2020-7-22 12:00 |
Hugh Karp is the founder and CEO of Nexus Mutual - a people-powered alternative to insurance. Nexus Mutual uses the power of Ethereum so individuals can share risk together without the need for an insurance company. origin »
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The crypto futures market is heating up. On June 30, Binance launched Compound perpetual contracts at 50x leverage, around the same time Beijing-based MCDEX debuted a novel decentralized ETH perpetual contract that has no expiry date.
2020-7-3 20:42 | |
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One area of the cryptocurrency space that’s blown up over recent years is derivatives. BitMEX was the first to market back in 2014, with its range of futures and perpetual swaps. Institutional player CME entered the game at the end of 2017.
2020-7-1 14:12 | |
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Bybit has expanded its suite of tools for experienced traders. Last month, the derivatives exchange rolled out a mutual insurance fund to aid risk management. This month, it’s another risk management tool: in-app alerts.
2020-6-18 20:21 | |
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Nexus Mutual, an alternative insurance provider for a variety of Ethereum-based DeFi protocols, has seen its risk pool double over the past 90 days to more than $4 million.
2020-6-16 20:30 | |
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Nexus Mutual, a peer-to-peer risk sharing mutual built using smart contracts and blockchain technology, announced today it is now using Chainlink’s price reference data contracts for decentralized valuations of its multi-currency capital pool Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network will bring transparent and accurate on-chain valuations to Nexus Mutual’s multi-currency capital pool.
2020-3-5 20:39 | |
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Nexus Mutual members voted to pay out two claims following the bZx flash loan attacks – a first for the DeFi insurance pioneer.
2020-2-21 00:15 | |
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DeFi-native insurance protocol Nexus Mutual paid out its first claims after stakers voted in favor of paying coverage to those who had taken out insurance before the first bZx exploit....The post Nexus Mutual Accepts Claims Worth 31,000 DAI Post bZx Exploit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-2-19 17:56 | |
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В октябре трейдеры удвоили сумму открытых длинных позиций по биткоин-фьючерсам с 500 BTC до более чем 1000 BTC на Чикагской товарной бирже (CME). Long positions held by institutional accounts at the CME have been rising again in October.
2019-10-23 18:42 | |
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Длинные позиции институциональных инвесторов по биткоин-фьючерсам Чикагской товарной биржи (CME) растут в этом месяце после обвала в сентябре, обращает внимание аналитическая платформа skew. Long positions held by institutional accounts at the CME have been rising again in October.
2019-10-23 18:33 | |
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Despite the harrowing price drop seen in late September, institutions are expecting for the Bitcoin (BTC) price to soon head higher — at least for institutions involved in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures market.
2019-10-21 02:00 | |
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Pan-African insurance firm Old Mutual Insure will no longer insure the computer equipment used by crypto mining operations, citing the unregulated nature of the industry and its ties to cybercrime as two major factors.
2019-6-13 18:53 | |
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We all know that banks make it difficult for blockchain businesses by denying them access to conventional banking services and accounts. Well now, it seems insurance firms are throwing a spanner in the works for cryptocurrency mining businesses in Africa.
2019-6-13 13:41 | |
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Pan-African insurance firm Old Mutual will not provide coverage for crypto mining equipment due to the unregulated nature of the industry
2019-6-12 02:22 | |
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South African insurance company Old Mutual has refused to insure mining rigs in Africa, making it harder to protect cryptocurrency gear there.
2019-6-12 00:30 | |
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World Wide Meds is an ecosystem that empowers people to manage their healthcare wherever they are in the world, 24/7. Built on blockchain technology, our ecosystem helps to make interactions between all participants transparent and simple.
2018-12-28 06:03 | |
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Gabor Gurbacs is confident that the approval of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) is inevitable. And he’s optimistic that the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Strategy will be the first to deliver one to the world.
2018-11-17 01:42 | |
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Weiss Ratings, a provider of market research and stock analysis on ETFs, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, banks, and insurance companies, made a bold move saying that Ethereum will overtake 50% of Bitcoin’s market share in the next 5 years.
2018-9-23 17:00 | |
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Asmbler is an intelligent one-stop-shop solution that dramatically lowers the entry barriers to the cryptocurrency-market, its built upon three synergic and interconnected services that provide a holistic solution.
2018-8-28 23:05 | |
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Nexus is one of several blockchain startups trying to revive mutual insurance. Its first product will cover the risks of ethereum smart contracts.
2018-8-7 15:00 | |
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The RiskBlock Alliance, whose members include insurance giants Chubb, Marsh and Liberty Mutual, has decided to build its blockchain on R3's Corda.
2018-7-5 07:00 | |
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Terawatt will create a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), and also create a highly deflationary Ethereum based currency for global payments. The DAO will act as a decentralized global mutual/insurance fund to ensure Utilities (and businesses) always have access to funding (which constantly runs out) for subsidizing L.
2018-7-1 11:11 | |
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There is a conflict of interest between insurance companies and policyholders. Teambrella proposes a way to solve this issue by implementing a system that provides peer-to-peer coverage. Peers have mutual control on most aspects of their coverage, such as risk evaluation and processing of payments.
2018-6-29 13:33 | |
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Gennaro D'Urso is the founder of Pharma Collective and Israel Mersky is the Director at Pharma Collective. Gennaro has a background in science and entrepreneurship, while Israel comes from the advertising industry and has experience in the pharmaceutical psychedelic space.
Jasper De Gooyer is the co-founder and CTO at SEDA, a multichain, permissionless protocol connecting real-world data to any network on-chain.
Bitget, top global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is responding to trader demand and is to list SKALE (SKL). The SKALE Network is designed to enhance the scalability and efficiency of Ethereum-compatible applications.
VALR, Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched perpetual futures trading, featuring the world's first Bitcoin and USDT perpetual futures paired against the South African Rand.
Controversial crypto exchange Binance has appointed Richard Teng as its new CEO. The appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who pleaded guilty to charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will reportedly step down as CEO of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Since its 2009 inception, Bitcoin has heralded a shift from traditional to decentralized finance (DeFi), signaling the future of financial markets. Today, the crypto landscape extends beyond Bitcoin, with multiple projects contributing to a dynamic ecosystem of financial innovation.