Institutional Investor

Crypto stocks tend to dislocate more than cryptocurrencies TLDR/summary: Coinbase (COIN), Marathon Digital (MARA) and MicroStrategy (MSTR) have become more volatile as they have started gaining traction with institutional investors. Because (a) the relationships between those stocks and the crypto market is not always trivial, (b) analyst coverage is dismal and…

USAID INVEST is driving local pension funds into investments in resilient infrastructure in Kenya and paving the way for local institutional capital in emerging markets to take on a more prominent role in their growth. USAID funding brought together a consortium of Kenyan pension funds to invest in Kenyan infrastructure…

Rivals come and go, but we are here to stay Euro-backed stablecoins still present a very insignficant portion of the cryptocurrency wealth spread across protocols, platforms and crypto wallets. …

This article aims to provide an overview of private decentralized finance (PriFi) and its influence on institutional DeFi. If you are unfamiliar with DeFi and cryptocurrencies, check out our introductory articles on DeFi and crypto. Do also read our article introducing institutional DeFi before reading this piece! What Is Private DeFi (PriFi)? In this article…

This newsletter was originally sent to The Untapped Network on Tuesday, March 21st. To subscribe for future updates please click here. Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! I’m excited about electric vehicles. Part of this is because I’m a walking stereotype: a US west-coast Stanford grad that works in tech and drives a Tesla. Even more…

This article aims to provide an overview of decentralized finance for institutions, as well as a sketch of the current relevant landscape and its upcoming opportunities and risks. If you are unfamiliar with these concepts, do consider reading our introduction to DeFi and cryptocurrency. …

Learned from hands-on experience in attracting institutional clients to crypto exchanges — Many DeFi projects want to go institutional one day. Because institutional clients mean more money and less headache than it is with retails. However, the challenge lies in figuring out how exactly to attract these institutions. Obviously, good old memes and airdrops aren’t going to cut it. In my conversations…

Understanding the metrics used by institutional investors to evaluate potential returns and risks in the cryptocurrency market when building portfolios.” Institutional investors are increasingly looking at cryptocurrency as a new asset class to invest in. However, the cryptocurrency market is still a relatively new and highly volatile space. This means…

Willy Woo has identified a new pattern of stablecoins flowing into exchanges during working hours, thus suggesting institutional investors are behind Bitcoin’s recent rally. Institutional investors looking to take advantage of Bitcoin’s discounted price could be behind its recent impressive rally of over 40% in January 2022. In a recent…