Alameda Research

DeFi

Alameda Research Pumps $20M Into Cross-Chain DeFi Platform Reef Finance

Tanzeel AkhtarMar 12, 2021

Sam Bankman-Fried's investment shop has bought $20 million in REEF tokens, with an eye to purchasing more.

DeFi

Alameda Leads $40M Round in ‘DeFi Prime Brokerage,’ Plans Maps.me Integration

Ian AllisonFeb 24, 2021

The firm’s earlier investment in a travel app starts making sense.

OTC

$80M Deal Gone Wrong: Alameda Research, Reef Finance Spar Over Unloaded Tokens

William FoxleyMar 16, 2021

A scuttled deal between Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research and DeFi upstart Reef Finance offers an inside look at the wild world of OTC trading.

Alameda Research

Interoperability Project Ren ‘Joining’ Alameda Research

William FoxleyFeb 2, 2021

Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research has established ties with RenVM to bring more DeFi assets to the Solana blockchain.

Bitcoin Trading

Alameda-Backed Investment Platform Stacked Acquires Automated Trading Service

Zack VoellJan 22, 2021

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Alameda Research

Travel

Offline Travel App Maps.Me Raises $50M in Funding Round Led by Alameda Research

Sebastian Sinclair

The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet.

Tether

Tether Mints Record 2B USDT in One Week

Zack Voell

The previous record of 1.5 billion USDT was set the week before last.

Wrapped Bitcoin

Wrapped Bitcoin ‘Burns’ Increase as Traders Rotate Capital Out of Cooling DeFi

Zack Voell

WBTC burns picked up in November, continuing into December.

Bitcoin volatility

Traders Brace for Major Volatility as Bitcoin Price Nears Record Highs

Zack Voell

Volatility has stayed relatively low through bitcoin’s slow march toward record highs.

Oracles

Razor Network Raises $3.7M to Prove There’s Room for More Oracles in DeFi

Doreen Wang

Razor Network raised $3.7 million in seed funding from NGC Ventures, Alameda Research and Mariano Conti, the former oracles chief at MakerDAO.

Alameda Research

Alameda Research Invests $3M in 3Commas Crypto Trading Platform

Doreen Wang

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research has invested $3 million in trading platform 3Commas.

Wrapped Bitcoin

Record $616M of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in September

Zack Voell

Monthly value of minted WBTC grew 160% from August.