After much anticipation, crypto lending startup BlockFi has confirmed the close of a $350 million Series D fundraising round.
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Quick Take
- On-chain structured products have grown alongside the overall DeFi market in the past year
- Indices offer broad exposure to Defi in a simple and cost-effective manner
- Smart indices can enable enhanced capital efficiency and tunable investment strategies
- Decentralized funds allow anyone to deploy capital for automated trading or actively managed portfolios
- Structured risk products can help investors and liquidity providers with varying risk appetites take advantage of currently high yields in crypto
MoonPay, the crypto payments business, has appointed former Coinbase UK boss Zeeshan Feroz as chief growth officer.
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Crypto Facilities, the index provider acquired by crypto exchange Kraken, has promoted Gary Worrall to the rank of CEO following the departure of founder and former boss Timo Schlaefer, The Block can reveal.
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Chinese Twitter Weibo has suspended the accounts of Huobi, OKEx, Binance and MXC in what appears to be a targeted effort on crypto exchanges.
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The Token Taxonomy Act aims to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to distinguish digital tokens from other types of assets.
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The Senate Banking Committee voted to confirm Gary Gensler’s nomination today in a 14-10 vote. A date has yet to be set for a full vote.
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Blockchain.com, a crypto services provider, has added a former aide to President Barack Obama to its board of directors.
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Bids for the collection have surpassed $13.2 million dollars, with the auction set to end within the next 24 hours.
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New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), a bitcoin investment and services provider, announced the appointment of New York Life Insurance Company boss Theodore Mathas to its board of directors on Wednesday.
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