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Alpha Drop: A Look at Polychain Capital’s Crypto Portfolio

Polychain Capital, a blockchain asset investment firm that backs projects at various stages of development, continues to add decentralized finance (DeFi) projects to its growing crypto portfolio. Polychain has now invested in Series A and Series B funding rounds for decentralized margin trading platform dYdX. The platform raised $10 million in its Series B round, […]

After XRP, Flare Networks May Bring Smart Contracts Functionality to Bitcoin

Flare Networks is defining the extent of the project’s capabilities, claiming that its protocol could bring smart contract functionality to Bitcoin. In a recent interview hosted by Real Vision, Flare’s co-founder Hugo Philion says that after XRP, their project could potentially bring smart contract capabilities to the Bitcoin blockchain. “We are a network that is […]

Grayscale Registers Long List of Altcoin Trusts, Sparks Rumors of Support for Cardano, Polkadot and Additional Assets

Digital asset manager Grayscale is sparking chatter in the cryptoverse after its recent move to register a long list of altcoin trusts. Grayscale could be gearing up to support a new batch of altcoins after the world’s largest crypto asset management firm filed new trusts in the Delaware corporate registry. New names added to Grayscale’s […]

Top Analyst Nicholas Merten Says This Crypto Asset Could Be Next Big DeFi Play

Prominent crypto strategist Nicholas Merten is keeping a close watch on a decentralized finance (DeFi) asset that he says has the potential to more than double its value in the coming days. On a new DataDash episode, Merten points out to his 378,000 YouTube subscribers that DeFi exchange Loopring (LRC) is consolidating in preparation of […]

SEC Update — Preliminary Ripple Response

Here’s the note I sent to Ripple employees today regarding Ripple’s preliminary legal response to the SEC’s complaint. Hi Ripple team, Since the SEC filed its complaint at the end of December, its side of the story has been the only one shared publicly. Our initial response was finally filed today. The “Answer” is a […]

Mark Cuban’s Crypto Wallet Exposed – Here Are the Altcoins He’s Investing In

The contents of billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban’s Ethereum wallet are now public knowledge. The Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank star’s Ethereum wallet address was revealed after he promoted a digital collectible listed on the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible via his social media account. According to pseudonymous crypto researcher Dogetoshi, who initially tweeted out […]

Crypto Trader Elliot Wainman Says Four Virtually Unknown Crypto Projects Set To Grow Dramatically

Crypto analyst Elliot Wainman is spotlighting four little-known altcoins that he believes have massive growth potential. The popular crypto trader, who is a self-prescribed altcoin gem enthusiast, is updating his 209,000 YouTube subscribers on the low cap projects he is looking at as the market takes a slight breather. The first project Wainman highlights is […]

Dogecoin Explodes 528% As WallStreetBets Mania Shifts to Crypto

The price of Dogecoin is erupting after a leader of the WallStreetBets movement posted a provocative tweet about the popular meme cryptocurrency. An account named WSB Chairman sent a message out to 683,000 followers on Twitter asking just how high the price of Dogecoin has rallied in the past. Has Doge ever been to a […]

Ethereum Poised To Blow Past All-Time High With DeFi on Parabolic Uptrend, Says VC Investor Spencer Noon

Crypto venture capitalist Spencer Noon is forecasting an Ethereum rally that will launch the asset well above its new all-time high. The general partner at crypto venture capitalist firm Variant says that the number of users and the amount of capital deployed in decentralized finance (DeFi), which Noon calls Ethereum’s “biggest use case,” is a […]

Crypto Trader Ben Armstrong Names Top 10 Altcoins for 2021

Crypto trader and YouTuber Ben Armstrong is revealing the top 10 altcoins he says big investors are buying in 2021. The investor tells his 327,000 subscribers that despite many in the sector announcing that the “top is in,” and that shorting Bitcoin is the way to go, many larger investors have been buying up select […]

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