Coinbase Stacks Up… Finally When Coinbase (COIN) went public earlier this year, a common critique emerged… For a company as large and as deeply entrenched into the crypto ecosystem as Coinbase, they held a relatively…
MUST READS Hackers Steal $40 Million Worth of Bitcoin From Binance Exchange Yesterday, hackers stole over 7,000 bitcoin (BTC) from the Binance exchange—worth over $40 million. The theft happened in Binance’s “hot wallets,” which account for…
MUST READS US Stock Broker E*Trade to Launch Bitcoin and Ether Trading: Report Good news this week, folks. First, we’ll start off with some E*Trade Financial rumblings (who, by the way, has a ~5M retail…
MUST READS Big Corporates Back Crypto ‘Plumbing’ Despite Currency Caution VC and corporate investments in crypto/blockchain startups have raced to $850 million so far this year, as shown by Reuters. The 13 deals put the flows on…
MUST READS Visa and Coinbase Unite for a Crypto Debit Card Coinbase has teamed up with Visa to make crypto payments an everyday reality. This week they introduced Coinbase Card which allows users to “spend crypto as effortlessly…
MUST READS Andreessen Horowitz is Blowing Up the Venture Capital Model (Again) Keep an eye on Andreessen Horowitz and its forays in the space… It’s now looking like the firm is gearing up to do…
MUST READS BTC Passes $5k… Why? So what’s to blame? Some people are pointing to an April Fools’ Day story that the SEC had approved Bitcoin ETFs, while others are saying it has to do with a single…
MUST READS Large Crypto Funds: Facebook Coin is the “Most Bullish Thing” for the Market Say what you will about the personal failings of Mark Zuckerberg – and there may be plenty – but his…
MUST READS The Bitcoin Bank Back from the Dead with Billions at Stake The notorious Tokyo-based crypto exchange, Mt. Gox, collapsed in 2014 after losing $400 million. Five years later, it’s worth $1.2 billion and…
MUST READS How a Bitcoin Evangelist Made Himself Vanish, in 15 (Not So Easy) Steps In October 2017, a SWAT team descended on Jameson Lopp’s house in North Carolina. Someone — it still isn’t clear…