Citadel CEO Denies Any Interest in Bitcoin; Market Remains Entirely Unfazed
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of the Citadel hedge fund, is denying any interest in the cryptocurrency and even going...
Companies
You Can Now Use The Lightning Network To Buy (Virtually) Anything
Cryptocurrency cellphone top-up company Bitrefill has announced it will start selling gift vouchers for Amazon and other brands — effectively...
Ethereum ‘Catalyzed’ Crypto Bull Market, Says Circle CEO Allaire
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has publicly praised Ethereum, countering cryptocurrency community criticism of the network and its perspectives this week....
Malta Marches To Crypto Dominance With New Joint Exchange From OKEx
The Maltese Stock Exchange (MSX) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese cryptocurrency exchange OKEx to create a...
Grayscale Investments’ $250M Record Shows Appetite For Bitcoin Is Growing
Barry Silbert’s Grayscale Investments has released an income report which defies the theory that lower Bitcoin prices mean less cash...
MasterCard Wins Patent to Increase Cryptocurrency Payment Speed
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted MasterCard a patent for a method of increasing the speed of cryptocurrency...
‘We’re In It For The Long Haul’ — CheapAir CEO on Dropping Coinbase [Interview]
Bitcoinist caught up with CheapAir CEO Jeff Klee to find out why exactly his company just switched from Coinbase to...
FDIC-rypto? IBM, Stronghold to Launch First Insured Stablecoin
IBM has partnered with fintech startup Stronghold to launch a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar. The cryptocurrency will be...
