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Crypto Options Traders Turn to DeFi for Altcoin Bets as QCP Slings $1B

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is fast becoming a preferred avenue to hedge smaller cryptocurrencies beyond bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), as leading centralized derivative exchanges like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Deribit remain fixated on the two market leaders.Singapore-based QCP Capital, an early investor in the dominant centralized crypto options exchange

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Decentraland’s MANA Jumps 80% as Facebook Rebrand Fuels Metaverse Bets

Nystrom explains that he expects Meta to build “moats” around the metaverse, creating digital walled gardens, so that the holding company and its family of networks (for example, Facebook) have the ability to make money off it. Digital worlds like Sandbox and Decentraland, by contrast, will allow developers and gamers

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Galaxy Digital’s Entertainment Arm Raises $325M Fund for NFT, Gaming Bets

Galaxy Digital re-stocked its crypto-culture war chest earlier this year with a $325 million venture fund focused on digital entertainment.The fund, from Galaxy Interactive, which scouts gaming and arts startups for Mike Novogratz’s crypto conglomerate, has been investing in projects such as Art Blocks for months now, General Partner Sam

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Bullish Ethereum traders can place risk-averse bets with this options strategy

Being bullish on Ether (ETH) has paid off recently because the token gained 60% in the last 30 days. The spectacular growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications likely fueled inflow from institutional investors, and the recent London hard fork implemented a fee burn mechanism that drastically reduced the daily net

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DeFi industry draws in commercial banks? Siam bets with $110M fund

While serious institutional interest in crypto is perhaps becoming more of an established trend than an emerging narrative, the focus of big-money players is usually on Bitcoin (BTC). However, assets like Ether (ETH) and decentralized finance (DeFi) are beginning to pique the attention of major investors.For Siam Commercial Bank (SCB),

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