SecondMarket

Venture Capital

MasterCard, CIBC and New York Life Join DCG Funding Round

Grace CaffynOct 27, 2015

MasterCard has been named as one of 11 investors in Digital Currency Group's new funding round.

Venture Capital

SecondMarket’s Bitcoin Desk Relaunches as Genesis Trading

Pete RizzoApr 16, 2015

The former digital currency trading division at SecondMarket has relaunched as the newest subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, Genesis Trading.

SecondMarket

Bitcoin Investment Trust and Genesis Trading Settle With SEC

Stan HigginsJul 11, 2016

The SEC has settled with the Bitcoin Investment Trust and its authorized participant following an investigation into a repurchase program.

Silk Road

SecondMarket: Syndicate Bidders Real Winners of Bitcoin Auction

Tanaya MacheelDec 9, 2014

SecondMarket managing director Brendan O’Connor discusses his syndicate's successful bid for 48,000 BTC confiscated from Ross Ulbricht.

Investment

FirstMark Director: Bitcoin Needs Entrepreneurs Who Understand Money

Pete RizzoDec 7, 2014

CoinDesk speaks to FirstMark Capital's Lawrence Lenihan, a bitcoin believer with sharp critiques for the industry's entrepreneurs.

SecondMarket

Boost VC

Tim Draper-Backed Bitcoin Exchange Vaurum Rebrands as Mirror

Daniel Cawrey

Vaurum has officially rebranded its institutional bitcoin exchange as Mirror as it prepares to launch in new markets.

SecondMarket

Barry Silbert Resigns SecondMarket CEO Position

Pete Rizzo

Bitcoin entrepreneur Barry Silbert is stepping down as CEO of SecondMarket to focus solely on bitcoin ventures.

SecondMarket

SecondMarket Hosts Bitcoin Talk for Professional Women’s Network

Tanaya Macheel

About 80 New York women met Thursday at SecondMarket HQ for a panel, "Bitcoin: The Future of Money".

Silk Road

US Marshals: One Auction Bidder Claimed All 30,000 Silk Road Bitcoins

Stan Higgins

A single, undisclosed bidder has won all 30,000 Silk Road bitcoins, according to the US Marshals Service.

Silk Road

US Marshals Release Update on Silk Road Bitcoin Auction

Pete Rizzo

45 registered bidders participated in the USMS event, with 63 bids received over the course of the auction.

Silk Road

Barry Silbert Releases Data on SecondMarket’s US Marshal Auction Syndicate

Pete Rizzo

SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert has released new data related to his organisation's US government auction bid.

Crime

Pantera, Binary and SecondMarket Emerge as Silk Road Bitcoin Bidders

Pete Rizzo

Bitcoin-focused investment firms Binary Financial, Pantera and SecondMarket discuss their participation in the upcoming auction of 30,000 seized BTC.