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Markets

Solana Bucked Bitcoin Sell-Off; Upstart Blockchain Challenges Ethereum on Speed, Fees

Solana's SOL tokens have jumped 17-fold in price this year, for a market capitalization over $8 billion.

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Finance

$80M Deal Gone Wrong: Alameda Research, Reef Finance Spar Over Unloaded Tokens

A scuttled deal between Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research and DeFi upstart Reef Finance offers an inside look at the wild world of OTC trading.

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Finance

Alameda Research Pumps $20M Into Cross-Chain DeFi Platform Reef Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's investment shop has bought $20 million in REEF tokens, with an eye to purchasing more.

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Videos

We’d Be Crazy Not to Look Into That: FTX’s CEO on Whether to Take FTX Public

Sam Bankman-Fried of Alameda Research and FTX, reacting to Coinbase’s progress toward becoming a public company, discusses his interest in possibly following suit. The 28-year-old CEO also explained Alameda’s $40M round in Oxygen, which will add a financial layer to a popular maps app.

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Videos

Could Alameda’s Latest Investment Move Help Take DeFi Mainstream?

Alameda Research is leading a $40 million investment round in Oxygen, a DeFi prime brokerage. In addition, Alameda plans an integration with Maps.me. Will this help make DeFi go mainstream? “The Hash” panel connects the dots.

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Finance

Alameda Leads $40M Round in ‘DeFi Prime Brokerage,’ Plans Maps.me Integration

The firm’s earlier investment in a travel app starts making sense.

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Markets

Interoperability Project Ren 'Joining' Alameda Research

Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research has established ties with RenVM to bring more DeFi assets to the Solana blockchain.

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Markets

Offline Travel App Maps.Me Raises $50M in Funding Round Led by Alameda Research

The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet.

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Markets

Tether Mints Record 2B USDT in One Week

The previous record of 1.5 billion USDT was set the week before last.

Weekly USDT supply growth since 2017