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Skybridge Bitcoin Fund Launches With $25 Million: Anthony Scaramucci Expects ‘Avalanche of Institutional Investors’
23.12.2020
Global investment firm Skybridge Capital has launched a bitcoin fund with $25 million. The founder of the company, Anthony Scaramucci, is bullish about bitcoin. “It’s the first inning,” he said, adding that “You are about to see that wave of early adoption by...
Riot Blockchain Buys 15,000 Antminers, Operation Will Command 37,640 Bitcoin Miners
23.12.2020
Publicly listed firm Riot Blockchain has announced the company is purchasing 15,000 S19 Pro and S19j Pro Antminer mining rigs from Bitmain. According to the company, the new shipment of next-generation miners will increase the operation’s hashrate to 3.8 exahash per second (EH/s). Following...
Crypto Exchange Bitgrail Founder Accused by Italian Police of Faking Hacks That Led to Company’s Bankruptcy
23.12.2020
Italian police accused a man who ran a cryptocurrency exchange of being responsible for a series of hacks that caused millions in losses as part of an alleged massive fraud scheme. Italian Authorities Accuse Bitgrail Owner of Faking Hacks That Led Exchange’s Bankruptcy According to Reuters...
FTX Exchange Launches Pre-IPO Futures Contracts for the Coinbase Public Listing
23.12.2020
After the San Francisco-based exchange Coinbase announced it was registering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in order to have an initial public offering (IPO), FTX Exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said the company would launch pre-IPO futures. On December 21, Bankman-Fried...
Global Equity Head at Jefferies Says the Investment Bank Will Buy Bitcoin and Reduce Exposure to Gold
22.12.2020
Christopher Wood, the global head of equity at Jefferies, a global financial services company, says the firm will reduce exposure to gold in favor of bitcoin. He adds that there are plans to increase the crypto component of Jefferies’ long-only global portfolio for U.S. dollar-denominated...
xSigma Recruits Former Ripple Engineer to Join xSigma DeFi
21.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. ZK International Group Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ZKIN) (“ZKIN”, “ZK International” or the “Company”), a designer, engineer, manufacturer, and supplier of patented high-performance stainless steel and carbon steel pipe products primarily used for water...
Microstrategy Buys 29,646 More Bitcoins — Now Holds Over $1.6 Billion in BTC
21.12.2020
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has purchased 29,646 more bitcoins for $650 million. The latest purchase brings the company’s bitcoin holdings to 70,470 — worth more than $1.6 billion. Microstrategy Now Has Over $1.6 Billion in Bitcoin Billion-dollar public company Microstrategy (Nasdaq:...
Ledger Wallet Data Leak Dumped on Raidforums for Free, Company Regrets the Situation
21.12.2020
Just recently, the hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has been dealing with a lot of criticism for the e-commerce customer data leak that took place last June. The data contained the emails of a million Ledger wallet customers, and thousands of clients had additional information leaked like phone...
Nicehash Crypto Mining Pool ‘Fully’ Reimburses All Users Affected by 2017 Hack
19.12.2020
A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining pool and trading platform announced that they’ve managed to fully compensate their users affected by a hacking attack that took place in December 2017, which took over 4,600 bitcoins. Nicehash ‘Fully’ Reimburses Users Affected in 2017 Hack...
South African Regulator’s Probe Into Mirror Trading International Unearths Previously Undeclared Losses and Missing Bitcoins
19.12.2020
South African financial regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), has filed criminal charges with local law enforcement against Mirror Trading International (MTI), the alleged online bitcoin trading scam. The regulator says its decision to press charges follows an investigation into...
$1 Billion in Bitcoin and Ether: One River Hedge Fund to Increase Holdings From $600 Million
18.12.2020
Hedge fund management firm One River Asset Management has invested $600 million in bitcoin and ether with a plan to increase its holdings to $1 billion next year. The company has two cryptocurrency funds: the Bitcoin Fund and the Ethereum Fund. $1 Billion Investment in Bitcoin and Ether One River...
Guggenheim Investments: Bitcoin Is Worth $400,000 Based on Scarcity, Relative Valuation to Gold
18.12.2020
Guggenheim Investments, an asset management firm with over $230 billion under management, has valued bitcoin at $400,000 based on fundamental analysis. Guggenheim wanted to invest in bitcoin when the price of the cryptocurrency was at the $10,000 level. The company is currently waiting for approval...
Opinion: Game company acquisitions & the 'growth stock bubble'
18.12.2020
Gonna roll 'em all up
Animoca Brands to Acquire Blockchain Fitness Company Lympo
17.12.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
17 December 2020: Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (“Animoca Brands” or the “Company”) is pleased to advise that it has entered, via its wholly owned subsidiary Animoca Brands Limited, into a share purchase...
LPNT’s Strategy For Increasing LPN TOKEN’s Utilization, Circulation, Demand and Supply
17.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Forex trading is the world’s largest decentralized liquidity market. LPN TOKEN is an undisputed leader in this domain of finance. This is possible with the help of Dubai based Next Forex Technologies LLC, the sister company of LPNT. LPN TOKEN actually provides the best forex...
CME Group to Launch Ethereum Futures in February Pending Regulatory Approval
16.12.2020
On December 16, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced that CME Group is expanding the company’s crypto derivatives and plans to launch Ethereum futures. The company said the launch is based on increasing client demand and aims to launch the new ether derivatives products on February...
Asset Manager Ruffer Confirms $750 Million Bitcoin Investment as Hedge Against Fiat Currency Devaluation
16.12.2020
Investment management firm Ruffer, with over $27 billion under management, has confirmed that its bitcoin investment now totals $750 million. A Ruffer spokesperson told news.Bitcoin.com that this was “primarily a protective” move for the firm’s portfolios, as the firm reduced...
Brand New Protocol, DIGITALAX, Brings NFT Adoption Into the Real World
16.12.2020
DIGITALAX, a digital fashion focused NFT protocol on Ethereum, launched less than 2 months ago at the end of October and is already making headlines. It is the first NFT protocol to have its digital fashion wearable NFTs recognized by a non-blockchain gaming company— the leading silicon...
Bulgarian Electricity Company Unveils Details of Historic Power Theft Linked to Illegal Bitcoin Mining
16.12.2020
One of the largest exporters of electricity in Europe has revealed details of the most significant theft they have had in history, linked to a massive illegal bitcoin mining farm in a small Bulgarian village. Bulgarian Electricity Company Uncovers Massive Electricity Theft Linked to Illegal Bitcoin...
No Need to Convince Shareholders – Microstrategy’s Investors Already Sold on Bitcoin, Says Analyst
16.12.2020
Investment banker Ellie Frost has put out a Twitter thread showing that four of Microstrategy’s top 10 shareholders had already been bullish on bitcoin before Michael Saylor company’s big dive into the digital asset. According to Frost, Microstrategy did not have much convincing to...