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Renowned Physician-Pharmacist Dr. Anita Gupta joins Erez Capital, Bringing Healthcare Innovation Expertise on Board.

Boston, MA, July 26th, 2023-- Erez Capital is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Anita Gupta to its esteemed team of Venture Partners. Dr. Gupta, a global leader in healthcare innovation, is renowned for her ground-breaking contributions to the medical field and her exceptional expertise in anesthesiology and pain management. With an illustrious career and a portfolio of remarkable accomplishments, Dr. Anita Gupta has made a significant impact on healthcare innovation and patient advocacy. As a World Economic Forum Member Expert, she has been recognized as one of the

Reasons for Regulation

There are multiple reasons cited for increased regulation in crypto, the most common of which are investor protection, institutional adoption, and safety. While regulations can be seen as a good thing in general for the space they’re by no means a universal panacea. Examining what central banks want regulation to look like gives a clearer indication of who benefits most from them. In December Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England said, “We would need to regulate to ensure that we get the same level of protection,

Valkyrie to unveil $100 million DeFi fund next week

Valkyrie Investments has announced the establishment of a $100 million decentralized finance fund aimed at institutional investors.  The fund will provide exposure to the fast-growing sector of decentralized finance, popularly known in the crypto community as DeFi. It is expected that the “On-Chain DeFi fund,” which will go live on November 22, would invest in approximately a dozen protocols dispersed across 13 blockchains. Accredited investors in the United States and abroad will be allowed to participate in the fund. More info on Valkyrie’s DeFi hedge fund According to Wes Cowan,

Christine Rankin and Viktor Fritzén Join CoinShares as Non-Executive Directors

Europe’s largest digital asset management firm, CoinShares announced the appointment of Christine Rankin, a former partner at PWC, and Viktor Fritzén, former corporate finance analyst at Goldman Sachs, as independent non-executive directors of the company today.The newly appointed independent non-executive directors have extensive experience in the global financial sector. CoinShares aims to expand its operations and services in the future.In her career, Rankin held key positions at some of the leading organizations in the world. Currently, she holds the position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Control of Veoneer, a worldwide

Powers On… Don’t worry, Bitcoin’s adoption will not be stopped

In a series of  recent interviews and speeches, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has called the cryptocurrencies market the “Wild West” due to its unregulated and allegedly fraud-filled atmosphere, predicting that the coins were doomed to fail. Powers On… is a monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an adjunct professor at Florida International University College of Law, where he teaches

Raoul Pal thinks ADA could “do incredibly well”: where to buy Cardano

ADA is generating a lot of buzz ahead of the unveiling of a prototype dAppStore at this weekend’s Cardano Summit Since launching smart contract functionality on the blockchain earlier this month, Cardano has been poised to become an industry leader and potentially live up to its moniker of the “Ethereum killer”. Now, with news about decentralised applications (dApps) on Cardano and an endorsement from Raoul Pal, it’s perhaps not surprising that ADA is currently the top trending cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap — and this enthusiasm could easily translate into a price

With BlockFi, Celsius under the radar now, what next for crypto-regulations

The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has once again delayed the enactment of the cease-and-desist order it had issued for new interest accounts with crypto-lender BlockFi. The firm announced the extension on Twitter. It is the third time such a delay has come to pass after the regulator initially issued the order back in July. This was followed by a host of other state regulators issuing similar orders against the crypto-firm over its offerings. According to these agencies, these offerings fall under the definition of a security. Now, while BlockFi

Why this British billionaire’s family office wants more Bitcoin, crypto-investments

The growth of institutional investments in the mainstream cryptocurrency ecosystem, as well as in DeFi, has been phenomenal over the past year. A number of venture capitalists have made direct or indirect investments in the space through a number of channels. The latest addition to the same is British billionaire Simon Nixon. “Hard to ignore” The billionaire is planning to expand his crypto-allocations through his London-based venture capital firm Seek Capital. According to the Managing Director of the family office, crypto-assets have grown to acquire a significant share of interest

$400bn Wealth Manager Neuberger Berman Green-Lights Bitcoin Investments

In brief Neuberger Berman’s Commodity Strategy Fund is worth $164 million. The company says that up to 5% of its Commodities fund can now be invested in Bitcoin futures and ETFs. Neuberger Berman is not the first asset management firm to take an interest in crypto. New York asset management company Neuberger Berman, which controls over $402 billion in private wealth, has earmarked up to 5% of its $164 million Commodity Strategy Fund for investment in Bitcoin products, such as Bitcoin futures and Canadian Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds. In a regulatory filing