Galaxy digital’s CEO believes ‘Gary Gensler wants to be the Sheriff of Cryptoville’
“He also has made it clear that he wants to control cryptocurrency. As clear as it gets. He aspires to be Cryptoville’s sheriff,” says Mike Novogratz CEO of Galaxy digital. Gary Gensler, the newly appointed chairman of the Securities & Exchange Board, did not attend the Messari Mainnet conference in New York this week, but […]
Survey shows almost half of crypto owners would turn to celebrities for advice
A new survey reveals 45% of crypto owners are willing to adopt digital asset advice from celebrities and influencers’ social media accounts, and they would purchase a crypto asset based on an endorsement. According to a Morning Consultant poll of 2,200 U.S. adults, 45% of crypto-holders said they would be more willing to invest in […]
Maxim Magazine teams up With xSigma to Launch NFT Marketplace
The marketplace which will be known as “MaximNFT,” will comprise only NFTs offered by Maxim after collaborating with xSigma. Maxim , a men’s lifestyle magazine, is collaborating with blockchain R&D lab xSigma Corporation, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed company ZK International, to develop an NFT marketplace, MaximNFT.com, in the coming months. Maxim makes his way into […]
Biden’s administration reportedly aims to nominate anti-crypto and anti-big bank law professor to run the OCC
Omarova has indicated that she hopes to “end banking as we know it,” but she fears that huge financial institutions can misuse the cryptocurrency market because it is not within the jurisdiction of regulators. As reported by the New York Times, the Biden administration intends to nominate Kazakhstani-American attorney, academic, and former policy advisor Saule […]
Digital asset manager Cobo raises $40M to launch DeFi-as-a-service
Cobo, a digital asset management platform, has raised $40 million in a recent Serie B funding, this is to promote institutional gateways to decentralized finance (DeFi) products in the Asia-Pacific markets. Cobo will use the Series B funding to build the first DeFi-as-a-service , or DaaS, infrastructure, which will allow institutions and their clients to […]