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Mike Novogratz Hires Goldman Sachs Exec for Crypto Merchant Bank

Famous cryptocurrency investor and trader Mike Novogratz has hired a Goldman Sachs executive for his cryptocurrency merchant bank. $40K Bitcoin by End of 2018? Last November, Mike Novogratz made headlines when he predicted that Ethereum would hit $500 by the end of 2017 and Bitcoin could reach $40K by the end of 2018. Novogratz’s prediction for Ethereum proved true as the cryptocurrency actually surpassed $500 and even almost hit $1400. Since then, the whole cryptocurrency
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Ashour Iesho · April 12, 2018 · 3:30 pm
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Wall Street Bonuses May Spark ‘Crypto Buying Spree of Epic Proportions’

Digital Currency Group director Meltem Demirors has forecast an “explosion” of buying across cryptocurrency as Wall Street bankers spend their bonuses. ‘A Buying Spree Of Epic Proportions’ January 15 Speaking to Business Insider late last week, Demirors echoed earlier tweets in which he expected a giant influx of cash from traditional investors with “cash a plenty to put into crypto.” “Get ready for an explosion,” she told the publication. Cryptocurrency markets are broadly down this
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Wilma Woo · January 9, 2018 · 8:30 am
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It’s Bitcoin Bonuses This Year for Some Wall Street Bankers and Traders

Year-end bonuses on Wall Street are getting a generous dose of digital juice as many companies plan to add Bitcoin to the traditional mix of stocks and cash. Bitcoin, it seems, is here to stay. After boasting incredible YTD gains of over 1500% and a market cap rivaling that of most S&P 500 companies, the digital currency can no longer be ignored. Although businesses as a whole are slow to adopt Bitcoin, they are beginning
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Jinia Shawdagor · December 10, 2017 · 4:30 pm
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Wall Street and Chicago Big Names are joining the Bitcoin Wagon

Bitcoin has proven itself as a great digital asset thanks to the tremendous increase in its price. After a great deal of reluctance, Wall Street and Chicago financial pros have also joined the Bitcoin bandwagon, looking to get a share of what this digital currency offers. Earlier in the year, we saw Wall Street pros such as Josh Brown and Bill Miller testing the Bitcoin waters, stating that if the digital currency survived the August split,
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Jinia Shawdagor · December 8, 2017 · 3:00 pm
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US Dollar Crashes Against Bitcoin to Record Low

Bitcoin prices have charged past $10,000, delivering a new blow to the US dollar, now worth less than 0.0001 BTC for the first time. $10k Bitcoin Weathers Press Bubble Barrage Data uploaded Wednesday showed the unprecedented exchange rate come into being as Bitcoin continued towards $11,000. Within hours of passing the magic $10k, the virtual currency hit a current all-time high of $10,696 before correcting downwards, according to Bitstamp. As of press time, prices are
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Wilma Woo · November 29, 2017 · 6:30 am
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Macro Trader Mike Novogratz Says Wall Street Nearing Bitcoin Adoption

Former hedge fund manager turned cryptocurrency investor Mike Novogratz just said he believes institutional investors are only weeks away from adopting Bitcoin and Ethereum en masse. Novogratz also said this Wall Street “migration” will cause crypto prices to surge. Fortress Investment Group alumni Mike Novogratz once again offered his bullish opinions on the crypto space in new comments from the first day of New York’s Reuters Global 2018 Investment Outlook Summit. “The institutionalization of this space
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William Peaster · November 14, 2017 · 5:00 am
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Ahead of the Curve: Traditional Stocks Capitalizing on the Bitcoin Boom

With the crypto craze seemingly only beginning, a few non-crypto companies have leveraged themselves to capitalize early. And it’s these companies’ stocks that are reaping the benefits of such first-mover status in the explosive crypto space. Early Birds Get the Worms: CME, Graphics Processors Companies Are Ones to Watch Graphics Processing firms like AMD and NVIDIA have had strong performances in the stock market so far in 2017 courtesy of an explosion of user interest
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William Peaster · November 12, 2017 · 8:30 pm
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Wall Street’s Old Guard Has A Double Standard When It Comes To Bitcoin

After JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon sensationally labeled Bitcoin a ‘fraud’ last week, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Ray Dalio, has also come out against the cryptocurrency calling it a ‘bubble’. However, it seems like banking’s old guard does not put their money where their mouth is. The Dimon Dilemma JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon heavily attacked Bitcoin last week calling it a ‘fraud’ and even went as far as saying that
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Karan Kapoor · September 20, 2017 · 12:30 pm
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Wall Street Meets Bitcoin Boulevard – The World of High-Speed BTC Trading

