2019-3-25 11:51 |
The former CEO of Enron, who spent 12 years in prison for his part in the firm’s notorious collapse, is allegedly meeting with crypto industry experts ahead of his new venture
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The Three Arrows Founder, Kyle Davies, has been accused of ignoring Twitter subpoenas as he shamelessly markets his new venture, another crypto project.
2023-2-8 18:30 | |
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U.S. venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners plans to invest $1.8 billion in new funds, including cryptocurrencies
2018-7-11 02:31 | |
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In May 2018, TokenPay Swiss AG joined with WEG Bank in Germany. The former attained a 9. 9 percent stake in the bank, along with the option to purchase as much as 90 percent, pending regulatory approval.
2018-7-11 01:20 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining an application from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Global Markets which, if approved, could grant the company a coveted bitcoin ETF license, and bring new waves of institutional investors to the bitcoin arena.
2018-7-10 02:38 | |
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IOTA is apparently a project that’s designed to make a big impact on the smart city concept. Thanks to its focus on distributed ledgers and its unique Tangle technology, it seems IOTA has received the backing of the European Commission.
2018-7-9 21:00 | |
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Israel blockchain startups are target of new $100 mln venture fund from Benson Oak, local media report
2018-7-9 12:59 | |
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The +CityxChange consortium, which includes the IOTA Foundation, has won a bid to lead a new smart city lighthouse project under an EU research and innovation program. A total of €30 million euros worth of backing has been committed, the majority from the EU, for seven EU cities to experiment with smart positive energy innovations.
2018-7-9 12:52 | |
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Huobi Australia (HuobiAU) is a joint venture between Huobi and Blockchain Global. The new exchange now supports Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), and other cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-6 12:03 | |
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Block.one, the company that designed the EOS blockchain software, has appointed a former executive from Jefferies Group LLC to lead its $1 billion venture capital arm. Block.one announced Thursday that Michael Alexander, who previously served as the chief executive officer of Jefferies’ Asia branch, will now head EOS VC. Based in Hong Kong, Alexander will manage
2018-7-6 01:21 | |
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A press release published today from EOS creator, block. one, announced that the company’s $1 billion EOS VC Venture Capital Division will be lead by Former Jefferies Asia CEO, Michael Alexander.
2018-7-6 01:12 | |
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Developers of malicious software have shown a great aptitude for cryptocurrency integration. This has become painfully obvious due to the recent malware and ransomware trend. In this day and age, most criminals are interested in cryptojacking, which still remains a very profitable venture.
2018-7-1 23:00 | |
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Union Square Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm that manages $ 1 billion in assets, is planning on it rich by investing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry — which it views as potentially being worth a trillion dollars in the future.
2018-7-1 18:30 | |
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Huobi, which recently announced it suspended services in Japan, will be setting up a new office in London. Coinbase, which is about to introduce GBP deposits and withdrawals, will open a branch in Portland, on the US West Coast.
2018-7-1 17:45 | |
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Union Square Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm that manages $1 billion in assets, is planning on it rich by investing in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry — which it views as potentially being worth a trillion dollars in the future.
2018-7-1 16:00 | |
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Union Square Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm that oversees a billion dollars in capital, has revealed that it is investing in cryptocurrency and major digital assets like bitcoin as long-term investments.
2018-6-30 15:00 | |
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Union Square Ventures (USV), a private equity and venture capital firm, has plans to invest in blockchain and cryptocurrencies over the course of the next 10 years, CNBC reports June 29. Speaking about initial coin offerings (ICOs), Wenger called them an “innovative new financing mechanism,” though he said they are not suitable for every blockchain
2018-6-30 08:32 | |
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Solidified, which is a leading code audit company for smart contracts, recently unveiled a $500K investment from innogy New Ventures, LLC. The funds came just before the company held its planned token sale.
2018-6-30 07:31 | |
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This week, the U. S. Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies banded together to bring down some bad actors on the dark web. EOS is undergoing some growing pains with the launch of its network, exposing the trials and tribulations of an all-too-centralized governance model.
2018-6-30 20:56 | |
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If 2017 was the year of the ICO, 2018 may well be the year of the blockchain VC. The number of crypto hedge funds and venture capital firms continues to expand. Likewise, many traditional venture capital firms have added blockchain companies to their portfolios.
2018-6-29 19:18 | |
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On June 27, 2018, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced his new cryptocurrency charity fund, GiveCrypto. Armstrong established the philanthropic venture to financially empower people with direct cryptocurrency distributions.
2018-6-29 22:17 | |
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She was the DOJ’s first-ever coordinator for digital assets, and led investigations into the Mt. However, she is a law expert not a venture capital or investment expert, which could raise some questions about her new role.
2018-6-27 23:49 | |
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Founder and Chairman of Alibaba Jack Ma recently spoke about his views on cryptocurrencies, declaring Bitcoin an asset bubble and saying that digital currency prices are based on speculations. Ma made these remarks after launching a blockchain-based money transfer service.
2018-6-27 22:23 | |
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Archax, a new institutional-grade exchange for trading crypto/digital assets announced its arrival today. The venture is based in London and is built using existing, proven, resilient, scalable, high-performance.
2018-6-26 15:51 | |
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Archax, a new institutional-grade exchange for trading crypto/digital assets announced its arrival today. The venture is based in London and is being built using existing, proven, resilient, scalable,.
