Latest figures from Crypto Fund Research reveal that prices for most cryptocurrencies are down more than 50 per cent in 2018, but despite that, crypto funds have been launching at a record pace. The first five months of 2018 have
Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for digital payments and digital exchange, has appointed Krishna Prasad has been appointed as CEO of Tassat a provider of financial technoly and products in the digital assets exchange sector. Read
A new partnership between GMEX Group (GMEX), an established provider of services in financial markets, and the Digital Asset Group (DAG) is aiming to bring together the practices of regulated banking, finance and exchanges with emerging innovation and a digital
Alpha Sigma Capital (ASC), a new blockchain investment and digital currency hedge fund, officially launched on 6 January, 2020, with a focus on delivering growth capital to blockchain companies with a multi-strategy hedge fund that utilises tokens, cryptocurrencies, equities, derivatives,
Public blockchain Hashgard, which is aiming to provide a one-stop solution for digital asset management, catering to both individual and institutional investors, has secured strategic investment from over 50 investment funds in the world, including Fenbushi Capital and BKFUND. This
BitSpread, a blockchain asset research and advisory firm, has launched BlockBerry, a new managed account platform. The platform offers specialised, bespoke, managed account access to blockchain assets for institutions (both US and non-US), enabling self-management or third-party management. The blockchain
Broadridge Financial Solutions has secured a US patent for blockchain technology that will enhance the processes for proxy voting and repurchase, or repo, agreements. 
 Building on Broadridge’s successful blockchain-based bilateral repo pilot with two global investment banks, which showed
The founding CEO of The Crypto Company, one of the first publicly traded companies investing in blockchain, has formed a specialised hedge fund to directly invest in businesses associated with distributed ledger technologies (DLT). Mike Poutre, a three-time CEO of
Cryptocurrency research firm Crypto Fund Research reports that prices for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are off about 50 per cent from their December 2017 highs and the SEC has announced its intent to investigate over 100 crypto hedge funds.
Swiss fintech specialist Avaloq has acquired a 10 per cent stake in Metaco, a Lausanne-based blockchain and crypto-currency specialist. The acquisition, which is part of Metaco’s second round of funding, will see Francisco Fernandez (pictured), Avaloq’s founder and Group Chairman,
