Bitcoin in the Headlines: A Clash of Economics
Despite featuring its fair share of salacious material this week's news cycle was more mature in its assessment of bitcoin as a financial technology.
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May 29, 2015 at 3:26 p.m. UTC
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SecondMarket's Bitcoin Desk Relaunches as Genesis Trading
The former digital currency trading division at SecondMarket has relaunched as the newest subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, Genesis Trading.
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Apr 16, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Investment Trust Sponsor Launches Ahead of Market Debut
Grayscale director Michael Sonnenshein discusses the launch of the newest among a group of companies in Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group.
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Mar 26, 2015 at 8:20 p.m. UTC
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ShapeShift Raises $525k, Reveals Erik Voorhees as Creator
Instant bitcoin and altcoin exchange ShapeShift has received $525,000 in seed funding from investors Barry Silbert and Roger Ver.
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Mar 10, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Investment Trust Gets FINRA Green Light to Trade
The Bitcoin Investment Trust is set to become the first publicly traded bitcoin fund, having received approval from US securities regulator FINRA.
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Mar 2, 2015 at 10:59 a.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's Twitterati React to Price Decline
As the bitcoin price plummeted today, notable figures from within the bitcoin community took to Twitter to share perspectives on the decline.
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Jan 14, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
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OneName Raises Seed Funding to Fuel Decentralized Identity Protocol
Open-source identity protocol OneName has announced a project development roadmap while revealing new details about its investors.
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Nov 13, 2014 at 11:02 p.m. UTC
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BitX to Expand Further in Emerging Markets with New Funding Deal
Emerging market-focused bitcoin exchange BitX has raised S$1m as part of its latest seed funding round.
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Aug 19, 2014 at 1:01 a.m. UTC
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Barry Silbert Leads $250k Investment in Indian Bitcoin Startup Unocoin
Bangalore-based bitcoin exchange and merchant processor Unocoin is the latest investment for Barry Silbert's Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.
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Aug 11, 2014 at 7:50 p.m. UTC
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Barry Silbert Resigns SecondMarket CEO Position
Bitcoin entrepreneur Barry Silbert is stepping down as CEO of SecondMarket to focus solely on bitcoin ventures.
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Jul 24, 2014 at 10:02 p.m. UTC
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