Taking Ether Public: An Interview with Ether Capital CEO Michael Conn Ether Capital is positioning itself to be the first Ethereum-focused publicly traded company. Having already raised $45 million through a private placement, the Toronto-based firm is now close to finalizing the r…… Read More
Why U.S. stocks may still not be “cheap enough” Prospects for a trade war are having an impact on markets, but for bargain hunters, stocks are still expensive. Russ suggests looking outside the U.S.… Read More
Coinbase Takes Steps Toward Becoming an Alternative Trading System Cryptocurrency trading firm Coinbase has entered into talks with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about registering as a licensed broker-dealer firm and electronic trading venue, The Wall Street Journa…… Read More
SEC Freezes $27 Million in Stock Trades From Blockchain Company Longfin On April 6, 2018, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order to freeze $27 million in stock trades from Longfin Corp., a publicly traded blockchain technology company. According t…… Read More
Chinese Private Equity Group Unites Blockchain and Investment Strategies As cryptocurrencies continue to make their mark on the financial arena, many capital investment firms are looking to bring the power of the blockchain and traditional investment strategies together to give trader…… Read More
No, Washington is not to blame for the volatility Many are pointing a finger at Washington for the recent spike in volatility. But, as Russ explains, the catalysts lie elsewhere.… Read More
BlockFi Gives Hodlers Another Option to Borrow Against Crypto Assets Options for borrowing and lending with cryptocurrencies are on the rise. One of the latest start-ups to join the likes of SALT and Unchained Capital is BlockFi, a New York City–based startup that issues loans bac…… Read More
Setting sail with effective use of factors Patrick talks about how to build a portfolio of factors—and why.… Read More
Hong Kong Exchange OKEx Rolls Back Futures Transactions Hong Kong–based cryptocurrency trading platform OKEx announced on March 30 that it was rolling back on all futures transactions due to what executives deemed an “irregular sell-off.” The exchange issued the follo…… Read More
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bittrex Introduces Stable Tether-to-TrueUSD Pairing Bittrex, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has issued a trading pair between tether (USDT) and TrueUSD (TUSD), two stable tokens pegged to the U.S. dollar. While tether is issued by Tether, TrueUSD is issued …… Read More