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Gold is Having Its Month While Bitcoin is Stuck in a 'Digital Copper' Phase
2.6.2021
As bitcoin (BTC) crashed from its all-time high, gold is seeing a rally, with traditional investors returning to this metal and away from BTC - which, a banker claims, is now more similar to copper than gold.
At 7:16 UTC, the price of gold is up by almost 7% in the past 30 days. It's trading...
Bitcoin is risky digital 'copper', it’s not gold — Goldman Sachs commodities boss
2.6.2021
Jeff Currie, the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, described Bitcoin as a “risk-on” asset that is similar to copper as a hedge against inflation
The Big Tesla Short, Copper Raises USD 50M, Gemini's Waitlist + More News
18.5.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Michael Burry, the American hedge manager who famously made some USD 100m for himself by speculating on the 2008 economic...
‘Gold Is Clearly Being Replaced by Digital Gold’- Precious Metal Markets Spike, Strategist Mike McGlone Calls PM Action ‘Meh’
7.5.2021
Precious metals (PM) markets have been trading a bit higher in recent days, while cryptocurrency markets have been seeing gains as well. Spot gold prices have jumped to $1,805 per ounce, up more than 1.3% during the last 24 hours, while silver prices have increased by 2.5%. As PMs have gathered...
Corporate Treasuries Are Figuring Out Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet
5.2.2021
MicroStrategy’s approach has got the Association of Corporate Treasurers and IKEA thinking
Goldman Sachs Calls Bitcoin ‘the Retail Inflation Hedge’ That’s Not a Threat to Gold
20.12.2020
Goldman Sachs’ head of commodities research calls bitcoin “the retail inflation hedge” and likens the cryptocurrency to copper. He says gold and bitcoin can co-exist and does “not see bitcoin’s rising popularity as an existential threat to gold’s status as...
Crypto Custodian Copper Aims to Bridge Gap Between DeFi and Traditional Finance With New Tool
27.11.2020
The new tool, CopperConnect, covers the "DeFi lifecycle" as an asset moves from custody to smart contract and back
Copper Becomes Latest Crypto Firm to Use Signature Bank's Signet
21.7.2020
The integration of Signature Bank’s Signet will allow Copper’s customers to instantly pay and settle transactions in U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies
Copper Now Enables Funds to Create Complex Crypto-Backed Securities
8.7.2020
The service allows institutional investors to securitize a range of crypto-based products, from token trackers to complex trading strategies
Custody Provider Copper Joins Think Tank to Bridge Gap Between Traditional Finance and Crypto
11.6.2020
Crypto custodian Copper is joining the Official Monetary and Financial Institution Forum's new think tank to discuss how central banks are evaluating digital currencies
Custody Battle Pits Institutional Boomers Against Crypto Upstarts
11.6.2020
Crypto custodians are in a race to build the next State Street or BNY Mellon
Mastercoin
7.6.2020
Mastercoin, rebranded as Omni in 2015, is an open source protocol layer built on top of bitcoin that enables the creation of new cryptocurrencies and assets. The project was intended to remedy what it called the two biggest barriers to bitcoin adoption: Insecurity and instability. It also claimed...
Ravencoin
7.6.2020
Launched in 2018, Ravencoin is an open source fork of bitcoin specifically designed to facilitate the transfer of assets from one party to another.  Users can create assets on the Ravencoin protocol that adhere to rules independent of those of the platform. This distinguishes ravencoin from...
Copper Claims New Tool Removes Credit Risk From Crypto Trading
14.5.2020
Copper's ClearLoop tool lets two parties finalize all details of a trade before transferring the seller's assets to the buyer's possession, rather than force the seller to store these assets on an exchange
Crypto Custodian Copper Collects $8M In Series A Funding Round
18.2.2020
Based in London, Copper.co, the leading custodian for digital assets, has announced that it has raised a whopping sum of $8 million in a Series A funding round. The firm will employ the pooled in funds to proliferate into marketspaces it has not explored since its inception. According to the latest...
Crypto Custodian Copper Raised $8 Million for Expansion
18.2.2020
The London-based crypto custody provider plans to develop its presence in North America and Asia
London-Based Crypto Custodian Copper Raises $8M for Expansion Overseas
17.2.2020
Copper uses its "Walled Garden" infrastructure to allow clients to trade crypto assets more securely from custody
Chilean Mining Giant Codelco’s Copper To Be Hit As Mines Go Underground
24.5.2019
As far as the largest mining companies are concerned, they have the capability of taking big hits over the short term. However, it takes a whole new dimension when a company’s largest mine is out of business due to a restructuring process. That is exactly what has happened with Codelco, the Chilean...