Category: Digital Currency

Fidelity
October 15, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Fidelity Investments is now all-in the cryptocurrency game

Fidelity Investments, one of the biggest US financial companies in the world, managing around $7 trillion in client assets, is now launching a completely new company that will only handle cryptocurrencies for their clients. The new entity, called Fidelity Digital Asset Services, will handle cryptocurrency trades and help institutional investors with their digital asset businesses.…

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October 08, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Yale invests in a $400 million cryptocurrency fund

David Swenson, or as many will call him, the "Warren Buffet of Yale", is the investment guru that has been running the Yale Endowment Fund for over 33 years now. Managing around $30 billion in assets under management, Swenson is famous for his wealth management abilities and his shrewdness when it comes to allocating the…

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October 03, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The "launch and kill" of the Wall Street Journal Coin

The Wall Street Journal has reportedly launched its own digital coin, called WSJCoin and killed it almost immediately, says a report from Finance Magnates. Interested investors did not even have time to access the coin. The WSJ reporter, who was given the task to explore the option of launching the coin, Steven Russolillo, did not manage…

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September 19, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Cryptocurrency risks in Dubai

Dubai is one of the most advanced countries in the world. The cryptocurrency sector is no exception. Dubai is one the countries that is cryptocurrency "friendly" and is embracing the technology of blockchain. However, the risks associated with altcoins are rising. The police in Dubai warned the community that users and investors can expect fraud,…

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Coinbase Advanced partners with Coinrule for AI-automated trading
September 18, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase with a new Data Science chief

Coinbase "stole" Linkedin's head of data science just recently. Michael Li, who was Linkedin's Head of Analytics and Data Science has now joined the cryptocurrency unicorn to be its Vice President of Data, according to his Linkedin profile. With a educational background in Engineering in China and the US, Mr. Li worked in Capital One,…

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September 18, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin "Whales" are moving the market

The price of Bitcoin is everything but stable these days. And while there are many analyses and news as to why the "people's currency" is jumping up and down with huge price swings, there may be a simpler economic explanation. According to some press, the reason why the price has been recently moving are the…

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September 18, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The first SMS cryptocurrency wallet - mCoin in Africa

The London-based ONEm Communications has launched the so called mCoin, a "pseudo-mining" program on the oldest continent. The mCoin is distributed to people through the method of "pseudo-mining", meaning that users can receive the coin if they do something good for the society. For now, the company gives people the coin by making them text…

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