Crypto Research

Venture capital went all-in on infrastructure projects this week, more than tripling investments into the crypto vertical at $942 million. The runner-up was NFT/metaverse projects, which raised $134.5 million over 7 projects that were mostly very early-stage funding rounds. CeFi and DeFi were relatively inactive, raising $40 million and $11 million, respectively. A mining infrastructure project raised $385 million in a mix of equity and debt, and three venture capital...

Markets rebound sharply, with impressive price action across all major crypto sectors.On-chain and derivatives data point toward a combination of low liquidity, seller exhaustion, and short liquidations as the major catalysts for this price run.A disproportionate increase in price compared to realized cap suggests that low liquidity levels are exacerbating price movements.We review several events of the past week and discuss the major implications.BOTTOM LINE: We remain bullish on the...

Walter Teng, Digital Asset Strategy Associate, provides a brief overview of DeFi and why we’ve created a new FSInsight publication devoted to it. DIGITAL ASSETS IN A POST-CYCLE WORLD

The trend of massive investment into centralized finance ( CeFi ) and infrastructure projects continued over the past week. CeFi projects raised $430 million, and infrastructure raised $312 million, together making up 80% of this week’s $930 million of investments from venture capital. $167.5 million went into NFTs, and DeFi and gaming brought up the rear with $11.25 million and $7 million, respectively. Two new venture capital funds raised a...

OUR 2022 DIGITAL ASSETS OUTLOOK PRESENTATION COVERED TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE CURRENT TRENDS AND NARRATIVES THAT WE TYPICALLY MONITOR IN THE WEEKLY REPORTS. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE ARE SENDING OUT THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS WEEK IN PLACE OF THE USUAL WEEKLY FORMAT. [event_shortcode id="339492"] Click HERE for the full copy of this report in PDF format. ON TUESDAY, WE HELD OUR 2022 OUTLOOK CALL. SOME OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:A...

Over $1.8 billion was raised through venture capital this week, with $928 million going towards 6 infrastructure projects to help build ecosystem functionality. Two new venture funds raised $435 million for future investments into a variety of crypto verticals. Centralized Finance (CeFi) brought in $433 million, NFT projects received $12.2 million, and a DeFi project raised $6 million. The bigger move in the NFT capital markets world came by way...

On Wednesday, the Fed reiterated intentions to further reduce bond purchases in February and ultimately cease bond-buying in March, with rate increases to follow sometime thereafter.Bitcoin’s correlation with tech stocks during this drawdown is characteristically different from 2018 and suggests that we are not headed for a similar crypto winter.GBTC discount to NAV reaches an ATH as it approaches 30% for the first time, presenting a potential opportunity for the...

Venture capital firms took a shotgun approach to investing this week, raising just over $1 billion in total for investments across the crypto space, focusing heavily on NFTs, Infrastructure, and Centralized Finance (CeFi) projects. NFT projects raised $240 million, infrastructure saw $239 million, CeFi raked in $324 million, and DeFi and Metaverse raised $33 million and $45 million, respectively. Acquisition activity was also high, with OpenSea and BitMEX eyeing other...