EU Based Extauri Joins NASDAQ, Bakkt in Race to Compliant Exchange

The next benchmark in cryptocurrency adoption will likely take place through the acceptance of compliant securities exchanges that offers crypto trading and investment alongside traditional securities. November marks a major month towards this regard as leading initiatives have set November deadlines for their primary products. Many prominent analysts and speculators suggest that the development of … Read more

6 Institutional-Grade Bitcoin OTC Traders Worth Checking Out

Most of the Bitcoin trading volume does not originate from centralized exchanges. To the novice user community, that may seem rather strange. However, OTC has, and always will be, a far more liquid to buy and sell large amounts of cryptocurrency without affecting market prices directly. Below are six Bitcoin OTC traders most people have … Read more

Morgan Creek Launches Digital Asset Index Fund for Institutional Investors

Morgan Creek Digital, an asset management firm backed by multi-billion dollar investment advisor Morgan Creek Capital Management, has announced the launch of the Digital Asset Index Fund in partnership with Bitwise Asset Management. Also Read: The Daily: Chinese Crackdown Continues, ICO Head Faces 15 Years in Prison Opening Up Crypto for Pension Funds According to … Read more

The Daily: Stoners Drop Crypto From IPO, Binance Launches Academy

In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover stories about the stoners’ magazine High Times which dropped cryptocurrencies from its IPO, Binance launching its own academy, an institutional investors program by Kucoin and the Cash App expanding its crypto buying service across America. Also Read: An ICO Venture Is Trying to Take Over a … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Stays Put as Analysts Consider the Future

At press time, the father of cryptocurrency is digging its heels into the ground and staying right where it is. In other words, the currency fell to $7,500 yesterday, and is remaining in this position. It’s not spiking any further, but it’s not dropping either, and we must take every bit of news as it … Read more

The Weekly: Musk Bots Blocked, US Crypto Candidate, a Herd of Institutional Investors

In this week’s daily editions of Bitcoin in Brief, we reported about Twitter blocking ETH scambots mimicking Elon Musk, a US presidential candidate who accepts crypto donations, the expected arrival of a ‘herd of institutional investors’ and much more. The most commented-on article during the week covered the latest development of the ongoing legal battle … Read more

The Daily: Crypto Vault in Hong Kong, ‘Herd of Institutional Investors’ in Crypto

A Hong Kong-based investment firm is planning to launch a new crypto-custody service to address the growing interest from institutional clients, and we’ve covered the story in today’s Bitcoin in Brief. Also in The Daily, billionaire Mike Novogratz expects an influx of institutional investors into the crypto space; a new survey claims 30 percent of … Read more

Bitcoin Futures Volume Spike As Cboe Awaits ETF Decision

Everyone knows that bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have been on a steady decline since the last month of 2017. While digital asset spot prices have been quite volatile, bitcoin futures products provided by two of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges, Cboe and CME Group, have seen a steady increase in trade volume and more liquidity … Read more

Cryptocurrency Firm Circle Sees Institutional Interest Spike 30%

This week the cryptocurrency firm Circle revealed it has seen a significant uptick in institutional interest. According to Circle CEO and co-founder, Jeremy Allaire says even though cryptocurrency markets were down in during the month of May the company saw a 30 percent spike from institutional clients last month. Also read: Meet Three More Applications That … Read more

Crypto Exchange for Institutional Traders Launches in Gibraltar

A new crypto trading platform providing services to institutional investors has made a soft launch in Europe. The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has introduced 300 retail account holders and a select number of institutional participants to its platform. GBX, a subsidiary of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX), aims to become one of the first licensed … Read more