Investment

Coinbase

Coinbase Has Held Crypto Assets Like Bitcoin on Its Balance Sheet Since 2012

Jamie CrawleyFeb 25, 2021

The disclosure comes as Coinbase is preparing for a public listing in the U.S.

Investment

Swedish Regulator Warns Consumers Over Crypto Investment Product Risks

Tanzeel AkhtarFeb 22, 2021

The Financial Supervisory Authority said investment products such as bitcoin ETPs carry "significant" risk for consumers.

Berkshire Hathaway

Bitcoin ‘Too Volatile’ to Be Global Medium of Exchange, Says Berkshire’s Charlie Munger

Sebastian SinclairFeb 25, 2021

The 97-year-old vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said buying bitcoin is "the pursuit of the uneatable by the unspeakable."

Cryptocurrency

Even Skeptics May Need to Consider Crypto Exposure: WSJ’s Heard on the Street

Jamie CrawleyFeb 19, 2021

Cryptocurrency's viability as an investment may not be in its value as an asset but in the way the financial world is evolving because of it.

Investment

Bitcoin May Be a Better Investment Than Gold, Says DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach

Omkar GodboleFeb 18, 2021

Gundlach has previously said, "I don't believe in bitcoin."

Investment

Markets

‘Long Tech’ Retakes Most-Crowded Trade Crown from Bitcoin: Bank of America Survey

Omkar Godbole

Bitcoin had been most-crowded trade in January as prices rose to a $40,000 record.

Investment

New Kraken Venture Fund to Target Early-Stage Crypto, Tech Startups

Tanzeel Akhtar

Kraken Ventures will operate autonomously, with financial backing from the exchange.

Investment

Former HSBC Exec and Blockchain Expert Diana Biggs Joins Valour as CEO

Jamie Crawley

Biggs is an associate fellow at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, guest lecturing on blockchain technology and digital assets.

DeFi

New $50M Venture Fund Aims to Bridge East-West DeFi Investment Divide

Jamie Crawley

Spartan Group's new fund has raised over $30 million in its first round, with a further $20 million expected to be raised in March or April.

South Korea

Following GameStop, South Korea Financial Regulator Extends Ban on Short Sales

Sandali Handagama

Caving to pressure from retail traders, South Korea's ban on short-selling has been extended through May.

Pension Funds

California Pension Fund Loaded Up on RIOT Shares During Bitcoin’s Q4 Rally

Danny Nelson

The largest public pension in the U.S. bought more RIOT shares for the first time since 2017.

Grayscale Investments

Grayscale Reopens Its Ethereum Trust to Investors

Tanzeel Akhtar

The ether trust had been closed in late December.