2018-6-26 15:51 | |
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Famous crypto trader Brain Kelly along with Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinsin expressed very bullish views on the bright future of cryptocurrencies. In a further push to bring some fresh optimism in the market surrounding cryptocurrencies, Silicon Valley’s one of the most prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has finally announced the launch of its $300 million
2018-6-26 15:09 | |
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According to reports out today, venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new investment project which goes by the name a16z. The name is impressive, but what does it mean for you and your crypto investments? On a surface level, not a lot, however, we believe that a16z is a live example of how large institutional investment will pan out of the next few years.
2018-6-26 13:00 | |
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A miner has paid $13 million to convert an abandoned Intel chip manufacturing complex into an industrial mining farm. Also Read: Silicon Valley Whales Buy Diamonds in the Millions With Bitcoin New 85,000 Square Feet Mining Operation 3G Venture II, a California-based company, has paid $13 million for a big chuck of an abandoned Intel
2018-6-25 21:01 | |
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3G Venture II, a California-based mining operation, recently purchased a sizable portion of an abandoned Intel plant for mining. The plant in question was made to manufacture semiconductors for Intel and was shut down in 2009.
2018-6-24 21:10 | |
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Catalogs for the VMWorld event by VMware are now live, and they reveal that the company could be focusing extensively on cloud and blockchain-based solutions. It could focus on its new enterprise blockchain solutions, Edge computing and cloud foundation programs.
2018-6-23 14:19 | |
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California-based 3G Venture II has paid $13 million for a significant portion of an old Intel chip plant in Colorado Springs, which it intends of turn into a new bitcoin mining operation. Mining Farms Opening Around the World Miners have been flocking to cities that offer cheap electricity to reduce costs and increase profits, and it looks like Colorado Springs may join the list.
2018-6-23 07:00 | |
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Despite the recent decline of the cryptocurrency market, the promise of huge profits continues to lure investors to funnel some of their funds into these digital coins. Recently, the New York-based venture capital firm Union Square Ventures (USV) officially announced its investment in Multicoin Capital, which is a cryptocurrency hedge fund startup.
2018-6-22 21:43 | |
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Historically venture capitalists do not own cryptocurrencies. They hold equity and invest in privately and publicly held companies but, with the potential of cryptocurrency and blockchain based technology companies to create unprecedented returns VC firms are exploring ways to restructure legally and financially to tap into that future revenue stream.
2018-6-22 08:03 | |
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Earlier this week, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland issued a new document as part of its annual economic report that warns citizens of the dangers of digital currencies.
2018-6-20 22:29 | |
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Chain Accelerator, a venture providing support for blockchain startup, launched on Monday in France.
2018-6-20 13:49 | |
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Payments company Square, a side venture of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is the ninth firm to have obtained a BitLicense by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bitcoin purchases first became available on its app in other states in January, but revenue has barely covered the costs in Q1 2018.
2018-6-19 00:00 | |
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Jeff Garzik first tuned the world into his latest venture in the fall of 2017. The Bloq co-founder unveiled Metronome (MET), a cryptocurrency he founded alongside Matthew Roszak, at the Las Vegas Money 20/20 conference in late October, and the project caught the attention of Bloomberg and Fortune at the time.
2018-6-16 23:51 | |
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The San Francisco–based exchange announced on Monday, June 11, its intention to add Ethereum Classic to its trading platform and then quickly followed the news on Tuesday with the official opening of a crypto index fund.
2018-6-14 04:53 | |
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Coinbase dominated headlines across the space this week with a pair of significant developments. The San Francisco–based exchange announced on Monday, June 11, its intention to add Ethereum Classic to its trading platform and then quickly followed the news on Tuesday with the official opening of a crypto index fund.
2018-6-14 01:32 | |
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traceto. io, a KYC network based on blockchain and AI has announced a new partnership with Yincubator, a leading fund and blockchain incubator based in China that invests in and nurtures high growth opportunities across the US, Europe and ASEAN regions.
2018-6-11 07:10 | |
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South Korea just ruled that bitcoin is a legally recognizable asset, which is good news for investors, but not such good news for convicted criminals that had managed to hold onto their cryptocurrency in the past.
2018-6-11 18:04 | |
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Bitmain — the largest and most established manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining chips — is considering an IPO, or initial public offering. This could potentially open the company’s books to the world and allow the stock market to assign the company real-time value.
2018-6-11 01:34 | |
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In yesterday’s preliminary proxy statement with the SEC, MicroStrategy introduced a plan to increase authorized shares from 330 million to 10. 33 billion as part of its $42 billion 21/21 Plan.
Mt. Gox, the bankrupt crypto exchange, has moved approximately $364. 4 million worth of Bitcoin to crypto liquidity provider B2C2 Group this month, according to an analysis by Lookonchain. Lookonchain, citing data from Arkham Intelligence, reported that Mt.
According to a paper released Dec. 12, BlackRock suggests that a 1% to 2% Bitcoin allocation in multi-asset portfolios matches the risk levels found in portfolios holding technology stocks. The asset manager, which oversees trillions of dollars, frames this range as a strategic starting point for investors seeking diverse sources of risk.
Newmarket Capital has completed a loan that combines traditional real estate financing with Bitcoin collateral, introducing a novel approach to lending reported on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Nov.
Following their listing, ether ETFs did not enjoy the same response as their bitcoin equivalents had done in January.
Venture capital (VC) funds invested $860 million in crypto startups last month, a 30% leap from the amount registered in September and the highest since April’s $954 million earlier in the year, according to DefiLlama data.
Venture capital (VC) funds invested over $659 million in crypto startups last month, representing a 3% increase compared to August, according to DefiLlama data. The blockchain gaming sector grew for the second consecutive month, with VC funds pouring $63 million into blockchain titles, marking a 32% monthly growth.