The past seven days shaped up to be a big week for crypto, with Kraken becoming the first crypto company in the U.S. to receive a bank charter recognised under state and federal law, and MicroStrategy buying $175M more bitcoin, resulting in them now owning 0.18% of all bitcoin that will ever exist Here's our weekly roundup of the [...]
In our latest weekly roundup we take in the latest on the SushiSwap saga, Mastercard's launch of its CBDC testing platform, the EU's pledging action on stablecoins and other big reads from the past week in the industry. If you'd like to get in touch about any of our services, just send us a note, we look forward [...]
Bitcoin’s price has been on a rollercoaster ride over the past week. After briefly getting above the psychologically important $12,000 mark on Wednesday afternoon, successive waves of selling that began in Asian hours on Thursday had pushed it within a few dollars of $10,000 just 24 hours later, showing investors that it still wins in the volatility stakes. Here's [...]
Bitcoin took another step towards mainstream adoption last week, with Fidelity showing it is serious about the digital currency as a long-term investment opportunity. Meanwhile, the SEC took steps of its own to lower the barrier of entry to private markets. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell gave a highly anticipated speech that detailed the Federal Reserve's changing [...]
Our Founder and CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie joins LAB577 Director Farzad Pezeshkpour for an interview by Binance's Teana Baker-Taylor, unpacking BLINC, the European crypto industry's first real-time fiat settlement network
It's been interesting to note the growing awareness of crypto as an asset group, with mentions in the mainstream press remaining high since the halving in May. The Grayscale TV ad which went live last week, positioning cryptocurrency as a natural evolution of money, and Galaxy Digital's full page ad in The Financial Times, are hard to miss for an audience [...]
Bitcoin ended last week at $11,683 – the highest weekly close since January 2018 and climbed above $12,000 early today, before dipping once more. This has opened the doors for further gains, according to some analysts. Here's our weekly roundup of the industry news and big reads. If you'd like to get in touch about any of our services, just [...]
'Crypto Banking & Real-Time Digital Currency Settlements' with BCB Group Partner Ben Sebley - Crypto banking heavy hitter BCB Group has launched BLINC, the First Network to Enable Free, Instant Settlement Across Multiple Digital and Fiat Currencies. With the announcement of this news, Crypto Fund Report's Alex Mascioli and Ryan Gorman speak with BCB Group [...]
Our Founder and CEO joins the Three Crypto Questions podcast to talk about the state of institutional payments infrastructure in light of the launch of BLINC, our new real-time payment network. The interview covers the current status of clearing and settlement systems in institutional crypto trading and Oliver takes us through the benefits of using [...]
It was an interesting weekend which saw bitcoin crash by more than $1,000 in a matter of minutes on Sunday, after touching its highest value this year of $12,000, although market sentiment remained seemingly unphased. Bitcoin has in fact risen 24% during over the course of the past month, its best July in eight years. Here's our weekly roundup of the [...]
