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Digital Currency Donors and Crypto-Backed Endowments Fuel Higher Learning

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Digital asset holders and organizations have been donating funds to a number of well-known universities. These days a slew of popular colleges like Stanford, MIT, Cornell, Puget Sound, and Princeton all accept digital currency donations or have high-net-worth crypto backers funding these schools. On the flip side of higher education, many of the world’s prestigious … Read more

Galaxy Digital Reportedly Raising $250M to Help Firms Survive Crypto Winter

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The current market environment has caused several cryptocurrency companies such as exchanges, and miners to cancel growth plans, downsize their operations or even completely shut down. A massive new fund reportedly in the works is designed to help such struggling firms with much-needed finance until the situation improves and they return to profitability. Also Read: … Read more

The Daily: New York Establishes Crypto Task Force, Novogratz Buys More of Galaxy Digital

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In Thursday’s edition of The Daily, we cover a new task force established by the state of New York to explore the cryptocurrency market and its regulation, a move by Galaxy Digital’s Mike Novogratz to buy more of the business, and an interesting way to mark the anniversary of Bitcoin’s genesis block. Also Read: Bakkt … Read more

Bakkt Completes First Round of Funding With $182.5 Million

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Intercontinental Exchange’s upcoming cryptocurrency trading platform, Bakkt, has raised $182.5 million from a dozen investors. The funds will help develop an institutional-grade regulated crypto exchange, clearing and warehousing services for physical delivery and storage. The company now expects to provide an updated timeline on launching bitcoin daily futures contracts in early 2019. Also Read: Israeli … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Still Unwavering, No Direction Set

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At press time, the price of bitcoin is still refusing to budge, and remains solidly in the $6,500 range. The currency continues to move in a sideways motion, and there’s no telling when – or even if – bitcoin will do anything different in the coming weeks. Bitcoin bull and creator of the cryptocurrency merchant … Read more

Crypto-Backed Lending Platform Blockfi Approved to Operate in California

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Back in July, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the cryptocurrency-backed USD lending platform, Blockfi, which raised $52.5m from investors in an investment round led by Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital. On Monday, Blockfi announced the firm is now servicing residents from California and the latest expansion leads to the crypto-lending service being available in 44 states. Also Read: Novogratz’ … Read more

Novogratz Expresses Confidence in Cryptos as His Crypto Bank Nears Listing

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Mike Novogratz is making a big bet on the role of cryptocurrencies in the near future. The billionaire investor has been one of the most fervent and bullish crypto believers despite the market’s unpredictability, especially in the last few months. And now, after patiently waiting for months, his crypto merchant bank, Galaxy Digital LP, is … Read more

Billionaire Backed Bitcoin Bank Trading on Major Stock Exchange

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Coming off fresh first quarter losses undeterred, giant cryptocurrency merchant bank, Galaxy Digital, began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange August, 1, 2018. It is one of the earliest banks in the crypto space to achieve such a listing. Many eyes are watching to see what will become of the relationship between legacy financial institutions … Read more