As the largest crypto asset manager in the world, Grayscale has over $ 2.7 billion in assets invested in 10 products. One of these is the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). Michael Sonnenshein, Grayscale General Manager for Investments, explained in an interview with ETF.com that there are major misunderstandings that prevent traditional investors from entering the…
Derivatives market CME Group has announced that it will offer options on bitcoin futures contracts from the first quarter of 2020. Maybe you remember CME, when the rate of bitcoin was $ 20,000 in 2017, CME launched futures on bitcoin. From that moment on the course collapsed. CME was created after a merger of the…
Regardless of the pressure of the authorities, the Libra Association plans to launch the cryptocurrency next year. The statement was made Friday by David Marcus, the head of Calibra, for the Swiss newspaper NZZ.He said the goal is to launch Libra in 2020, because at the current rate it will inevitably be postponed constantly. Marcus…
According to a new report by the Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) research group, the Kraken and Coinbase cryptocurrency exchanges provide the most honest trading volume data. BTI has already carried out the fifth cryptocurrency market research since August 2018 – thanks to their own algorithm, analysts estimate the real trading volume at various platforms. According…
Right now, most people know very little about cryptocurrencies. They are widely perceived as a kind of speculative instruments. But that will change once the wave of adoption of cryptocurrencies, which is the real function of this kind of money, will encompass the entire planet. Adoption of cryptocurrencies worldwide It might seem strange, but Western…
The Fiscal Code has been modified and now includes the obligation to report the profits obtained from cryptocurrencies. The reporting obligation applies only if the virtual currencies are converted into lei or used for the purchase of products and services. Individuals who earn money constantly from cryptocurrencies (over 600 lei a year) now have an…
NASA employs crypto and blockchain specialists – According to an announcement posted on LinkedIn on September 20, NASA is hiring crypto and blockchain specialists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. The laboratory is responsible for the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft and for conducting missions on Earth orbit. Among the qualifications required,…
After months of doubt and delay, the moment is there: Bakkt is live. Bakkt is a platform on which investors can trade in bitcoin futures. Bitcoin futures, but different With bitcoin futures, traders can speculate on the bitcoin rate. For example, they can bet on a price rise (a long position) or a price fall…
California Northern District Attorney Accused Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka of Hacking EtherDelta in December 2017. According to the indictment, the suspects changed the settings of the domain name system of the cryptocurrency platform, thereby misleading the exchange users with the aim of “collecting their addresses and private keys, as well as further withdrawing…
Modex has announced the launch of its BCDB platform, designed for the rapid development of blockchain applications. The platform is already being tested by a major oil and gas company Dietsmann. According to a press release, the development and deployment of blockchain projects on the BCDB platform takes “a matter of hours, compared with days…
