Tag: Crypto

Crypto Investments Surge to All-Time High Crypto fundraising reached unprecedented levels last week, with companies raising $3.5 billion across 28 funding rounds. The surge occurred before a sudden market crash on Friday. Data from Cryptorank revealed that the week spanning 6 October to Sunday marked the highest weekly fundraising ever, surpassing the previous peak of…

Hyperliquid, a decentralised exchange (DEX), has launched a major infrastructure upgrade that enables anyone to create and deploy their own perpetual futures markets, marking a shift towards fully permissionless financial engineering in decentralised finance (DeFi). The Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3 (HIP-3), activated on mainnet following its testnet debut in late September, removes the need for…

The cryptocurrency market saw major developments today, from record-breaking fund inflows to a potential shake-up in traditional banking, and a delisting controversy in the DeFi space. Here’s a look at the top stories shaping the digital asset landscape. Crypto Funds Record Historic $5.95 Billion Inflows Cryptocurrency investment products have seen their biggest-ever weekly inflows, reaching…

Crypto venture capitalists are shifting gears in 2025, moving away from speculative trend-chasing toward more measured, data-driven investments. According to Bullish Capital Management director Sylvia To, the industry has entered a new phase of restraint, where “throwing money at the next big thing” is no longer the norm. A More Careful Approach to Crypto Investments…

Sam Bankman-Fried, the jailed founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has claimed that his “single biggest mistake” during the company’s dramatic downfall was handing control of the firm to its new management. The decision, he said, destroyed his last chance to save the company before it declared bankruptcy. The Decision That Changed Everything In…

Kazakhstan is advancing a dual-track approach to digital assets by piloting its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital tenge, alongside a state-backed stablecoin called Evo. The move underlines the country’s ambition to become Central Asia’s leading hub for cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation. Evo Stablecoin Joins Digital Tenge Pilot In September, the National Bank of…