Institutional Adoption


Markets

Ethereum Blockchain’s Upgrade May Lead to Greater Institutional Adoption of Ether: Bank of America

Investors who are barred from buying tokens that run on proof-of-work systems may be able to buy ether after the blockchain switches to proof-of-stake, the bank said.

La actualización de Ethereum podría atraer más inversores institucionales. (DAPSGDP/Pixabay)

Finance

BlackRock to Use Kraken Subsidiary for Crypto Offering

The asset manager will use CF Benchmarks' bitcoin index.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Ethereum’s Merge Will Increase Its Use Cases and Drive Its Investment Narrative

More efficiencies and scalability solutions could make Ethereum a more attractive platform to build on and invest in.

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Finance

A Crypto Bro Walked Into a Wall Street Bar, and It Went Just Fine

What do NYSE name tags and FTX hats have in common? People who wear them have a shared interest in the institutional adoption of crypto, extending far beyond a lower Manhattan bar.

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Finance

BlackRock, Fresh off Coinbase Tie-Up, Offers Direct Bitcoin Exposure

The institutional-investor-focused spot bitcoin private trust will track the price of the cryptocurrency.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Videos

Investor Town Hall: Security, Reputation, ESG and Other Barriers to Institutional Adoption

Katherine Molnar, CIO at Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System, Matt Halstead, Director at Teacher Retirement System of Texas, David Cooper, Chief Investment Officer at Purdue Research Foundation, and Joe Marenda, Global Head of Digital Assets Investing at Cambridge Associates join Temasek Director Antony Lewis at Consensus 2022 to discuss the challenges of crypto's institutional adoption in terms of security, reputation and ESG issues. Moderator: Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk

Recent Videos

Finance

Fidelity’s Abby Johnson Reaffirms Crypto Commitment in Bear Market

The CEO sees opportunities to buy on a dip.

Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson (CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Talos Raises $105M

Citigroup, Wells Fargo and BNY Mellon were among the investors that valued the firm at $1.25 billion.

Talos provides technology that supports digital asset trading to financial institutions. (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Ray Dalio, Sigma Males and the New Grindset

Are we in a "post-narrative" age of institutional adoption of crypto?

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