Fintech Files: Carson Block on Shorting Crypto, and Did Ethereum’s “Merge” Matter?
Short seller and hedge fund founder Carson Block made a name for himself more than ten years ago sniffing out suspicious companies for short. Block, president...
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KKR Rides the Blockchain to Expand Access to Private Equity
Last week, Securitize, a digital asset investment firm, announced the launch of a tokenized fund to provide access to KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund (HCSG)...
KKR puts part of the PE fund on public blockchain
KKR & Co. is making a portion of one of its private-equity funds available on the public blockchain, in the latest bid to expand individual investors’...
The Fintech Files: VC funding craters in London, and ‘The Merge’ beckons
Cities like Ron Kalifa still like to present London as fintech’s beating heart on this side of the Atlantic – but new research shows the pace...
BlackRock Launches a Bitcoin Trust. What it means for crypto and the stock.
Text size BlackRock launches a private Bitcoin trust as the giant asset manager delves further into crypto. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg Black stone is diving headfirst into cryptocurrencies,...
London hedge fund Winton hunts for crypto rentals
Winton Group, the London hedge fund set up by billionaire quant investor David Harding, is on the hunt for specialist crypto expertise, in a hint that...
Cannabis, crypto and meme stocks rise on Monday as the stock market sell-off continues
Investors found some support in the recent rally in US stocks, but not necessarily in the places one might expect. While traditionally defensive sectors such as...
Why London tops the global league for fintech VC funding
London was last month confirmed as the world’s top hub for fintech venture capital funding. So far in 2022, it has raised $6.3 billion. That’s well...
Invesco sees ‘crypto sheep’ after crash wipes out demand for digital assets: ‘We want to see people come back’
Invesco, the $1.4 billion US asset manager that launched one of Europe’s first bitcoin products, predicts a “crypto spring” will spur professional investors back into digital...
VCs are pouring billions into crypto despite Bitcoin’s worst quarter ever
Bitcoin may have just hit its worst quarter in more than 10 years, but venture capital doesn’t care — and private money is piling into crypto...