Investments

Taiwan’s XREX Blockchain Firm Raises $17M in Funding Round Led by CDIB Capital

Funding will go toward expanding the firm's fiat currency portfolio, acquiring additional licenses and furthering partnerships.

News  ·  23 August 2021

Research Firm Says Coinbase ‘Overvalued’ as Competition Heats Up

On firm says Coinbase investors should be wary, predicting the crypto exchange won't maintain "blowout earnings" in the future.

News  ·  11 August 2021
Investments

Gone in 30 Seconds: Yield Guild Games’ $12.5M Token Sale Sells Out Fast

Some tokens will distributed to members of the startup's community.

News  ·  29 July 2021
MicroStrategy

MicroStrategy: Another Dip, Another $10M Bitcoin Purchase

The listed firm now holds 92,079 BTC bought for a total of $2.251 billion.

News  ·  18 May 2021
Investments

Grayscale Seeks SEC Reporting Status for Its Digital Large Cap Fund

The crypto asset manager's bitcoin and ethereum trusts both achieved reporting status last year.

Business  ·  13 May 2021
Investments

5 New Funds Bring $100M to Boost Growth of the Solana Ecosystem

The funds are each bringing $20 million in investment to boost growth and development for Solana in the Chinese region.

Business  ·  7 May 2021
China

PBoC Softens Tone Toward Bitcoin, Stablecoins, Calling Them ‘Alternative Investment’

The deputy governor said bitcoin and stablecoins were investment options and not currency during the Boao Forum on Sunday.

News  ·  19 April 2021
China

Tech Consortium to Spend $1.3B to Build Filecoin Mining Facility in China

Upon its completion, the facility will be the largest filecoin distributed storage infrastructure project in China.

News  ·  15 April 2021
Investments

Goldman Sachs to Offer Bitcoin to Wealth Management Clients

A memo obtained by CoinDesk lays out the bank’s approach to providing clients with access to bitcoin and other digital assets.

News  ·  31 March 2021
Investments

Bitcoin IRA Reports Clients Invested Over $100M in ‘IRA Earn’ Program

The new program allows investors to deposit funds into a self-directed retirement account.

News  ·  19 March 2021
Markets

Bitcoin 1Q Retail Flow Exceeding Institutional Investment: JPMorgan Strategist

The decline in institutional investment may be one reason behind bitcoin's failure to hold above $60,000.

Markets  ·  15 March 2021
DeFi

Alameda Research Pumps $20M Into Cross-Chain DeFi Platform Reef Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's investment shop has bought $20 million in REEF tokens, with an eye to purchasing more.

Business  ·  12 March 2021
Enterprise Blockchain

Fetch.ai Nabs $5M in Institutional Investment; Fireblocks to Add Support for FET Token

The funding will be used to build out the machine-learning platform's existing and future applications.

News  ·  10 March 2021
Investments

Soros, Morgan Stanley Join $200M Investment in Bitcoin Firm NYDIG

NYDIG, the firm that facilitated MassMutual’s $100 million bitcoin buy last year, has raised $200 million from a cadre of big-name investors. The round included Stone Ridge Holdings Group, Morgan Stanley, New York Life, MassMutual, Soros Fund Management and FS Investments, NYDIG announced Monday. Past investors Bessemer Venture Partners and FinTech Collective also participated. “The […]

Business  ·  8 March 2021
CoinFlash

Norway-Listed Aker to Put 100% Bitcoin in Treasury Reserves of New Investment Unit

Owned by billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke, the firm's new investment entity, Seetee, is going all in on bitcoin.

Business  ·  8 March 2021