Dan Tapiero Launches $200M Fund to Invest in Crypto Companies

London-based CF Benchmarks provides reference data for crypto ETFs totalling $24 billion in AUM, mostly bitcoin products including BlackRock's IBIT.The firm is also now working with the new ETFs in Hong Kong which debuted earlier this week to rather meagre trading volume.The CEO of CF Benchmarks, a unit of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, predicts that despite

news Blockchain provenance startup Everledger has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by internet giant Tencent. In an announcement on Monday, Everledger said Tencent has now joined its board as part of the investment deal. Bloomberg Beta, Rakuten, Fidelity, Graphene Ventures and Vickers Venture Partners also took part in the round. The U.K.-based…

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading at about $29,500, up roughly 2.2% over the past 24 hours. BTC topped $30,000 at one point, near its earlier week highs but still well off its April peak close to $31,000. Still, investors seem to have forgotten Wednesday's dramatic seesawing when the crypto dipped to…

markets View Bitcoin is lacking clear directional bias for a ninth straight day, neutralizing the bullish view put forward by a long-tailed doji candle created on Feb. 27. As a result, a return to levels below $3,700 cannot be ruled out. A UTC close above the March 9 high of $3,950 would revive the short-term…

Bitcoin-focused investment vehicles received more than $700 million in fresh money last week as inflows to new spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offset the abating outflows from Grayscale's flagship fund, GBTC, asset manager CoinShares reported Monday.BlackRock-managed IBTC and Fidelity's FBTC, the two clear leaders among the newly issued spot bitcoin ETFs, booked $884 million

Jun 15, 2020 at 21:18 UTCSIMBA Chain is setting up a node at Tinker Air Force Base, home to the USAF's 448th Supply Chain Management Wing (Greg L. Davis/U.S. Air Force)US Air Force Gives Blockchain Firm $1.5M to Build Supply Chain NetworkSIMBA Chain, a blockchain-as-a-service company with deep ties to the Department of Defense, has…

news Losses arising from cryptocurrency hacks and fraud may have reached as high as $1.2 billion in the first quarter of the year, new research from blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace suggests. The total figure includes over $356 million lost from exchanges (including QuadrigaCX’s $195 million) and over $850 million alleged to have been lost from the…

May 27, 2020 at 16:10 UTCBitcoin Transaction Fees Decline as Network Congestion EasesAfter facing a heavy load of transactions earlier this month, bitcoin’s (BTC) network has returned to a more normal level, recent developments suggest.  The total amount of fees paid to miners was 80 BTC as of Tuesday, down from its 11-month high of…

Dec 29, 2020 at 9:22 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 29, 2020 at 9:41 p.m. UTCPolkadot founder Gavin Wood (Christine Kim for CoinDesk)Polkadot Surges After Binance Home Page Listing, $10M EndorsementPrices for DOT, the native token of Polkadot network and cross-chain protocol for data and asset interoperability, have risen more than 40% in the last week after…