I’ve been reflecting quite a bit about the past year, the state of the industry and where things go from here.
Here is an update to address those reflections, other developments and some speculation about (1/10)
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[NEW TODAY] Due to recent events, investors are understandably inquiring deeper into their crypto investments. In this thread we’ve compiled additional information about the safety and security of the assets held by our digital asset products. gryscl.co/3EHaS0m 🧵
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The impact lies with the lending business at Genesis and does not affect Genesis’s trading or custody businesses. Importantly, this temporary action has no impact on the business operations of DCG and our other wholly owned subsidiaries.
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This decision was made in response to the extreme market dislocation and loss of industry confidence caused by the FTX implosion.
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Today Genesis Global Capital, 's lending business, made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend redemptions and new loan originations.
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Proud to have joined the team's $18mm seed round and to see them launch the first institutional #MPC wallet and security platform purpose-built for #DeFi... a real 1,2, media punch! If you aren't familiar with their work, learn more here 👉🏾 fordefi.com
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Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jump Capital, and Castle Island. bit.ly/3tfgIQa
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Thanks to all the ETH Lisbon participants for your contributions to pushing use cases in new imaginative directions and leveling up our core infrastructure. Our team left fired up!
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Hackathons are the ultimate optimism fix! @ETHLisbon participants shipped 100+ inventive projects. Check out winners 
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Thank you organizers / fellow judges @SimaoCCruz @eulerfinance @WalletConnect (& more) for an awesome event and incl. us @DCGco 
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Thank you organizers / fellow judges @SimaoCCruz @eulerfinance @WalletConnect (& more) for an awesome event and incl. us @DCGco 
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The ability to unlock purchasing power through your NFTs, and keep ownership, is true asset flexibility. offers a unique leverage trading platform driven by trust for the metaverse. Check them out below!
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Today, we’re excited to announce our latest $10M funding round, along with the closed beta of PowerSweep , a first of its kind NFT leverage trading platform built in partnership with @reservoir0x
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1/ 🗳 Managing and implementing changes to cryptocurrency blockchains via voting is called governance.
This is a more decentralized manner of operating a protocol where every token holder has the right to participate in its governance.
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Thrilled to welcome to the DCG Family! Tokenized index products will allow investors to get low-cost, broad passive exposure to quality projects - a meaningful step forward in expanding access to DeFi and creating a more capital efficient market.
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@Arch_Finance - a #DeFi asset manager and investment platform designed to power passive investing in the web3 economy, has raised $5M in seed round.
Investors include: @DCGco,@UploadVentures,@gbvofficial,@Techstars,and #RipioVentures.
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Ever wish you had SQL for Web3? Now we do with , the first permissionless SQL database for the decentralized internet! Read about them below. Nice work team and congrats on the raise! 👏
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Crypto asset management firm teams up with mining and staking infrastructure company to start a new co-investment vehicle to take advantage of the bear market opportunities in bitcoin mining.
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This morning, the formation of Grayscale Digital Infrastructure Opportunities LLC (GDIO) was announced. The private, co-investment opportunity combines ’s track record of investment management with Foundry’s bitcoin mining expertise.
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NEW TODAY: We’re teaming up with to launch Grayscale Digital Infrastructure Opportunities LLC (GDIO), a private co-investment opportunity in the mining hardware that powers the #Bitcoin ecosystem. 🧵 gryscl.co/3EqjKHU
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1/ We’re thrilled to announce we’ve raised $40m in our Series A to make #web3 easy, fun, and powerful for users and builders 💜
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Looking for the next big crypto investment idea?
is bridging the gap between TradFi and crypto with #CoinDeskIDEAS — a place for crypto entrepreneurs, asset managers and investors to source the next big deal
Oct 18-19 in NYC
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1/ 100+ Members.
We launched 4 years ago and have grown our membership to represent the leading investors, companies, projects, & protocols across the American #crypto economy.
We’re proud to celebrate their commitment.
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It may take time, but the next bull market is gonna be incredible. The people who fight through this period and make it will deserve every bit. It will be the sweetest bull
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Our annual Founders Summit is based on the premise that even the strongest operators need support and boldest visionaries need inspiration.
Thank you to the 100+ CEOs who joined this year. We will be riding the wave of energy from our connections into 2023 and beyond! 🌊
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Good afternoon from Foundry Academy! ⛏️ Our students are excited to be getting hands-on experience today — learning the setup & configuration of mining machines, plus diagnostics & repairs. Our next session starts October 17th. Head to FoundryAcademy.com to learn more!
