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Secretive High-Tech Wall Street Trading Firm is Now Trading Bitcoin

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This week Jane Street Capital a global proprietary trading firm has announced it has been trading BTC these days. Often referred to as one of Wall Street’s most secretive investment companies, Jane Street says if cryptocurrencies continue to rise they expect to be involved. Also read: Championing Decentralized Exchanges, Now Might Be the Perfect Time … Read more

Peter Thiel Is Long on Bitcoin, a “Deeply Contrarian Investment”

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Paypal. Facebook. Linkedin. Yelp. Those are just a few of the companies billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel had an early financial hand in helping bloom. His fiscal judgement is often sought, and Mr. Thiel was keynote guest at The Economic Club of New York’s luncheon hosted by Maria Bartiromo, where he was asked his latest … Read more

The Bitcoin Misery Index: Finding An Entry Way With Sadness

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This week the Wall Street analyst and Fundstrat executive, Tom Lee, has revealed a new index that helps cryptocurrency investors know the right time to buy BTC. The indicator is called the ‘Bitcoin Misery Index’ that calculates multiple market factors. Also read: Ant Creek: Is Bitmain Quietly Developing a Mining Facility in the US? The ‘Bitcoin … Read more

Coinbase to Launch its First Crypto Index Fund

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Popular US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced today the launch of its first ever index fund. Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX), which is owned by the San Francisco-based retail exchange, will provide to its accredited investors the option of buying the lot, all assets, weighted, into one financial product. Also read: Québec Premier: We’re Not Really Interested … Read more

Patent Data Reveals the Banking Sector’s Strange Relationship with Bitcoin

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Banks and bitcoin are odd bedfellows, but they do share some things in common. To its proponents, bitcoin is the future of money, but it still takes “traditional” money to purchase cryptocurrency, and right now, banks control the conduits. If these oligarchs have their way, they’ll also have a controlling stake in the crypto sphere … Read more

Crypto Index Fund Bitwise Delivers 45% Return in First Two Months

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These days more players on Wall Street are adopting bitcoin as a new vehicle that can potentially deliver amazing growth opportunities, and traditional investors are reaping the benefits. An index fund operated by Bitwise, for example, has delivered a 45% return in its first two months. Also Read: Cryptocurrency Regulator Found Dead at His Home … Read more