5 Top Unis Follow Yale Down Crypto Investment Path
Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, Dartmouth College, and the University of North Carolina (UNC), have all made investments from their endowments into at least one crypto fund. These are some of the highest caliber universities in the United States, all with endowments in excess of USD 1 billion, and can […]
G20 Crypto Report: Preserve Benefits of Innovation, Contain Risk
The G20 Financial Stability Board (FSB) is rarely upbeat when it comes to cryptocurrency and its latest report won’t disappoint, although there are indications that the regulatory board is beginning to accept that crypto is here to stay. It states that its observations are primarily based on a “monitoring framework… predominantly based on public data” […]
SEC Subpoenas Alleged “Pump and Dump” ICO
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a subpoena in a district court of California to get the records of an alleged USD 100 million “pump and dump” Initial Coin Offering (ICO) by Jeffre James and his trust Saint James Holding and Investment Company. According to the SEC, the subpoena was filed under […]
Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Compiles Bitcoin Creator’s Writings
The Satoshi Nakamoto Institute has compiled all of Satoshi’s quotes, emails, code, and forum posts into a convenient database, so future generations can read the wisdom of the creator of Bitcoin. Satoshi may have dropped off the face of the Earth and no one knows for sure who he, she or they are but the […]
China’s Wealthiest List Boasts 13 Crypto Entrepreneurs, Asia’s Richest Woman
The 20th annual list of China’s wealthiest individuals has been released, showing the rising popularity of cryptocurrency, with 13 crypto entrepreneurs included in this year’s catalogue of riches. The Hurun China Rich List catalogs anyone in the country with a net worth of more than CNY 2 billion (USD 209 million) and ranks the top […]
1Broker to Start Processing Withdrawals Following SEC Shutdown
1Broker has announced that it will begin processing customer withdrawals on 11 October 2018, a surprising turn of events considering that they were shut down by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). We will start processing withdrawals tomorrow at 12:00 (UTC). […]
20% of All New Hedge Funds Crypto-Oriented
A report from Crypto Fund Research indicates that 90 crypto hedge funds have launched so far in the first nine months of 2018, with an extrapolated projection of 120 new crypto hedge funds in 2018. In general, there are 600 new hedge funds launched per year, so crypto oriented hedge funds represent 20% of all […]
BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast, 10th October 2018
Listen to the 10 October 2018 BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast below. [su_audio url=”https://anchor.fm/s/58aba88/podcast/play/1503008/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2018-9-10%2F5060142-44100-2-2a6cd5ddf1693.mp3″] On this edition of the BitcoinNews.com daily podcast, we discuss Bitfinex’s banking woes and their new partnership with HSBC. Learn about Bitcoin HODL Waves. Hear about the sick new Bitcoin track released by Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em, and a bill being passed by the […]
Great Firewall of China Slows Down Bitcoin Network
Ben Kaiser from Princeton University and Mireya Jurado and Alex Ledger from Florida International University have written a paper titled ‘The Looming Threat of China: An Analysis of Chinese Influence on Bitcoin‘. The paper describes all the different ways China could manipulate and attack Bitcoin. One very interesting aspect of this is the Great Firewall […]
Taiwan Congressman Proposes Extension of AML Laws to Include Crypto
A lawmaker in Taiwan hopes to change local regulations in order to cover cryptocurrencies under the existing anti-money laundering (AML) framework. A press release shared with Coindesk news shows that Taiwan’s colloquially know ”crypto congressman” Jason Hsu has proposed an amendment to the country’s Money Laundering Control Act that would make cryptocurrencies face the same legal recourse as […]
