Pension Fund's Exposure to Bitcoin, USD 600,000 per BTC + More News
3.2.2021
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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), America’s biggest public pension fund, upped its stake in Riot...
How Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade Will Improve Technology Across Bitcoin’s Software Stack
3.2.2021
Scaling, privacy and custody software will all benefit from Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade in years
CrossTower Launches Bitcoin Fund to Compete With Grayscale’s GBTC
3.2.2021
The fund is starting out with $20 million in AUM, largely from family offices, and touts lower fees than the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust
Crypto hedge fund refutes JPMorgan’s claim that Bitcoin ETF is short-term negative for BTC
3.2.2021
Research from Tyr Capital Arbitrage SP refutes JPMorgan’s claim that a Bitcoin ETF holds negative connotations for the BTC price
Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 3, 2021
3.2.2021
With BTC trading in its recent range and a look at DeFi in a post-WallStreetBets world, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup
Crypto Markets Surge, ETH Price Rallies, Bitcoin’s Tight Range Indicates Big Move Ahead
3.2.2021
Digital currency markets have been on the move northbound on Wednesday as bitcoin and numerous crypto assets have seen decent gains. The entire crypto-economy has once again crossed the $1 trillion mark as a myriad of digital currencies jumped anywhere between 5-20% in value during the last...
Late on crypto? Institutions still at early stage of Bitcoin adoption
3.2.2021
Institutional investors are rushing to acquire and add Bitcoin to their portfolio — but is it too late?
Miami Mayor Previews ‘Favorable’ Crypto Policy
3.2.2021
In an interview with CoinDesk, Francis X. Suarez explains how he plans to attract the crypto industry to Florida
Jack Ma’s Ant Group Agrees to Restructure After Pressure From China’s Regulators
3.2.2021
Regulators have been clamping down on Ant Group, even cancelling its expected $35 billion twin IPO late last year
So You’re Not a Bitcoin Whale – But What Kind of BTC Sea Creature Are You?
3.2.2021
You’ve probably heard about the overarching influence of bitcoin (BTC) whales, but it turns out there are plenty more fish in the crypto sea – and they all have an impact on the health of the sector. Are you one of those hard-to-find whales after all, or are you a mere crypto ocean bottom feeder?...
Yellen convenes SEC, CFTC and Fed leaders on Robinhood question
3.2.2021
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faces the first major hurdle of her tenure with the question of how to handle social media-driven security trading
Small and medium hodlers control 40% of the Bitcoin supply — data
3.2.2021
Distribution "keeps getting better," says Willy Woo amid continued claims that Bitcoin as a network is too centralized