The number of companies filing to receive approval to launch a Bitcoin ETF in the US continues to increase with the addition of Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital. If approved, the Galaxy Bitcoin ETF will trade on the NYSE Arca exchange. Based in New York, Galaxy Digital is a diversified financial services firm dedicated to the...Read More
Virtue Poker, a project backed by the blockchain mogul ConsenSys, has completed a strategic investment round of $5 million. Strategic Investment Ahead of Mainnet Launch The news comes ahead of the mainnet launch, which is scheduled to happen in May 2021. Virtue Poker is the only blockchain-based company that’s received an official license from the...Read More
MicroStrategy, a publicly-listed company spearheaded by Michael Saylor, who’s arguably one of Bitcoin’s biggest proponents, will now pay the board fees to its non-employee directors in bitcoin. According to a new filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), MicroStrategy has modified the compensation arrangements for non-employee directors. Per the document, they will...Read More
By partnering with a German-based investment firm and Switzerland’s Digital Assets AG, Binance will introduce zero commission tradable stock tokens. Each new coin will represent one share of equity stock and will be fully backed by a depository portfolio of underlying securities. The first such token will be Tesla. Binance Launches Commission-Free Tradable Stock Tokens...Read More
Apart from surpassing the $1 trillion level, bitcoin’s market capitalization is now worth more than two of the largest financial service companies – Visa and MasterCard – combined. Moreover, BTC’s market cap is also higher than several of the largest US-based banks, including JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citigroup. Bitcoin Above Visa and MasterCard The...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE] Raze Network, the first Polkadot-based cross-chain privacy protocol, announced its public distribution sale on Balancer Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (LBP) to make Raze tokens accessible in a fair, linear, and decentralized manner. Trustless, decentralized privacy protocol Raze Network successfully raised $2.2 million in its seed and private funding rounds. The seed and private funding...Read More
Chapter 4 of the book The Blocksize War is published below. The full book is available on Amazon. As a reminder, 50% of any profits from physical book sales will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. The Blocksize...Read More