It would be just lovely to say that Bitcoin is the economic revolution founded and funded by libertarians and economic idealists worldwide. That may have indeed been Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision back in 2008. However, where the rubber meets the road has proven far different than this altruistic vision. Wall Street Sharks Dive Into Bitcoin The vast majority of all Bitcoin trades are done by people just for the sake of making a trade, to drive
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Evander Smart · January 17, 2017 · 2:00 am
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BitcoinAverage Weekly Price Forecast

The bitcoin price should make a sharp jump above $420 resistance level this week, and looks bullish at least for the near short term. The target for a continued upward trend is $440, a level dating back to February 14 2016. A declining sloping trend line cuts right around $440, and some more resistance should kick in. This resistance will likely push back on price and force it to retrace to $420. Beyond the short
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Bitcoinist.net · April 7, 2016 · 6:00 am
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Overstock’s TØ Platform is Reinventing Wall Street

Imagine a world where any business or company could go public without the excessive and often unfair costs involved. A place where the stock market did not control the future of our children and fluctuate our daily expenses based on nothing more than a few personal gains. These gains owned by few who — through the use of the media and internal conversations — manipulate the future of our global wealth. Wealth that could be
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evok3d · September 4, 2015 · 8:00 am
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Nasdaq Partnership with Chain Marks a New Trend

Recently, Wall Street companies have become increasingly interested in Bitcoin’s technology. One of these companies is Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.; this week Nasdaw announced a partnership with Cain — a new San Francisco-based startup — for a “Pilot Test Program” to test trading private company shares with the blockchain. Also Read: Nasdaq OMX to Bring Blockchain Technology to Wall Street Bob Greifeld, CEO of Nasdaq, stated: ”We are excited about the potential impact of this new endeavor
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Nuno Menezes · June 29, 2015 · 3:00 pm
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Are Wall Street and The Banks Trying To Circumvent the Bitcoin Blockchain?

For the first two or three years, arguably Bitcoin was a toy for nerds, and some dissenters might even go to say Bitcoin is just for anarchists and liberalists. However, as more people used it, and more companies started accepting it, Venture Capitalists and Wall Street started catching on. Also Read: Wall Street is Quickly Moving in on Bitcoin First it was just the small seed investment round here and there, usually investments below $100,000
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Nigel Dollentas · May 24, 2015 · 9:00 am
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Barry Silbert to Speak at Inside Bitcoins New York

Inside Bitcoins New York will host Barry Silbert as a speaker on Day 3 of the event in a moderated “Fireside Chat”. Barry Silbert will discuss bitcoin investing, and the latest trends, changes, technologies, and companies currently shaping bitcoin. Also Read: Inside Bitcoins New York: Sarah Martin to Speak on Day 3 Barry Silbert: Bitcoin Pioneer Barry Silbert has been a key leader in the rising bitcoin industry, even being selected in Fortune’s “40 under 40” in
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Natalie Johnson · April 25, 2015 · 3:00 pm
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Wall Street is Quickly Moving in on Bitcoin

Bitcoin on Wall street has been the subject of many headlines in 2015 thus far. As bitcoin makes headway in the financial world, the signs are clear, Wall Street is quickly moving in on bitcoin. Also Read: Interview with David and Ron of Digital Currency Labs The Wall Street Journal reports: Amid a slew of deals involving prominent finance and tech companies lie signs that the U.S. business establishment is exploring innovative new enterprise uses for digital
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Natalie Johnson · April 4, 2015 · 8:00 am
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BIT to be The First Publicly Traded Bitcoin Fund

With approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) is set to be the first publicly traded bitcoin fund. The exchange beats the famous Winklevoss Twins in their attempt to create the first Bitcoin ETF. The Winklevoss Twins’ exchange has been ready for more than a year, but has failed to launch due to not getting regulatory approval. The reason for the delay is that they are trying to create
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Jeffrey Maxim · March 17, 2015 · 8:00 am
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Bitcoin Center NYC Launches A Startup Incubator

Bitcoin Center NYC, a large space for the bitcoin community, has announced it has launched an incubator for bitcoin startups. The NYC first grabbed headlines in early 2013 when it recognized as one of the first (and largest) bitcoin meetups in the world. Its location in the heart of New York, a short distance from the New York Stock Exchange, has since became a hub for Bitcoin in the large city and a model for
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Jeffrey Maxim · March 8, 2015 · 8:00 am
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Regulation, Bitcoin Technology
WedBush Securities Is Looking For A Bitcoin Director

At the beginning of 2014, Wedbush Securities, a financial services and investment firm, decided to accept Bitcoin. A month later, the company released a research paper saying that speculation and trading on Bitcoin’s volatility, attributes regarded by most as holding back the currency, were actually its first killer app. The paper also noted that the currency would either be worth zero dollars or a million dollars. Since then, the institution has only increased their involvement
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Guilherme Fernandes · January 14, 2015 · 8:00 am