Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto

Bitcoin's price may soar this month and so, too, might the shares of MicroStrategy, which owns billions of dollars worth of BTC, a TD Cowen analyst said.MicroStrategy is poised to be "meaningfully higher" at the end of the year, Lance Vitanza said.Bitcoin (BTC) has significant upside potential this month thanks to two big catalysts and

Nov 29, 2019 at 10:38 UTCUpdated Nov 29, 2019 at 10:41 UTCShanghai image via ShutterstockLittle-Known Crypto Exchange With Ties to a Shanghai Firm Halts Services, Says CEO ‘Missing’An obscure cryptocurrency exchange named IDAX has said its "global CEO has gone missing" and asked users to stop using its services.The exchange said in an urgent notice…

news One company thinks it knows how to get a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) approved by U.S. regulators. Wilshire Phoenix, a relatively young financial firm in New York, filed to launch the United States Bitcoin & Treasury Investment Trust ETF in May with NYSE Arca. At that point, a dozen bitcoin ETF proposals had already been…

A recent report published by the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG), which claimed several cryptocurrency exchanges it investigated are vulnerable to market manipulation, has drawn backlash from industry players. In a blog post published Thursday, Coinbase's chief policy officer, Mike Lempres, wrote that the OAG's assertions in the report have led to misrepresentation of…

Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency companies. Based in Menlo Park, CA, Pantera was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead and originally focused on global macro hedge fund investments. The firm shifted its focus to the blockchain industry in 2013, and was at that time backed by major…

Featured SpeakerDaniel AlegreCEOYuga LabsHear from Yuga Labs new CEO in his first public appearance since assuming the position.Rosie Perper is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Web3 news section, focusing on the metaverse, NFTs, DAOs and emerging technology like VR/AR. She has previously worked across breaking news, global finance, tech, culture and business. She holds…

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Feb 19, 2020 at 17:09 UTCUpdated Feb 19, 2020 at 17:21 UTCSEC (Image via Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock)The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled securities law violation charges with Enigma MPC, a blockchain startup which raised $45 million in a 2017 token sale.The regulator announced Wednesday that under the settlement, Enigma will…

Beau Barnes and Jake Chervinsky of Kobre & Kim LLP are litigators and government enforcement defense attorneys who specialize in disputes and investigations related to digital assets. This article is not intended to provide legal advice. For the past year, the cryptocurrency industry’s attention has focused on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s deliberations over how…