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Blockforce Capital’s Crypto Fund Captures 86% of Bitcoin’s Upside in 2020
11.3.2020
The fund has been able to keep more of bitcoin’s gains by reducing the complexity of its models
Blockchain.com Will Allow Retail Wallet Users to Borrow USD Stablecoins With Cryptocurrency
11.3.2020
The digital assets lending field seems to be heating up with Blockchain.com starting to offer lending directly to retail consumers globally. Borrowed USD stablecoins can be used by crypto traders to fund their next trades and thus increase the leverage of their holdings. Also Read: Blockchain.com...
Central Bank Officials: DLT Can Improve the Global Financial System
8.3.2020
An IMF official is concerned that central banks may be rushing to develop blockchain systems without properly vetting the technology first
Trident Crypto Fund Data Breach: 266,000 Passwords Stolen
6.3.2020
Client data from Trident Crypto Fund — including the usernames and passwords of 266,000 customers — has been stolen and published
Crypto Investment Fund Suffers Hack Exposing Data of 266,000 Users: Report
5.3.2020
The personal data of about 266,000 people registered with the fund may have been exposed
Japanese Marketing Firm Invests in Pantera Capital Crypto Fund
5.3.2020
Japanese marketing firm Ceres has become the newest investor in a $175 million blockchain fund run by San Francisco’s Pantera Capital
Tokenized US T-Bond Fund Seeks Foothold in $17T Market
26.2.2020
The crypto industry is taking aim at one of Wall Street’s oldest redoubts: investing in the $17 trillion market for U.S. Treasury bonds
Hedge Fund Increases Mt. Gox Creditor Offer to USD 1,300 per Bitcoin
20.2.2020
The New York-based hedge fund Fortress Investment Group has upped its offer as it looks to buy up creditor claims from Mt. Gox, the cryptocurrency exchange that monumentally collapsed in 2014, leaving thousands of bitcoin (BTC)-holding customers out of pocket.
Per Bloomberg, the hedge fund has made...
BCH Funding Debate: Btc.top Founder Suggests 2/3 Hash Vote and 6-Month Evaluation
17.2.2020
Over the last few days, Bitcoin Cash proponents have been debating the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) after Bitcoin ABC published an announcement on implementing the plan into the upcoming software release. Again the concept was met with mixed responses and the community has been arguing about...
Polychain Capital Is Raising a $200M Crypto Venture Fund, Slide Deck Reveals
14.2.2020
Polychain Capital, one of the crypto industry's leading venture firms, is targeting $200 million for its second fund
IOTA Foundation Suspends Network, Probes Fund Theft in Trinity Wallet
14.2.2020
The German nonprofit, which supports several decentralized platforms, said it received several reports of fund theft from its Trinity Wallet users and decided to shut off the Coordinator node in the network for further investigation
Bitcoin ETFs in Japan: FSA Explains New Rules for Funds Investing in Cryptos
7.2.2020
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has explained to news.Bitcoin.com its recently adopted rules regarding the creation and sale of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Meanwhile, Japan now has a crypto index, launched by major Japanese companies....
Bitcoin Trust GBTC Shares Spike Despite 30% Premium
6.2.2020
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have seen significant gains as the entire cryptoconomy is up more than 40% since mid-December. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) has also seen an uptick and shares have climbed 9% this week. The news follows the asset manager’s recent registration as...
MLB Players Allegedly Among Victims of American Crypto Fund Scam
6.2.2020
The Arizona District Attorney (DA) has announced that two men have been charged with fraud and money laundering offenses after allegedly duping victims – including octogenarians and a number of ex-Major League Baseball (MLB) players – into investments in a bogus crypto investment fund.
The DA said...
Binance Now Lets Users Borrow Against Crypto Holdings to Fund Futures Trades
5.2.2020
The exchange has added a feature allowing users put up their crypto holdings as collateral to fund futures trading
Sony VC Fund Joins ‘Over $14M’ Funding Round for Digital Asset Platform Securitize
5.2.2020
A venture capital fund under the management of Sony Financial Ventures (SFV) and Global Brain has invested an undisclosed amount in security token issuance platform Securitize
Craig Wright’s ‘Bonded Courier’ Allegedly an Attorney Who Can’t Communicate
5.2.2020
During the first week of February, the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit continues with more tales about the alleged bonded courier. In mid-January, Craig Wright revealed a third party provided him with the necessary information to unlock an encrypted file he could not access previously. Now Wright...
How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar
31.1.2020
In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking...
Zcash Community Votes to Distribute 20% of Mining Rewards to Infrastructure Development
31.1.2020
The Electric Coin Company, a group that supports the development of Zcash (ZEC), announced the community has voted to distribute 20% of the ZEC network’s mining rewards to infrastructure and marketing development. The ZEC development funding proposal was initiated because the coin’s...
The Unsolved Mystery of How to Fund Public Protocols
30.1.2020
Gitcoin, BCash and Zcash all try different paths to fund public protocol development, plus the latest in CBDCs from Japan and Cambodia and Andrew Yang on crypto