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Giant Backed ErisX Launches Bitcoin Futures For Small Investors
17.12.2019
Regulated derivatives exchange ErisX, backed by major U.S. brokerage TD Ameritrade, is estimated to launch their "Futures Digital Currency Products" today, aiming to capitalize on the rising interest in Bitcoin (BTC) futures among small investors.
The exchange’s portfolio currently comprises...
Mainstream Investment Vehicles Tied to Cryptocurrencies Grow Exponentially
13.12.2019
These days bitcoin and a variety of other digital assets are now being traded as funds and traditional equity holdings. The landscape of crypto investment vehicles has changed significantly as institutional and retail investors don’t need direct exposure to cryptocurrencies in order to invest...
IDEG Reports Launch of New Bitcoin Trusts in Asia With Coinbase as Custodian
12.12.2019
According to a recent press release from IDEG Investment Limited, “Asia’s First Bitcoin Trusts” have been launched “as a traditional and comfortable way for ‘old money’ to invest in digital assets.” The two trusts, Asia Bitcoin Trust I and Atlas Mining...
SEC Approves Bitcoin Futures Fund
7.12.2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an investment fund that will invest in bitcoin futures contracts. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce calls this move “a bit of progress.” The SEC has also revealed why it decided to approve such a fund. Also read: Swiss Licensed...
Canadian Venture Capital Firm Secured $320 Million to Invest in Fintech Startups
4.12.2019
Canadian VC firm secured $320 million to make investments in fintech startups around the world, with a particular focus on Canada
WATCH: Chainalysis Chief Economist Wants Crypto to Move Past ‘Buying Drugs on the Silk Road’
28.11.2019
Chainalysis’ chief economist sits down with Daniel Kuhn to talk about how to bring crypto out of the cybercrime ghetto
Looking To Invest In Cryptocurrency? Tron Is the Best Crypto to Day Trade
27.11.2019
The use of digital currencies in payment applications continues pushing the global cryptocurrency market today. According to recent reports, the digital currency market will reach USD 1.40 billion by 2024. For an industry that started only in 2009 with the launch of bitcoin, this is a remarkable...
Wyoming’s New Crypto Banking Law Could Defang New York’s BitLicense
14.11.2019
There may be a way for cryptocurrency businesses to get around New York's notoriously hard-to-get BitLicense, and it runs through Wyoming
Uncork Capital, Coinbase VC Arm, Others Invest $4 M in Crypto Analytics Firm Messari
13.11.2019
Messari closes a $4 million funding round led by Uncork Capital, with the participation of other top investors such as Coinbase Ventures
Bakkt in Discussions to Offer Cash-Settled Bitcoin Futures in Singapore
12.11.2019
Bakkt aims to offer cash-settled bitcoin futures before 2020 to complement its physically settled contracts
Bakkt Seeks Approval to Offer Cash-Settled Bitcoin Futures in Singapore
12.11.2019
Bakkt aims to offer cash-settled bitcoin futures before 2020 to complement its physically settled contracts
BitGo Now Processing 20% of Bitcoin Transactions
12.11.2019
The crypto custodian facilitates a sizable share of on-chain transactions, a sign of consolidation, and power, in the crypto space
BitGo Says It’s Now Processing 20% of Bitcoin Transactions
12.11.2019
The crypto custodian facilitates a sizable share of on-chain transactions, a sign of consolidation, and power, in the crypto space
Evercoin Launches Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet
12.11.2019
At New York Consensus Invest Summit, Evercoin Inc. today announced Evercoin 2, the “safest hardware wallet”. Evercoin 2 provides a wallet and exchange for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies featuring a hardware wallet the size of a house key powered by YubiKey 5ci, the first implementation of...
Web3 Plans to Integrate Kadena’s Smart Contract Language on Polkadot
12.11.2019
The Web3 Foundation plans to adopt blockchain startup Kadena’s smart contract programming language for the Polkadot ecosystem
PODCAST: Josh Brown on Why Bitcoin Is Like the 1800s Railroad Boom
8.11.2019
On this episode of Bitcoin Macro: "In the 1800s we had a bubble in railroads, and almost every one of them went bankrupt."
PODCAST: Kaiko’s Ambre Soubiran on Bitcoin’s ‘Intrinsic Value’
8.11.2019
On this episode of Bitcoin Macro: "The fact that it works and that it has been working for 10 years has value."
The Xi Effect – Chinese Government to Fund Blockchain Projects
31.10.2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement that the country would invest heavily in blockchain technology – coupled with a sweeping move to remove online posts suggesting such technology is a scam – has nourished optimism long-held by crypto advocates. Of course, the reality...
PODCAST: Ikigai’s Travis Kling on Why Bitcoin Is a ‘Baby X-Man’
24.10.2019
Travis Kling of Ikigai Asset Management explains why bitcoin is currently a risk asset, but showing signs of a future safe-haven asset
PODCAST: Caitlin Long on Bitcoin as Insurance Against Financial Collapse
24.10.2019
"Bitcoin is less volatile from a systemic perspective than I think the traditional financial industry is," says the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition co-founder