabilizing the economy. Photographer: Kyle Lam/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Do NFTs’ Crazy Valuations Make Them Art? A Leading Collector Says No

The cultural cachet that makes fine art such a good investment will take years to build up around NFTs.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 20: Highlights from Sotheby's auctions of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern and African Art at Sotheby's, featuring The Visitor by South African artist Gerard Sekoto on March 20, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for Sotheby's)