2024 Crypto Fundraising Rebounds: Signs of Growth Amid Market Uncertainty
Crypto fundraising landscape is showing signs of recovery. In the last months, we’ve been in the same cycle in terms of sentiment
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Cryptocurrencies let you buy goods and services, use apps and games or trade them for profit. Here’s more about what cryptocurrency is and how to protect yourself. A cryptocurrency (or “crypto”) is a digital asset that can circulate without the need for a central monetary authority such as a government or bank. Instead, cryptocurrencies are created using cryptographic techniques that enable people to buy, sell or trade them securely.
Crypto Market Insights: 2023 Fundraising & Venture Capital Trends
Crypto market shown resilience, maintaining a steady pace of deals and investments. A substantial share of growth can be attributed to gaming and infrastructure
Regulation and Taxation of Crypto Assets in Ukraine
Regulation and taxation of crypto assets in Ukraine, impact on GDP and tax revenues, and the shadowing factor as the main driver of efficiency growth in the industry
New Trends in the Use Crypto by Criminals
Being at the forefront of helping businesses and agencies detect crypto crime, Elliptic routinely researches new trends in how criminals are using crypto for illicit activitie
TOP 10 Opportunities & Megatrends for Insurance Industry by 2030
Transformative trends are shaping the future risk landscape, creating $200+ bn of market potential for insurers by 2030. Top 10 opportunities
First Crypto Criminal Case Involving Attack on a DEX’s Smart Contract
Criminal Case Involving Attack on a Decentralized Exchange. Shakeeb Ahmed used his expertise to defraud the exchange and steal approximately $9 mn in cryptocurrency
FATF Updates Guidance on Virtual Crypto Assets – NFT, DeFi & Stablecoin’s Standards
FATF issues its annual targeted update on the implementation of its standards on Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets
Impact of Sanctions on Сrypto. 5 Steps to Compliance & Blockchain Analysis
Sanctions activity impacting the crypto space has gone into overdrive. The US, EU, UK and other countries imposed major financial and trade sanctions on Russia
Game & Finance: Blockchain GameFi Market — Digital Virtual Assets
GameFi is an amalgamation of the words “Game” and “Finance”, and incorporates elements of both gaming as well as financial incentives.
Metaverse and NFT Market Trends Outlook for 2024
NFTs have a lot of potential in the metaverse. They provide a way to represent ownership of assets, create scarcity, and monetize content
Decentralized Exchanges Risks Review. What is a DEX in Crypto?
What is a decentralized exchange? A decentralized exchange allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies without a centralized intermediary to provide liquidity
NFT Market Review: Marketplace, Aggregators, Price Performance
NFTs have enabled the possibility of digital ownership and supported the evolution of Web 2.0 to Web 3.0. NFT market have a potential in metaverse
Venture Capital Investment in Web 3.0, Blockchain & Crypto Startups
The second quarter saw a stable overall level of investment in Web 3.0, Blockchain & Crypto Startups, but many signs pointed to a decrease in venture capital
How Metaverse & Visual Intelligence Can Transform Insurance Industry?
The metaverse was already worth nearly $500 billion. That figure is expected to rise to a staggering $800 billion by 2024 as more platforms enter the market
Biggest Decentralized Finance Hacks: New Crypto DeFi Crime Trends
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has had a challenging year – losing 75% of its total value locked over the last 11 months. While the crypto crash might have hit investors
Investing in the Metaverse. How to Jump into the Metaverse Virtual World?
When we consider the metaverse not as an unprecedented revolution but instead as an evolution of the web, we can hypothesize that companies’ present web strategies
How Can Insurance Industry Prepare for the Metaverse?
What is new is the rise of industries like insurance, finance, retail, and more getting into the metaverse. 30% of organizations will have services ready for Metaverse
How Much Are Crypto Criminals Laundering Using Blockchain Technology?
Crypto criminals will launder at least $10.5 billion by 2025 by harnessing new blockchain technology that is creating opportunities for financial crime faster
US Regulators Intent on Exposing Cryptoasset Mixing Services & Scam Crypto Exchanges
US regulators remain intent on exposing and disrupting cryptoasset mixing services that facilitate illicit activity, undeterred by industry opposition to sanctions imposed
Major Mistakes to Avoid When Trading Crypto Futures
Futures trading refers to a method of speculating on the price of assets, including cryptocurrencies, without actually owning them
How Does Crypto Insurance Coverage Helps Mitigate Against Losses?
For the digital asset market, insurance has proved something of a conundrum. As the sector has surged in value, the need for coverage has grown, but it has not proven easy
NFT Thefts and Financial Crime. Types of Scams in Non-Fungible Tokens
The prevalence of scammers on online NFT communities remains a key issue for traders and marketplaces, and can result in millions of dollars worth of asset losses with a few seconds
NFT Use Cases: Digital Artwork, Fundraising, Metaverse, Exclusive Membership & Gaming
NFT marketplaces must be proactive in risk management to mitigate these repetitional risks and issues. Sanctions screening solutions are also becoming increasingly essential for NFT-based platforms
FDIC Deposit Insurance for Crypto Assets: Products, Risks, Coverage
Some customers of crypto companies, such as crypto custodians, exchanges, brokers, wallet providers, and neobanks may be confused about Insurance Coverage
Blockchain Technologies for Cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Market Size Forecast by 2025
Blockchain is one of the trending technologies in the world, with the highest number of social media mentions in the Supply chain, Payments, Cryptocurrencies, NFT and Smart Contracts
There are approximately 133 million healthcare data breaches each year. Healthcare systems remain complex to secure, and cybercriminals take full advantage of this
Insurance claims management software can streamline intake, evaluation, validation, payouts and closure. Unfortunately, not all platforms are built to the same standard
Canadian life insurance market new annualized premium grew 10% to C$522 mn ($387 mn) in Q2 2024 compared to the same period last year. Policy count also increased 4%
Crypto fundraising landscape is showing signs of recovery. In the last months, we’ve been in the same cycle in terms of sentiment