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IRS Updates Instructions To Tax Individual Crypto Investors
5.1.2021
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a new version of its draft instructions that clarify the definition of virtual currency. The tax agency aims to guide individual taxpayers on how to fill in the 1040 form that asks them whether they bought or sold cryptoassets last year, but...
Retail investors are largely uninvolved as Bitcoin price chases $40K
4.1.2021
Bitcoin looks set to achieve many new all-time highs in 2021 but when will retail investors join the party?
South African Court Grants Order to Liquidate Mirror Trading International After Investors Fail to Withdraw Their BTC
1.1.2021
A South African High Court recently granted a provisional liquidation order against Mirror Trading International (MTI) following an application for relief by two investors who failed to withdraw their bitcoin. According to a statement released by lawyers of one of the aggrieved investors, this...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Down to $26K but Traders Remain Bullish
29.12.2020
Bitcoin fell to the $26,000 level after it hit above $28,000 on Sunday, yet markets remain bullish on both retail and institutional interest
CME Tops in Bitcoin Futures Rankings Amid Rapidly Growing Institutional Interest
29.12.2020
The CME has become the largest bitcoin futures exchange by open interest amid institutional onboarding
Crust Network Launches Crust Storage Market, Decentralized Cloud Service Built on Polkadot
29.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. One of the star projects of the emerging Polkadot ecosystem, Crust Network, recently completed a several million dollar Series A financing round in September, with investors including NGC Ventures, SNZ, HashCIB, DFG, KNS Group and AU21 Capital. In 2020, Crust Network joined...
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Warns Regulators Will Come Down Hard on Bitcoin — ‘It Will Be Brutal’
28.12.2020
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, also known as Mr. Wonderful, has warned about regulators coming down hard on bitcoin. In addition, he says that “even if bitcoin were to go up another 2,000%, it’s completely irrelevant to institutional clients.” Kevin O’Leary Warns...
SEC Lawsuit: Tierion to Refund Investors From Its $25 Million Token Sale
27.12.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against another startup in the crypto space for selling unregistered securities. Tierion, which raised $25 million in a token sale, has agreed to “return money to investors” and disable the trading of its token....
Ripple Lawsuit Could Invoke Billions in Losses to ‘Innocent Third-Parties,’ Says Former SEC Commissioner
27.12.2020
The crypto community is extremely curious about what will happen to Ripple Labs and the token asset XRP, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently filed a lawsuit against Ripple and two executives. On December 25, the large cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp announced delisting...
‘Unprecedented’ Institutional Demand for Bitcoin: Bitgo’s Custodied Assets Top $16 Billion, No Paypal Deal
26.12.2020
Bitgo’s assets under custody have surpassed $16 billion. The company says it is seeing “unprecedented interest from institutional investors,” resulting from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the recent bitcoin bull run. Paypal was also rumored to be...
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Cyberpunk 2077 Publisher Lied and Misled Investors
25.12.2020
After Cyberpunk 2077 debuted to the world and set off a trash fire of rage and disappointment, the clock starting ticking. Many wondered when that anger would manifest itself into a lawsuit to take the game’s publisher, CD Projekt Red, to court. It happened on Christmas Eve.Read more
Tierion to Repay ICO Investors Up to $25M Plus Interest in SEC Settlement
24.12.2020
The SEC order effectively blows up 1 billion TNT tokens
Young Investors Drive Increased Aussie Bitcoin & Crypto Investments
24.12.2020
Younger Australian investors are driving the country's increasing crypto ownership, accompanied by rising investments by high-end crypto holders, a recent survey showed.
18.4% of respondents said they own some form of cryptoasset, up from 16.8% in 2019, Independent Reserve (IR), an Australia...
How 2020 Unlocked a New Generation of Investors, feat. Jill Carlson
23.12.2020
No one would have expected an economic crisis to bring a new generation of investors to the table, but that's exactly what it did
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...
Lured in by good news, investors push THETA, GRT and CEL price higher
22.12.2020
Positive news and strong fundamentals appear to be boosting Theta, The Graph (GRT), and Celcius (CEL) price over the past few days
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:...
BTC Hovers Below USD 24K as Investors Watch Elon Musk, New Stimulus, and Crackdown
21.12.2020
Elon Musk. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube, Bloomberg.
A Twitter exchange between two of the United States’ prominent businesspeople has possibly added fuel to the bitcoin (BTC) rally this weekend, while the US announced a new coronavirus stimulus package and a regulatory crackdown.
Tesla chief...
How should investors value DeFi projects? A new paper might have some answers
21.12.2020
A recent paper from a team of DeFi researchers proposes a new conceptual framework for liquidity mining
CoinsLoot Launch World’s First Crypto Loot Boxes, With 10% Free Crypto, Prizes and Staking Rewards
17.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. CoinsLoot is a decentralized crypto platform offering a range of benefits for gamers, investors and cryptocurrency enthusiasts. For the first time ever, users can purchase Loot Boxes with ERC-20 tokens to reveal a secret selection of cryptocurrencies and huge prizes, like the Tesla...