Institutional Investment


Markets

German Law Allowing $415B Investment Into Crypto Takes Effect

The law allows "special funds" to invest up to 20% of their assets in crypto.

The chambers of Germany's parliament in Berlin.

Finance

Hedge Fund Giants Millennium, Matrix and Point72 Standing Up DeFi Funds: Sources

DeFi is booming and institutions are edging towards it, trying to figure out how to get a slice of the alpha.

Israel "Izzy" Englander, chairman and chief executive officer of Millennium Management (left) and Steven A. Cohen, chairman and chief executive officer of Point72

Finance

Cowen to Offer Crypto Custody Services Through $25M Stake in PolySign

This comes as part of a PolySign's $53 million Series B funding round that Cowen led.

The New York Stock Exchange

Finance

Proposed Legislation in Germany Could Allow $425B to Flow Into Crypto: Report

Under the legislation, wealth managers known as Spezialfonds would be able to invest up to 20% in digital assets.

Berlin, Germany

Finance

Coinbase and Bakkt Are Behind Paul Tudor Jones' Bitcoin Bets, SEC Documents Show

The macro king’s $44 billion hedge fund has quietly brokered crypto custody ties with some of the industry’s biggest names.

Paul Tudor Jones (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Robin Hood)

Videos

Fireblocks: Biggest Challenge for Institutions Getting into Crypto Is Not Knowing Which Questions to Ask

Fireblocks provides the transfer of digital assets for lenders, a key entry point into cryptocurrency for big banks like BNY Mellon. Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov joins “First Mover” to discuss institutions entering the crypto space and some of the challenges they face.

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Finance

Staking as an Asset Class? This Swiss Institutional Fund Is Jumping In

Persistence is helping institutions find yield with its white-labeled staking service.

Geneva, Switzerland

Videos

Fidelity Digital Assets: 'Just at the Tip of the Iceberg' for Institutional Investment

Is institutional investment slowing or just getting started? Ria Bhutoria, research director at Fidelity Digital Assets, shares her insights on the crypto market. "We still think it's really early in terms of institutional adoption," Bhutoria said.

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Finance

BC Group, VSAL Join Forces to Serve Institutional Bitcoin Market in Asia

The collaboration is further evidence of an institutional crypto charge happening in innovation-friendly trading hubs like Hong Kong.

OSL booth

Markets

Blockchain Bites: Universities Are Gaining Bitcoin Exposure as Institutional ETH Appetite Grows

Meanwhile, BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said crypto qua crypto fails as currency qua currency, though dissidents like Alexey Navalny might disagree.

Bank of England Chief Andrew Bailey

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