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Regulated Bitcoin ETPs Skyrocket, Coinshares Cites ‘Unprecedented Interest from Institutional Investors’
6.1.2021
The Sweden-based XBT provider Coinshares saw roughly $202 million in XBT certificates swap hands on the market’s first day of trading in 2021. Meanwhile, on the same day, the bitcoin exchange-traded product BTCE saw $100 million in trade volume. Coinshares Group is a European firm dedicated...
Bitcoin Sets New All Time High Spiking Over $35,000
6.1.2021
Bitcoin’s record-breaking start to the new year continued on January 5 after the top crypto set another new all-time high (ATH) of $35,879. Based on this new milestone, the top cryptocurrency has now surged by more than 20% in just the first of five days of the new year. Record-Breaking Start...
Mastermind of a Cryptocurrency Scam Arrested in India
6.1.2021
An alleged mastermind of a cryptocurrency scam has been arrested in India after he fled the country to Dubai. Investors were duped into investing in a cryptocurrency linked to a crypto exchange he established. The scheme also promised investors a monthly return of 20%-30% on investments. Alleged...
Onboarding Institutional Crypto Investors- Coinbase Helps Execute ‘One of the Largest Digital Asset Trades in History’
6.1.2021
Over the last year, institutional investors have been flocking toward crypto assets like bitcoin and after Microstrategy’s initial bitcoin purchase, the trending institutional demand for crypto started swelling. On Tuesday, the San Francisco trading platform Coinbase published a study that...
Sell Telegram to Pay off Failed ICO Debts, Demand Angry Investors
5.1.2021
Disgruntled investors in the failed Telegram initial coin offering (ICO) say that Pavel Durov, the chat app operator’s founder, should sell his stake in the company to pay off his debt to those left out of pocket.
The investors stumped up a combined total of around USD 1.7bn in the TON network...
Bitcoin Retail FOMO Brings a Heap of ‘Kimchi Premium’ to S. Korea
5.1.2021
Bitcoin's price premiums on South Korean exchanges have returned amid the latest bitcoin bull market
IRS Updates Instructions To Tax Individual Crypto Investors
5.1.2021
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a new version of its draft instructions that clarify the definition of virtual currency. The tax agency aims to guide individual taxpayers on how to fill in the 1040 form that asks them whether they bought or sold cryptoassets last year, but...
Retail investors are largely uninvolved as Bitcoin price chases $40K
4.1.2021
Bitcoin looks set to achieve many new all-time highs in 2021 but when will retail investors join the party?
South African Court Grants Order to Liquidate Mirror Trading International After Investors Fail to Withdraw Their BTC
1.1.2021
A South African High Court recently granted a provisional liquidation order against Mirror Trading International (MTI) following an application for relief by two investors who failed to withdraw their bitcoin. According to a statement released by lawyers of one of the aggrieved investors, this...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Down to $26K but Traders Remain Bullish
29.12.2020
Bitcoin fell to the $26,000 level after it hit above $28,000 on Sunday, yet markets remain bullish on both retail and institutional interest
CME Tops in Bitcoin Futures Rankings Amid Rapidly Growing Institutional Interest
29.12.2020
The CME has become the largest bitcoin futures exchange by open interest amid institutional onboarding
Crust Network Launches Crust Storage Market, Decentralized Cloud Service Built on Polkadot
29.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. One of the star projects of the emerging Polkadot ecosystem, Crust Network, recently completed a several million dollar Series A financing round in September, with investors including NGC Ventures, SNZ, HashCIB, DFG, KNS Group and AU21 Capital. In 2020, Crust Network joined...
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Warns Regulators Will Come Down Hard on Bitcoin — ‘It Will Be Brutal’
28.12.2020
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, also known as Mr. Wonderful, has warned about regulators coming down hard on bitcoin. In addition, he says that “even if bitcoin were to go up another 2,000%, it’s completely irrelevant to institutional clients.” Kevin O’Leary Warns...
SEC Lawsuit: Tierion to Refund Investors From Its $25 Million Token Sale
27.12.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against another startup in the crypto space for selling unregistered securities. Tierion, which raised $25 million in a token sale, has agreed to “return money to investors” and disable the trading of its token....
Ripple Lawsuit Could Invoke Billions in Losses to ‘Innocent Third-Parties,’ Says Former SEC Commissioner
27.12.2020
The crypto community is extremely curious about what will happen to Ripple Labs and the token asset XRP, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently filed a lawsuit against Ripple and two executives. On December 25, the large cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp announced delisting...
‘Unprecedented’ Institutional Demand for Bitcoin: Bitgo’s Custodied Assets Top $16 Billion, No Paypal Deal
26.12.2020
Bitgo’s assets under custody have surpassed $16 billion. The company says it is seeing “unprecedented interest from institutional investors,” resulting from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the recent bitcoin bull run. Paypal was also rumored to be...
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Cyberpunk 2077 Publisher Lied and Misled Investors
25.12.2020
After Cyberpunk 2077 debuted to the world and set off a trash fire of rage and disappointment, the clock starting ticking. Many wondered when that anger would manifest itself into a lawsuit to take the game’s publisher, CD Projekt Red, to court. It happened on Christmas Eve.Read more
Tierion to Repay ICO Investors Up to $25M Plus Interest in SEC Settlement
24.12.2020
The SEC order effectively blows up 1 billion TNT tokens
Young Investors Drive Increased Aussie Bitcoin & Crypto Investments
24.12.2020
Younger Australian investors are driving the country's increasing crypto ownership, accompanied by rising investments by high-end crypto holders, a recent survey showed.
18.4% of respondents said they own some form of cryptoasset, up from 16.8% in 2019, Independent Reserve (IR), an Australia...
How 2020 Unlocked a New Generation of Investors, feat. Jill Carlson
23.12.2020
No one would have expected an economic crisis to bring a new generation of investors to the table, but that's exactly what it did