As Bitcoin ETFs gain traction, some institutions are asking whether crypto can serve as a modern hedge. Can it really take the place of bonds? Bitcoin ETFs are investment vehicles that allow institutional and retail investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin without directly owning or managing the cryptocurrency. Since the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024, the market has grown substantially. Read more
The explosion of new blockchains has fractured DeFi’s once-unified liquidity, threatening its core advantage of composability. Without infrastructure that seamlessly connects siloed markets, DeFi risks losing its revolutionary qualities. Opinion by: Hart Lambur, co-founder of Risk Labs. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is built on composability, but composability is breaking. As new chains proliferate, liquidity fragments and incentives weaken. What was once a single shared environment has splintered into dozens of siloed markets. DeFi isn’t dead, but without the infrastructure that connects these environments, it may lose what made it powerful. Read more
Hidroserv, a subsidiary of Romania’s biggest energy producer, Hidroelectrica, dedicated to maintenance and repair works on hydrotechnical infrastructure, has exited insolvency after almost nine years, judicial administrator CITR has announced on Thursday (June 26).