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A new report by crypto research company Bitooda claims that China accounts for only 50% of global Bitcoin mining capacity, and the U.S. 14%. The data is in sharp contrast with earlier findings from the University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), which put China’s share of the world hash rate at 65% and … Read more
During the last year, the cryptoconomy has picked up pace after a drawn out crypto winter. When market prices were low and startups were short on capital, a bunch of firms laid off employees in 2018. A year later, and digital currency companies are hiring. Also read: Regulatory Roundup: EU-Wide Crypto Regulations, New Rules in … Read more
Fidelity Investments is expanding its crypto services to European clients after seeing increasing potential in this market. The expansion builds upon the company’s U.S. crypto business. “We’ve seen significant interest and engagement by the institutional community, which show no signs of slowing,” the company revealed. Also read: Regulatory Roundup – Crypto ‘Inevitable’ in India, China … Read more
Fidelity Investments’ new cryptocurrency arm is now up and running. The unit, Fidelity Digital Assets, began operations earlier this quarter but didn’t make any noise about it. It has already started offering trade execution and crypto custody services to institutional investors such as hedge funds and private wealth management firms. Also read: UN Panel: North … Read more
In this edition of The Daily we feature a number of traditional financial companies that are stepping into the crypto assets world. Fidelity Investments backs Coin Metrics, London Stock Exchange Group funds tokenization platform Nivaura and Sofi is set to add crypto support. Also Read: Top Business School in India to Offer Advanced Blockchain Program … Read more
The race for the cryptocurrency custodial king is quickly heating up. Just days after Fidelity Investments announced that it would offer crypto security and storage services, BitGo has announced the closing of its Series B funding round. The startup offers crypto custody solutions through its BitGo Trust subsidiary. The $58.5 million round saw participation from … Read more
Over the last few months, there’s been a lot of talk about institutional money coming into the digital asset economy. On Tuesday, the institutional-grade cryptocurrency trading platform Caspian announced the end of its beta stage. Caspian claims 15 institutions are utilizing the trading platform and the firm expects to onboard 50 clients by the year’s … Read more
Fidelity Investment has announced that it’s launching a cryptocurrency storage and trading platform. Dubbed Fidelity Digital Assets LLC, the new platform will cater mainly to institutional investors, offering custody solutions for digital assets, institutional advisory services and a crypto trading platform for its clients. Fidelity made the announcement today, October 15 during the Bloomberg Institutional … Read more
Fidelity Investments has announced the launch of a new company dedicated to providing cryptocurrency services including custody and trade execution. The services will be available to institutional investors such as hedge funds, family offices, and market intermediaries. Also read: 160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter Japanese Market, Regulator Reveals New Crypto Company Formed Leading financial services … Read more
Fidelity Investments is reportedly taking steps to offer a variation on the cryptocurrency exchange theme. Without an official public announcement, enthusiasts have precious few concrete details on which to hang hope. However, combine the retail legacy asset management company’s long time bullish attitude on bitcoin with what has been revealed this week through internal documents, … Read more
