Taking Stock of How Far Crypto Has Come
Eleven years post-Bitcoin, six years post-launch of Ethereum, eight days after that announcement, the first signs of crypto product-market fit…
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust: What It Is and How It Works
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is the world’s largest bitcoin fund and the first investment vehicle of its kind to…
The Intangible Reasons Ethereum and Bitcoin Lead
Decentralized finance (DeFi) is exploding. The amount of capital locked in DeFi, an imperfect yet useful measure of traction, recently…
Nic Carter’s Castle Island Ventures Closes $50M Investment Fund
Castle Island Ventures, the early stage crypto fund helmed by Nic Carter and Matt Walsh, has raised $50 million for…
CrossTower Launches Bitcoin Fund to Compete With Grayscale’s GBTC
Crypto capital markets firm CrossTower is launching a hedge fund at the end of the month in a bid to…
Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Says CEO
Visa CEO Al Kelly said the payments giant is in a position to make cryptocurrencies more “safe, useful and applicable”…
Prime Trust, tZERO Partner on Digital Asset Custody, Trading
Security token trading platform tZERO is to integrate technology from Prime Trust, a digital asset finance infrastructure provider, under a…
Bitmain Co-Founder’s Exit Resolves Years-Long Power Struggle as Mining Firm Preps IPO
The power struggle within Bitmian’s leadership has finally come to an end as co-founder Micree Zhan regains control over the…
Russia’s Sber Bank Files to Launch Its Own Stablecoin
Sber, Russia’s largest retail bank, has applied for a license with the country’s central bank to issue its own digital…
Signature Bank Adds $2.5B in Non-Interest Bearing Deposits in Q4
Cryptocurrency firms are often a rich source of low-cost deposits for the few banks that openly serve the sector. As…