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Digital Currency Group backs South Korean crypto exchange operator
6.5.2021
Streami, the company behind the popular GOPAX exchange, has received direct funding from Digital Currency Group
The NFL Gets a Taste of Crypto as Grayscale Partners With the New York Giants
6.5.2021
The world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments has announced the first partnership with a National Football League (NFL) team. Grayscale will be the official digital currency asset management partner for the New York Giants and will sponsor a number of events....
Bitcoin Coming to US Banks, Grayscale Giants, Blockchain.com Gets AI + More News
5.5.2021
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Crypto custody firm NYDIG has partnered with fintech giant Fidelity National Information Services to enable US banks to offer...
Marlton Applauds Decision to Increase Digital Currency Group’s Authorized Purchase of GBTC Shares to $750 Million
4.5.2021
Investment management firm, Marlton, has applauded the recent decision to authorize the purchase by Digital Currency Group (DCG) of up to a total of $750 million worth of shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). This latest action follows Marlton’s recent call for DCG and the Grayscale board...
Grayscale’s parent firm DCG to expand GBTC buy limit by $500M
3.5.2021
Digital Currency Group has purchased a total of $194 million worth of GBTC shares so far
Our Man in Shanghai: Huobi looks to become Grayscale of Asia, Yao Ming’s NFT wine, and Chinese crypto investors go to the dogs
30.4.2021
Huobi tackles the institutional market, you can now own an NFT of basketball star Yao Ming drinking red wine, and China’s digital yuan starts to target the private sector
DOT over the counter? Osprey Funds set to launch Polkadot investment trust
29.4.2021
Accredited investors will soon have over the counter access to a DOT investment trust
Time Magazine names two crypto firms in Top 100 'most influential companies' list
28.4.2021
Digital Currency Group and Coinbase have made Time Magazine’s 2021 top 100 most influential companies list
Ethereum ETF Price War, New Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Ad + More News
19.4.2021
A screenshot of the new Grayscale ad. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Grayscale Investments
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Evolve Funds Group is waiving...
Rothschild Investment Corp snaps up quarter of a million shares in Grayscale ETH Trust
16.4.2021
Rothschild Investment Corp, has acquired more than 250,000 shares in Grayscale’s ETH trust, and added 8000 shares to its BTC trust holdings — however the firm holds zero ties to the famed Rothschild family dynasty
Grayscale tops $50 billion: ‘Will soon pass world’s largest commodity ETF’
15.4.2021
Grayscale continues to grow, passing $50 billion. That's equivalent to the world’s second-largest commodity ETF
TIME Magazine Gets Into Bitcoin: Partners With Grayscale, Will Hold BTC on Balance Sheet
13.4.2021
TIME Magazine will be holding bitcoin on its balance sheet, the company’s president has confirmed. TIME is also partnering with Grayscale Investments to produce a video series on cryptocurrency and has agreed to be paid in bitcoin. TIME Magazine Will Hold Bitcoin on Balance Sheet TIME...
Bitcoin’s time has come: TIME magazine to hold BTC on balance sheet
13.4.2021
TIME magazine has partnered up with Grayscale to drop a series of educational crypto videos, and has agreed to be paid in Bitcoin
5 largest regulated US digital asset managers hold over $46B of crypto
12.4.2021
Forbes ranks the top traditional asset managers, but who ranks the top regulated digital asset managers?
GBTC Holder Says Not Enough Being Done to Eliminate Discount on Shares— Proposes an Alternative Solution
9.4.2021
A privately-held investment firm from Chicago, Marlton Partners, has urged Grayscale Investments to embrace the modified Dutch auction tender offer for GBTC shares. According to Marlton, such a tender offer “would materially narrow — if not eliminate — the discount to net asset...
Another Hedge Fund Gets Crypto Exposure via Grayscale’s GBTC
8.4.2021
Millennium, the U.S.-based alternative investment management firm, has become the latest hedge fund to get exposed to cryptocurrencies via Grayscale Investments’ bitcoin trust. However, the extent of Millennium’s exposure to the crypto asset has not been disclosed as both Millennium...
Oracle Token Chainlink Replaces XRP in Grayscale’s Strategic Large Cap Fund
6.4.2021
The digital currency manager Grayscale Investments announced that the firm has updated its Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) in order to add the crypto asset chainlink to the fund. Chainlink is the popular blockchain oracle network and the token will replace XRP after Grayscale removed the digital...
New Crypto Lobbyist, Facebook Payments, Grayscale's Chainlink + More News
6.4.2021
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Regulation news
The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) announced their launch today, stating that their mission is "to unlock...
Grayscale Reveals Intentions to Convert the Firm’s Bitcoin Trust Into an ETF
5.4.2021
On Monday, the digital currency asset manager Grayscale Investments announced intentions to file for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) when permissible. The subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG) says in regard to its crypto trust products that it always been the company’s intention...
Grayscale publishes roadmap for turning its products into crypto ETFs
5.4.2021
The company is renewing its push for a U.S. ETF, but offered no specific guarantees or promises