Which bankers and fintech billionaires came out on top?
Objectively speaking, 2022 was a violent year for the markets, but this did not stop certain City bankers and fintech billionaires from increasing their fortunes. Square...
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What are private blockchains and can they help meet regulatory compliance
The public approach to blockchain seems to have raised the question of how the technology might perform on a private level. Experts believe that private blockchains...
Crypto is a “hot ball of money” with very little intrinsic value, say hedge funds
New York CNN — Crypto’s biggest critics often claim that the digital assets have virtually no intrinsic value, that the underlying technology has failed to prove...
The Fintech files: Kraken’s ‘savage’ layoffs, more trouble for crypto hedge funds
Employees at Kraken have become the latest victims of the crypto winter after the US-based exchange announced 1,100 job cuts. One employee said: “I went to...
The Fintech files: Kraken’s ‘savage’ layoffs, more trouble for crypto hedge funds
Employees at Kraken have become the latest victims of the crypto winter after the US-based exchange announced 1,100 job cuts. One employee said: “I went to...
Goldman sees client boomerang in ‘flight to quality’ as crisis engulfs crypto firms
Goldman Sachs’ head of crypto trading says investors are “coming back” to the bank to trade crypto after being spooked by crises at digital asset firms...
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...
Crypto gets top billing at SkyBridge SALT event amid market ‘winter’
We’re in the midst of a crypto “winter,” but you wouldn’t know it by attending the annual SALT conference in New York City this week, sponsored...
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...
How Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Was Crypto’s Long-Term Asset Management
Many crypto enthusiasts blame the collapse of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) for this year’s crypto winter, and not just because the crypto hedge fund has dragged...