Peter Wind, Publisher at CoinCodex
Peter has been covering the cryptocurrency and blockchain space since 2017, when he first discovered Bitcoin and Ethereum. Peter's main crypto interests are censorship-resistance, privacy and zero-knowledge tech, although he covers a broad range of crypto-related topics. He is also interested in NFTs as a unique digital medium, especially in the context of generative art.
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Cryptocurrency industry giant Digital Currency Group (DCG) is being valued at over $10 billion, according to reports. CNBC writes that the likes of SoftBank, Ribbit Capital and CapitalG are among the new investors in DCG. The deal is reportedly worth $700 million, and it involved early investors in Grayscale selling some of their shares to the new backers. DCG CEO Barry Silbert, who has a stake of around 40% in the company, did not sell any of his shares.
The Sandbox, a game where users create and explore a “metaverse” containing NFT assets, has raised $93 million in a Series B round led by SoftBank.
Cryptocurrency investment products saw record inflows in the week ending October 22, according to a new report from crypto asset management firm CoinShares. In total, $1.47 billion worth of funds flowed into crypto investments products during the week.
Crypto-focused venture capital firm Sino Global Capital is launching a $200 million fund with backing from the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. While the fund will be open to investing in opportunities across the globe, one of the focal points for the fund will be the Indian market, which Sino Global Capital CEO Matthew Graham says is an “extremely important, yet idiosyncratic, market for crypto”.
Worldcoin, a project that aims to fairly distribute its cryptocurrency to as many as people as possible, has come out of stealth mode and announced a $25 million investment from backers like Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase and Sam Bankman-Fried. The company says that it’s valued at $1 billion. The Worldcoin project has devised a unique way of distributing its cryptocurrency. Anyone who wants to claim the coin has to scan their iris with a device called the Orb to verify that they are a person and that they haven’t claimed any Worldcoin yet.
The FTX cryptocurrency exchange has raised $420 million in a Series B-1 round that values the company at a whopping $25 billion. The round included 69 different investors, which included the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Temasek, Sequoia Capital, and others.
Crypto asset manager Grayscale has filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to convert its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an ETF. Grayscale made its filing on the same day that the first-ever Bitcoin futures ETF started trading in the United States markets.
The Binance cryptocurrency exchange has successfully completed its 17th quarterly BNB token burn. In the latest burn, a total of 1,335,888 BNB were permanently removed from circulation. At the time of the burn, this translated to $639,462,868, making it the largest ever BNB burn in terms of dollar value.
The first Bitcoin futures ETF in the United States will be launching on Tuesday, October 19. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF will start trading under the ticker BITO on the New York Stock Exchange. The launch will mark the first Bitcoin-linked ETF to become available in the United States market.
Cryptocurrency gives you complete control, but it also comes with a lot of responsibility, as you have to make sure you secure your crypto. Here's how you can protect your crypto by utilizing hardware wallets, secure exchanges, hardware backups and other methods.
