A new report suggests the Ethereum staking ecosystem could become a formidable industry impacting a wider crypto economy. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. Chainalysis chief scientist shared his views on the Tornado Cash saga...Continue Reading

Russia’s stock exchange expects to become a registered digital asset exchange and begin trading both digital financial assets and digital asset-based securities. The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is drafting a bill to allow trading in digital financial assets (DFAs) and securities based on them, according to a report in the Russian press. The stock exchange is...Continue Reading

Iris Energy’s filing suggested the company planned to use proceeds from the sale to fund growth initiatives including purchasing mining hardware and developing data centers. Australia-based crypto mining firm Iris Energy has signed a deal with B. Riley giving the capital market company the option to purchase up to 25 million of its shares. According...Continue Reading

The creator of the Nakamoto Terminal will help the government and businesses understand the interaction of traditional and digital financial systems and track money into and out of blockchains. Digital asset data analytics company Inca Digital will study the implications of digital assets for national security under a year-long contract with the Defense Advanced Research...Continue Reading

The strength of the U.S. dollar continues to negatively impact risk assets, but that did not prevent Bitcoin and select altcoins from staging a few strong rallies this week. The S&P 500 index has declined about 5% this week while the Nasdaq Composite is down more than 5.5%. Investors fear that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive...Continue Reading

NFTickets could potentially allow airlines and events to increase their revenue through resales on the secondary market. Many companies and industries are incorporating Web3 technologies into their business structures, and the travel industry is no exception. On Sept. 21, Flybondi, an Argentinian airline, announced a strategic alliance with TravelX, a blockchain technology company responsible for...Continue Reading

The venture capitalist predicted blockchain would perform based on its own fundamentals, similar to Amazon and Apple. The economic landscape may seem dire at the moment, but it’s unlikely to affect blockchain development, according to Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead. In an interview for Real Vision on Thursday, the venture capitalist said that he believes...Continue Reading

Crypto gaming isn’t working. Developers need to focus more on fundamentals and less on cosmetics in order to fix it. What we have today in terms of Web3 gaming is not working. Play-to-earn has not worked and neither will play-to-earn or any X-to/and-earn. On top of that, traditional gamers view nonfungible tokens (NFTs) with suspicion....Continue Reading

Crypto prices keep crashing, and it seems like there’s no bottom in sight. Here are three reasons why cryptocurrency prices keep falling. Crypto prices keep falling, but why? This year’s market crash has turned most winning portfolios into net losers, and new investors are probably losing hope in Bitcoin (BTC). Investors know that cryptocurrencies exhibit...Continue Reading

The legal team requested the court appoint a committee representing certain shareholders or the case could end up “inappropriately and inequitably skewed in favor of the customers.” An international law firm representing groups of Celsius investors has filed a motion to appoint a committee to represent their interests in the crypto lending firm’s bankruptcy case....Continue Reading