Alameda Research


Finance

Alameda Leads $40M Round in ‘DeFi Prime Brokerage,’ Plans Maps.me Integration

The firm’s earlier investment in a travel app starts making sense.

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Markets

Interoperability Project Ren 'Joining' Alameda Research

Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research has established ties with RenVM to bring more DeFi assets to the Solana blockchain.

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Markets

Offline Travel App Maps.Me Raises $50M in Funding Round Led by Alameda Research

The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet.

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Markets

Tether Mints Record 2B USDT in One Week

The previous record of 1.5 billion USDT was set the week before last.

Weekly USDT supply growth since 2017

Markets

Wrapped Bitcoin ‘Burns’ Increase as Traders Rotate Capital Out of Cooling DeFi

WBTC burns picked up in November, continuing into December.

WBTC burns in 2020

Markets

Traders Brace for Major Volatility as Bitcoin Price Nears Record Highs

Volatility has stayed relatively low through bitcoin’s slow march toward record highs.

Bitcoin 30-day and 180-day volatility in 2020

Finance

Razor Network Raises $3.7M to Prove There’s Room for More Oracles in DeFi

Razor Network raised $3.7 million in seed funding from NGC Ventures, Alameda Research and Mariano Conti, the former oracles chief at MakerDAO.

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Finance

Alameda Research Invests $3M in 3Commas Crypto Trading Platform

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research has invested $3 million in trading platform 3Commas.

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Markets

Record $616M of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in September

Monthly value of minted WBTC grew 160% from August.

Top WBTC Merchants (Aug. 2020 v. Sept. 2020)