Crypto Research

Metaverse projects raised an aggregate $287 million in capital this week, payments and investment platforms raised $153 million, new venture capital funds created brought in $240 million and M&A activity reached $970 million this week.Deal of the Week: Digital Currency Group sells shares worth $700 million to Softbank and Alphabet among other investors at $10 billion valuationActive investors this week include SoftBank, Alameda Research, AU21 and Animoca Brands ------------------------- VENTURE...

After playing second fiddle to Bitcoin during the leading cryptoasset's run at all-time highs in late October, ETH finally got its moment in the spotlight as it surged from below $4,000 last week to reach a new all-time high.Activity on the Ethereum network has increased dramatically in recent weeks as reflected in transaction count and fees paid, indicating increased demand for blockspace.Bullish supply dynamics are also supporting ETH price. The...

Ethereum remains a near—term outperformer to Bitcoin over last two weeks, and this looks to last a bit longer after its breakout above Sept highsSolana remains quite bullish after its recent surge, but yet stretched ------------------------- Bitcoin Technicals - Yesterday’s breakout to new weekly highs following the minor three-day consolidation should be bullish to driving BTCUSD back to test October peaks near 67k. Pullbacks likely find support near 61,800-62,315 with...

Sean Farrell, Head of Digital Asset Strategy, sheds light on the recently approved Bitcoin Futures ETFs and how they compare to spot ETFs. RESEARCH: CRYPTO WEEKLY

Decentralized Exchanges (DEXes) raised $83.3 million this week; infrastructure deals had another great week with cumulative investments of $330 million and NFT projects raised $21.2 million this weekDeal of the Week: Alchemy raises $250 million in Series C, valuing the Company at $3.5 billionActive investors this week include Multicoin, Alameda Research, and Jump Capital ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Label Foundation is a blockchain-based global education content incubation platform that provides...

The crypto market faced nearly $1 billion in long liquidations on Wednesday morning, stymieing Bitcoin and Ethereum’s momentum and punishing altcoins. We viewed this as generally healthy market behavior and conducive for the next leg up.Long-term holders took profits off of the table following Bitcoin’s recent ATH – selling 39.6k BTC while short-term holders bought 51.3k BTC. The reentrance of short-term holders into the market is generally a good sign...

Armando Aguilar provides insight and record setting metrics on the recently approved Bitcoin ETFs. RESEARCH: UPTOBER: BTC, ETFS, AND ATHS

NFT projects raised  $185 million while payments companies raised over $600 million and new venture capital aggregate funds were $1.285 billion this weekDEAL OF THE WEEK: Crypto exchange FTX raises $420 million at a $25 billion valuationActive investors this week include Galaxy Digital, CMS, Polychain and Ribbit Capital ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Deel is an international payroll, human resources and compliance management platform that helps companies manage international employees. Deel...