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Collector Crypt Closes Competitive Seed Round
Date: February 9, 2023
Collector Crypt, a revolutionary startup bringing the $402 billion physical collectibles market to the Web3 space, has successfully closed its seed round, securing investments from GSR, Big Brain Holdings, FunFair Ventures, Genesis Block Ventures, Master Ventures Investment Management, StarLaunch, and Telos. Collector transforms the multi-billion-dollar collectibles industry in a way that protects collectors from...

Cryptoverse: Is Bitcoin Out of the Woods? Consider the Options
Date: February 7, 2023
By Medha Singh, Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Vidya Ranganathan (Reuters) – Have bitcoin and ether finally turned a corner? It’s looking that way, if crypto options traders are anything to go by. The volume of bitcoin options traded on Deribit, one of the leading exchanges for crypto-focused derivatives products, jumped 82% in January versus December,...

How Real-Time Payments Are Shaping the Future of the Payments Industry
Date: February 1, 2023
By Lissele Pratt, Co-Founder at Capitalixe Real-time payments are revolutionising the way we think about money and its movement. They are no longer a futuristic concept but a reality shaping the future of the payments industry as we know it. The ability to transfer funds and make payments instantly, with near real-time confirmation, has the...

The Many Lessons Crypto Can Learn From FinTech
Date: January 30, 2023
By Stoyan Kenderov, COO, Plastiq In financial services, that which is uncontrolled runs amok. The year 2022 for crypto is a case in point. First we had the Luna and TerraUSD crash, complete with bankruptcies and arrest warrants. High-profile crypto entities like Three Arrows Capital, Celsius and Voyager collapsed. Then came FTX and its toxic...

Exclusive-Binance Moved $346 Million for Seized Crypto Exchange Bitzlato, Data Show
Date: January 25, 2023
By Tom Wilson and Angus Berwick LONDON (Reuters) -Crypto giant Binance processed almost $346 million in bitcoin for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, whose founder was arrested by U.S. authorities last week for allegedly running a “money laundering engine,” blockchain data seen by Reuters show. The Justice Department on Jan. 18 said it charged Bitzlato’s...

Cryptoverse: Bitcoin Investors Take Control
Date: January 24, 2023
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Paranoid? The domino downfall of FTX and other crypto custodians is enough to make the most trusting investor grab their bitcoin and shove it under the mattress. Indeed, holders big and small are taking “self-custody” of their funds, moving them from crypto exchanges and trading platforms...
