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US Judge Dismisses Motion Against Bancor After Finding Allegations Inadequate to Give It Jurisdiction
24.2.2021
A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a securities fraud class action against Bancor after ruling that the plaintiff’s allegations were not enough to give the court jurisdiction. According to a report, the dismissal of the case against represents the first such ruling “in a suite...
Bitwise assets under management hit $1B, fueled by professional investors
23.2.2021
Assets under management have doubled since the fourth quarter, highlighting growing mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Price Drops 18%, Fed Discusses ‘Soft’ Inflation, Analyst Says BTC Sell-Off Attracts More Investors
23.2.2021
Digital asset markets are seeing some turbulence on Tuesday as the entire crypto market capitalization has lost 11% in value during the last 24 hours. Bitcoin has slid to a low of $44,846 during the morning trading sessions (EST) losing more than 18% during the last day. Bitcoin Price Dips Over...
Janet Yellen Warns Bitcoin Is ‘Extremely Inefficient’ and ‘Highly Speculative’ as BTC Price Plunges
23.2.2021
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned about the dangers of bitcoin as the price of the cryptocurrency took a nosedive. She sees bitcoin as a highly speculative asset and is worried about potential losses investors can suffer. Yellen also believes that bitcoin is not widely used as...
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Enters Bitcoin Space — Discusses What’s Driving Up BTC Price
19.2.2021
The world’s largest asset manager with almost $9 trillion in assets under management, Blackrock, has started investing in bitcoin. Sharing his view on what’s driving up the price of the cryptocurrency, the firm’s chief investment officer says the technology and the regulation have...
US Authorities Take Action to Shut Down Crypto Trading Platform Allegedly Defrauding Thousands of Investors
19.2.2021
The New York attorney general and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have filed charges against a cryptocurrency trading platform that allegedly defrauded thousands of investors out of over a million dollars. US Regulators Allege Coinseed Operates Illegal Crypto Trading Platform...
New York AG accuses Coinseed of defrauding investors
18.2.2021
The New York Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against crypto investment platform Coinseed for allegedly defrauding investors and selling a token that remains unlisted three years later
Blockchain.com raises $120M funding round to grow institutional business
17.2.2021
Blockchain.com is continuing its institutional pivot with the new cash injection
Crypto Wallet Startup Blockchain.com Raises $120M From Investors Including Google Ventures
17.2.2021
Blockchain.com said the institutional backing will power an increasingly institutional-minded business
Litecoin Attempts to Redeem Charlie Lee’s ‘Original Sin’ as LTC Markets Gain Momentum
16.2.2021
Gradual warming to cryptocurrencies by financial companies combined with both retail investments and institutional interest has carved the way for litecoin’s renewed momentum in 2021. Litecoin is Riding the Bull Market to its Next Resistance Level Litecoin had a challenging start. In late...
Osprey Fund’s Bitcoin Trust Is Now Available to Retail Investors via OTC
16.2.2021
The fund is structured similarly to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, but aims to compete with lower fees
Bitcoin miners are hodling while long-term investors take profits
16.2.2021
On-chain data shows that while miners are selling less BTC, old investors are realizing profits
Thailand’s Securities Regulator Eyes Qualifications for New Crypto Investors
15.2.2021
The regulator believes new cryptocurrency investors should have a certain level of trading experience and financial reserves
Industry Group Says Hong Kong’s Proposed Crypto Rules Could Drive Traders Underground
15.2.2021
Hong Kong’s plan to restrict cryptocurrency investment to professionals means retail investors could move to unlicensed venues, said Global Digital Finance
Earn Yield Farming Rewards with DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP)
13.2.2021
PRESS RELEASE. DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) is a decentralized yield farming platform that allows liquidity providers to earn rewards in Ethereum and its native token DYP. It offers a solution to the risk involved in Yield Farming by offering different options for investors to earn while maintaining...
Bitcoin’s Rapid Increase Should Compel Crypto Investors to Own Gold, Says Top Miner
13.2.2021
Sandeep Biswas, chief executive officer of Newcrest Mining, one of the world’s biggest gold miners, has said that the sharp increase in bitcoin prices should compel crypto investors to hold gold as a safe-haven asset. In a Feb. 11 interview with Bloomberg TV, Biswas criticized bitcoin’s...
Tesla’s Bitcoin Buy Comes As Earlier Large Investors Retreat
12.2.2021
Philip Gradwell is Chief Economist at Chainalysis. He provides data and insight on the uses of cryptocurrencies and the direction of the market at markets.chainalysis.com.
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On 8 February, Tesla disclosed in an SEC filing that it had “invested an aggregate USD 1.50 billion in bitcoin”...
Crypto investors should consider buying gold, Newcrest Mining CEO says
11.2.2021
Gold should help crypto investors hedge against the risks of highly unstable prices of cryptos like Bitcoin, the CEO of Newcrest Mining said
7 Traditional Investors Who Said Bah Humbug to Bitcoin
11.2.2021
While there is no shortage of investors who have given bitcoin (BTC) their seal of approval, there is a possibly even longer list of financial Svengalis who would happily dance on the cryptoasset’s grave.
Check out this list of just a few of the investment top guns who just love to nay-say about...
Anti-Privacy Regulations Pose Risks for Crypto Investors, Bank of America Says
10.2.2021
Cryptocurrencies "challenge the ability of governments to levy taxes and to control capital flows more broadly," the report says