Crypto Research

Over Friday and Saturday last week, Avalanche Labs put on their second edition of ‘Avalanche House’ in Brooklyn (with the first one in Berlin). The team attended Friday afternoon’s session as outlined below and shared the following notes and perspectives from the panelists. FIGURE: AVALANCHE HOUSE PANELIST SESSIONSTRATEGIC FUNDRAISING DURING A BEAR MARKET _Lydia Chiu (Ava Labs), Tom Schmidt (Dragonfly Capital), Nina Bambysheva (Forbes), Travis Scher (North Island Ventures)__ _The...

Funding declined from $573M last week to $352M this week, and total deals declined from 41 to 25 (please note that there were additional deals that hadn't been announced that we have added to last week since our previous Funding Friday). Interestingly, Metaverse/Gaming funding was one of the highest funded sectors for the second week in a row. Six Metaverse/Gaming deals were done, including a $75.3M raise for Animoca Brand's...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Click Here for full report. The team at Swan has been hard at work developing a full-stack, white-glove solution for advisors looking to seamlessly integrate bitcoin into their client portfolios. Attached is a presentation our team compiled, which provides a breakdown of Swan's offering. KEY SLIDES FROM THIS REPORT... WHY BITCOIN IS A FINANCIAL ADVISOR'S BEST FRIEND (SLIDE 4) BITCOIN IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CRYPTOASSETS (SLIDE 5) BITCOIN'S...

CPI STILL HOT Despite oil prices falling and inventories growing, lagging CPI data came in hot this week. It was expected to be an eye-popping 8.8% but still managed to surprise to the upside. The CPI print of 9.1% was the highest in four decades as gas prices soared 11% month-over-month. _Source: BLS_ Due to the perceived lack of inflation relief, markets immediately reacted to the news, upping the consensus...

FIGURE: PEPE FARMING AIRDROPS TO SAVE HIS REKT PORTFOLIO _It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman an Airdrop!_ Everyone in crypto has heard of airdrops. Anyone who’s anyone, however, has actually received them. Upon receipt of a highly anticipated airdrop, the pang of dopamine from the financial implications and being rewarded for participating in the digital economy does urge one to wonder: _“Rekt pepe, what exactly are airdrops? Are...