Investors

Derivatives

New Fund Gives Traders Blue-Chip Stock Exposure for Bitcoin

First Global Credit aims to let traders invest their bitcoin holdings in derivatives that mimic stock trading.

Markets  ·  7 October 2014
Exchanges

Blockchain to Grow Further After Closing $30.5 Million Funding Round

Popular wallet and data source Blockchain has closed one of the biggest funding rounds in bitcoin history, at $30.5m.

Business  ·  7 October 2014
Venture Capital

Investor Tim Draper Leads SnapCard’s $1.5 Million Seed Round

SnapCard has announced a $1.5m seed round led by Tim Draper, Crypto Coins Partners and Boost VC.

Business  ·  6 October 2014
BitGo

New Concierge Bitcoin Buying Service Targets High Net-Worth Investors

Binary Financial has debuted BTC-01, a bitcoin liquidity service that aims to target high net-worth investors and wealth managers.

Markets  ·  6 October 2014
Derivatives

Coinarch Brings Investment Banking Products to Bitcoin

Bitcoin trading platform Coinarch has a 'reverse convertible' investment product, claiming it is the first in the bitcoin world.

Markets  ·  6 October 2014
Bitcoin

Ex-VeriFone Exec: Bitcoin Isn’t Just Another Crazy Payments Idea

Ex-VeriFone CFO and new BitFury board member Bob Dykes talks about bitcoin in context of payments innovation.

Tech  ·  1 October 2014
Venture Capital

Top Bitcoin VCs Back Coinapult’s $775k Funding Round

Coinapult has announced $775k in venture funding from FirstMark Capital, Roger Ver and more.

Business  ·  30 September 2014
Markets

Predicting Bitcoin’s Next Price Rise

Most explanations of the falling price of bitcoin fail to stand up to scrutiny, so what's really going on?

Markets  ·  29 September 2014
Regulation

US Commodities Regulator to Hold Public Bitcoin Hearing

The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission will hold a public hearing on 9th October to address digital currency.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 September 2014
Venture Capital

Hedge Fund GABI Makes First Bitcoin Purchase via DigitalBTC

Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund (GABI) has completed its initial offer period and its first purchase of bitcoin.

Business  ·  23 September 2014
Markets

Downward Pressures Persist as Bitcoin’s Price Declines to Near $400

The price of bitcoin declined $50 today as overall downward momentum mounted, before rebounding at press time.

Business  ·  19 September 2014
Europe

Luxembourg Startup CoinPlus Closes Seed Funding Round

CoinPlus has completed a seed funding round of €172,500 and plans to accelerate development of its payment product.

Business  ·  18 September 2014
Venture Capital

Koinify Raises $1 Million for Smart Corporation Crowdfunding Platform

Koinify has raised $1m in funding from IDG Capital Partners, Brock Pierce's AngelList syndicate, and zPark Ventures.

Business  ·  17 September 2014
Venture Capital

How Bitcoin’s Banking Crunch is Holding Back US Startups

While global interest in bitcoin is increasing, startups in its largest market are facing hurdles that threaten innovation.

Business  ·  17 September 2014
Venture Capital

Bitcoin API Developer Gem Raises $2 Million in Seed Funding

Bitcoin API developer Gem has completed a $2m seed-funding round and appointed a former PayPal executive as COO.

Business  ·  17 September 2014