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Crypto’s S&P 500: CoinDesk Unveils Broad-Market, Digital-Asset Index
coindesk.com/markets/2022/0 via
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Great to see our PortCos and featured in this round up of most promising crypto startups of 2022. See the full list of industry movers below!
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. & collaborate to deploy an Australian dollar-backed stablecoin safely, securely, and at scale. Congrats to our Portcos who are opening up exciting opportunities for financial innovation down under! 👏
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Following the crackdown of , the KYC and legal-compliance conversation has re-surfaced with a vengeance.
One of lesser known products is .
It's importance should continue to grow in this environment.
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This launch from the team could be a gamechanger for DeFi. A first-of-its-kind concentrated liquidity market maker (CLMM) means more capital efficiency & less slippage👉better overall liquidity & financial products 🚀
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1/ Kamino is built to be Solana's liquidity destination
Kamino vaults automatically manage DEX concentrated liquidity positions, using quantitative models to set & rebalance ranges, while auto-compounding fees & rewards
Welcome to a new era of DeFi
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Awesome to see our PortCos & partnering to let users put illiquid assets to work! This way, FLR ecosystem participants are better rewarded for their capital's role in bootstrapping new products and community growth. Read about it below!
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The #Flare ecosystem continues to grow.
Today, we welcome a new partner, @PawnfiOfficial, a liquidity portal for non-standard assets.
Read all about it in our latest blogflarenetwork.medium.com/pawnfi-launche
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Today, we welcome a new partner, @PawnfiOfficial, a liquidity portal for non-standard assets.
Read all about it in our latest blogflarenetwork.medium.com/pawnfi-launche
#ConnectEverything
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🎉Today, we are happy to announce that Merkle Science is SOC 2 Type 1 compliant. This certification authenticates that our internal system controls are designed and implemented in alignment with #dataprotection best practices.
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What a world it would be if headlines about failed hacks got the same level of promotion as successful ones...we see you over there #RainbowBridge !
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Querying subgraphs just got more powerful 💪
A highly-requested query feature is now live: Nested Queries. Subgraph devs can now filter by subfields, enabling data retrieval like never before.
Learn more about the performant new feature, developed by core dev ⬇️
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Curious about the ongoing PoS staking debate? Our PortCo is hosting a 2-hour session tomorrow. Dial in!
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UNCANCELLABLE?
They're coming for your meme pool.
Hide your blocks, prep the relays and watch the nodes.
TOMORROW @LidoFinance / @Rocket_Pool / @ssv_network hosted by 
@sassal0x.
Season Finale.
All things: #OFAC #LSD #PoS #ETH #LDO #RPL #SSV 
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Season Finale.
All things: #OFAC #LSD #PoS #ETH #LDO #RPL #SSV
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USDC now live in GOPAX. Enjoy earn APY up to 8%!
국내 5대거래소 고팍스와 가장 신뢰받는 스테이블코인인 USDC가 만났습니다. 안정적인 USDC 고파이 상품에 많은 관심 부탁드립니다! twitter.com/GOPAX_kr/statu…
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Secure wallets are an integral part of the user experience across the crypto industry. We've invested in , a company building secure wallets for us all. Read about them below. Welcome aboard!
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With OpenZeppelin + Gnosis Safe, launching multisig is a seamless process. Check out this clip to see how it's done!
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The Defender Admin dashboard acts as an interface to manage your smart contract project, and it fully supports multisigs, timelocks, and governor contracts with Fireblocks integration.
Discover more Defender capabilities with the video below.
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What could the ETH fork mean for DeFi? Here's an interesting thread by Grayscale!
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In 2016, #Ethereum forked into $ETH and $ETC, today the 2nd and 19th largest cryptocurrencies by market cap, respectively.
The potential merge to Proof of Stake could prompt another fork.
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on why this time is different, and why DeFi on the new chain could be catastrophic:
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Innovative technologies, like Proof-of-Stake protocols, can be transformative, but also carry risks that must be carefully evaluated. Our CFO Edward McGee explains some of the potential benefits and risks of #staking within our products:
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Our VP of Public Policy is recognized by the for her expertise and leadership in advancing crypto policy. Congrats Julie!
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Our July market review is now available. The month delivered some strong price performances, and we also saw notable news on #Ethereum’s evolution as well as that of some leading #DeFi platforms. We delve into sentiment shifts, mood indicators and more⤵️
link.genesistrading.com/3vQjRYk
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