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Too early to say Ethereum L2s are ‘cannibalistic’ of revenue: Sygnum Bank

Ethereum daily fees hover between $1 million and $5 million — far less than the $30 million consistently reached throughout 2021 and 2022.

Fears that Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions are eating into the mainnet’s revenue and could impact prices may be premature, according to a crypto bank analyst.

“It is much too early to tell whether Ethereum[‘s] strategy of scaling through layer 2s is cannibalistic or will lead to net growth,” Katalin Tischhauser, head of research at Sygnum Bank told Cointelegraph in a recent interview.

Tischhauser’s use of “cannibalistic” refers to layer 2s taking “business” away from the Ethereum mainnet — which has contributed to a substantial fall in Ethereum fees over the last few years.

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Crypto Biz: Tether’s 10 years with meteoric growth, ties to US, European hurdles

Tether has achieved its first 10 years with a considerable jump in its user base, a closer relationship with US authorities and fresh regulatory challenges in Europe. 

Tether marked its first 10 years amid a considerable expansion in its user base. According to the stablecoin issuer, it had 350 million users on Oct. 7, an increase of 148% from its 141 million users in 2022. 

Tether’s USDT (USDT) rapid growth over the past two years can be partially attributed to a tighter regulatory landscape in the United States, which has put pressure on domestic crypto companies since the FTX debacle in November 2022. 

Increased scrutiny by regulators, combined with the 2023 banking crisis that led to the temporary depegging of its primary competitor, USD Coin (USDC), drove many users to move their assets away from US-based platforms amid concerns over regulatory risks and the stability of the financial system. Even though market conditions have evolved since then, Tether has successfully retained a significant portion of these users. 

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Vaneck Launches $30M Fund to Boost Fintech, Crypto, and AI Startups

Vaneck Launches M Fund to Boost Fintech, Crypto, and AI StartupsVaneck, a global investment management firm, has announced the launch of a $30 million early-stage venture fund targeting fintech, digital assets, and artificial intelligence (AI) startups. Vaneck’s $30M Fund to Invest in Fintech, Digital Assets, and AI Named Vaneck Ventures, the fund will support companies in the pre-seed and seed stages, continuing the firm’s strategy […]

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VanEck Launches New $30,000,000 Venture Fund Focused on Crypto and Artificial Intelligence

VanEck Launches New ,000,000 Venture Fund Focused on Crypto and Artificial Intelligence

Investment management giant VanEck is launching a new multimillion-dollar venture fund focused on crypto and artificial intelligence (AI). In a new press release, the exchange-trade fund (ETF) provider announces the launch of VanEck Ventures, a $30 million early seed fund focused on investing in firms that are “operating at the intersection of fintech, digital assets, […]

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VanEck launches $30M ventures fund for crypto and AI

VanEck’s new $30 million fund, VanEck Ventures, will focus on investment in fintech, crypto and AI startups building next-generation payments.

VanEck, one of the issuers of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States, has a new initiative to support early-stage cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence projects.

VanEck has launched VanEck Ventures, a $30 million fund investing in fintech, crypto and AI startups in pre-seed and seed stages, the company announced on Oct. 9.

Source: VanEck

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Bitcoin (BTC) Will Thrive Regardless of US Election Outcome, Says VanEck’s Matthew Sigel

Bitcoin (BTC) Will Thrive Regardless of US Election Outcome, Says VanEck’s Matthew Sigel

An analyst from one of the biggest asset managers in crypto says any result of the November election will end up being bullish for Bitcoin (BTC). In a new report for VanEck, Matthew Sigel, the firm’s head of digital asset research, says that the US federal election will likely have a significant impact on the […]

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Bitcoin and ‘One or Two Layer-Ones’ Will Outperform Market, Says Matthew Sigel – Here Are His Top Altcoin Picks

Bitcoin and ‘One or Two Layer-Ones’ Will Outperform Market, Says Matthew Sigel – Here Are His Top Altcoin Picks

The head of digital assets research at exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider VanEck says that Bitcoin (BTC) and one or two layer-1 blockchains will outperform the market. In a new interview on the Bitcoin Macro YouTube channel, VanEck executive Matthew Sigel says that in the long run, the economic value of the digital assets industry will […]

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Former Goldman Sachs Executive Sees One Memecoin Repeating XRP’s Explosive Gains After Bullish Setup

WisdomTree withdraws its Ethereum Trust S-1 registration filing

WisdomTree has requested to withdraw its Ethereum Trust registration filing with the SEC while asking to apply the fees as a credit for "future use."

Asset manager WisdomTree has requested to withdraw its Ethereum Trust S-1 filing with the United States regulator, more than three years after initially submitting it.

“The Registration Statement was originally filed on May 27, 2021. The Company confirms that no securities have been or will be issued or sold pursuant to the Registration Statement,” the firm declared in a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 6.

WisdomTree acknowledged that it wouldn’t receive a refund for fees paid to the SEC for submitting its registration statement but requested that the amount be credited “for future use.”

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VanEck to shutter Ethereum futures ETF

Spot Ethereum ETFs are stealing the show and killing demand for futures-based crypto ETFs.

Asset manager VanEck is shuttering its futures-based Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund, citing insufficient demand as spot cryptocurrency ETFs dominate inflows, according to a Sept. 6 announcement.

VanEck chose to close the fund due to factors “including performance, liquidity, assets under management, and investor interest,” it said. 

Shares of VanEck Ethereum Strategy ETF (EFUT) will stop trading on Sept. 16 and fund assets will be liquidated and returned to investors on or around Sept. 23, according to the announcement.

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Multiple factors fueling Ether’s ‘dismal’ price action — VanEck

According to analysts at VanEck, Ethereum’s share of decentralized exchange trading volume has dropped from 42% in 2022 to 29% in 2024.

Asset manager VanEck outlined multiple factors contributing to Ether’s (ETH) poor price performance in its Crypto Monthly Recap for August 2024.

The report divided the issues plaguing Ethereum into three main categories: a general decline in network revenue, “deliberate policy choices,” and value extraction from layer-2 solutions and service providers.

According to VanEck, a consumer shift to higher-throughput layer-1 blockchains like Solana (SOL) is partially to blame for the general revenue decline on Ethereum. Analysts for VanEck asserted that the “best use case for public blockchains at this early stage is speculation.”

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