Many memecoins have produced staggering returns since the start of 2024, but their lack of utility and the proliferation of scams have raised questions about their long-term stability.
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Investing in cryptocurrency is a high-risk/high-reward activity, whether that entails day-trading in the open market, buying into institutional investment funds or investing in particular blockchain enterprises.
In recent years, the blockchain space has attempted to disrupt venture funding and investment through a particularly powerful use case in crowdfunding. An influx of hype and amateur investment reached a peak during the 2017 to 2018 initial coin offering, or ICO, bubble in which projects raised billions of dollars in return for assets of questionable value or utility, quickly putting the industry in the sights of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and similar regulatory authorities.
There is ongoing discourse on and experimentation in how to fund open-source protocol development that doesn’t involve the traditional route of venture capital and that better aligns the incentives of all stakeholders, from the developers to the users.
Seeing where investment capital is going in the space can provide a gauge of market sentiment around industry trends and potential high-growth areas.
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Thanks to the ICO busts of 2018 and the SEC's newfound attention for a raft of altcoins, scrutiny of new projects has become much higher than in the past.
1430ETF fund flows reveal investor sentiment. Learn how tracking the money trail can give you insights into market trends and potential trading opportunities.
The number of Web3 venture capitalist deals also rose 36% in the first quarter of 2024, indicating wider interest in Web3 protocols.
4378During the last bull run, VC firms were more concerned about missing out on the hype, but they’re taking a much more measured approach this time.
1543The halving could impact the number of daily available BTC by reducing the miner rewards by 50%.
4534The strategic partnership between Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s G42 aims to bolster AI innovation and expand global accessibility to cutting-edge technologies.
1706Altcoins may react differently to the Bitcoin halving depending on various factors, including tokenomics, value proposition and its overall contribution toward financial freedom.
8070The Winklevoss twins are on board with Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack’s vision to take Real Bedford FC to the English Premier League.
8902“Bitcoin now has a place at the table alongside gold, farmland and other alternative assets”— something unthinkable five years ago.
3328A recent survey by Policygenius found that one in five American adults own cryptocurrencies.
2568The Solana memecoin frenzy has seen several tokens rise to multimillion-dollar market capitalizations within days.
10443The United States was reportedly the only country to show gains for Q1 2024 investments in fintech.
9667U.S. regulators have yet again injected uncertainty into the crypto markets by assessing whether Ethereum is a security. What are the effects for crypto investors?
3145Pantera Capital’s Liquid Token Fund reduced exposure to Bitcoin and Ether in the first quarter of 2024 while increasing allocations to DeFi tokens.
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