Investment banking giant Morgan Stanley has made a quiet by significant move into stablecoins, expanding its footprint in the digital assets industry. The firm’s investment management arm, MSIM, has announced the launch of the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio – a government money market fund designed for… Read More
Mantle, EtherFi Foundation, Golem Foundation, Lido DAO, Ethena, LayerZero, Ink Foundation and Tyrdo have all made pledges to the “DeFi United” recovery effort.
The U.S. Department of Justice arrested a master sergeant with the Army on allegations he placed wagers on the raid of Nicolas Maduro ahead of participating in the operation to detain former Venezuelan leader. The DOJ unsealed an indictment Thursday charging Gannon Ken Van Dyke… Read More
Until last Friday, April 17, lending stablecoins into Aave, widely considered the gold standard of DeFi, paid 2.32% APY. The Federal Reserve’s overnight rate was 3.64%. Taken at face value, the market was pricing an unregulated, open-source smart contract as a lower credit risk than… Read More
Cryptocurrency venture capital company Blockchain Capital is raising $700 million for two new funds, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The San Francisco-based firm is raising for its seventh early-stage fund and second growth fund, which are expected to be completed in the next five to six… Read More
Kalshi, one of the leading prediction market firms, has issued another set of insider-trading disciplinary actions against users accused of making improper trades based on their inside knowledge of their own political situations, including an ex-reality TV star in Virginia who said he did it… Read More
