Latest from Ian Allison
DCG's Barry Silbert Pitched Genesis-Gemini Merger in a Drastic Bid to Save the Lender in 2022
Silbert’s motion to dismiss the New York Attorney General’s $3 billion lawsuit contains emails from around the time 3AC failed and the Genesis and Gemini loans business began to seize up.
Fireblocks Prepares for Bull Market by Adding New Executive After New CFO Hire
Chief marketing officer Michal Ferguson joins from cybersecurity platform Snyk, following the appointment of new CFO Michael Levine, and chief customer officer Madan Gadde.
Digital Currency Group Files for Dismissal of New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit
The crypto firm's boss, Barry Silbert, also filed a motion to dismiss the Attorney General’s accusation that he concealed losses at the firms and so cheated customers and investors.
Bitcoin ETF Giant Grayscale Introduces a Crypto Staking Fund
The Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund initially includes APT, TIA, CBETH, ATOM, NEAR, OSMO, DOT, SEI and SOL.
Osprey Bitcoin Trust Looking for a Buyer or Possible Merger with Bitcoin ETF
The company said that if this process is unsuccessful, it "intends to liquidate and dissolve the Trust within 180 days from today."
Crypto Payments Specialist Baanx Raises $20M Funding Round
The Series A investment round included Ledger, Tezos Foundation, Chiron and British Business Bank.
Morgan Stanley Evaluating Spot Bitcoin ETFs for Its Giant Brokerage Platform: Sources
Since spot bitcoin ETFs went live in January, chatter has increased about the imminent arrival of the big registered investment advisor (RIA) networks and broker-dealer platforms.
Crypto Custodian Finoa Offers Centrifuge’s Tokenized T-Bill Fund
Tokenized assets pioneer Centrifuge is linking its Anemoy fund to Finoa’s 300-plus crypto institutions.
OANDA Opens FCA-Registered Crypto Trading Platform in the UK
OANDA Crypto is the summation of last year’s acquisition of a majority stake in FCA-registered crypto firm Coinpass, and will offer trading in over 63 cryptocurrency pairs, including bitcoin, ether, and XRP.
DeFi Startup Euler Finance Bounces Back with Revamped Lending Vaults
Euler v2, slated to go live in Q2, combines the Euler Vault Kit (EVK) to build customized lending markets, with an Ethereum Vault Connector (EVC), which enables vaults to be used as collateral for other vaults.
