CME Futures Open at $20K, Crypto’s Market Cap Eclipses $600B

Following in the footsteps of CBOE, the CME Group launched its own highly anticipated Bitcoin futures on Sunday evening. Come Monday morning, cryptocurrency’s overall market capitalization reached another milestone at US$600 billion, making the jump from US$500 billion in just five days. Wall Street’s Newest Toy Adding to Bitcoin’s bullish December run, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s futures opened … Read more

ICOs Have Now Raised Over $4B in 2017

Even after losing steam coming out of the summer and autumn, ICOs continue to attract investor attention. As we close in on the latter half of December, they’ve raised a collective US$4 billion over the course of 2017.  This is not only a significant financial milestone, but it speaks to blockchain’s budding mainstream appeal as we … Read more