March 26, 2018
“Welcome to #Malta @binance,” Joseph Muscat, the country’s prime minister, tweeted on Friday. “We aim to be the global trailblazers in the regulation of blockchain-based businesses.” Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptoasset exchanges by volume, announced this past week Read more…
March 5, 2018
In the past week, more news started to emerge about the SEC subpoenas that I alluded to in last week’s newsletter. While it remains to be seen what the SEC plans to do with the information, it is clear that Read more…
February 26, 2018
As I was about to hit “send” on the newsletter this morning, a piece of news came through: Circle, founded by serial entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire (with two successful IPOs under his belt), announced its acquisition of crypto exchange Poloniex for Read more…
February 19, 2018
As the price of bitcoin rose to over $11,000 this morning (from lows near $6000 two weeks ago), governance was a key theme over the past week. While public comments from the SEC as well as regulators in South Korea Read more…
February 12, 2018
Last Tuesday February the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo to discuss potential cryptocurrency regulation. As the chart below displays, the cryptocurrency market was in the middle of its second Read more…
February 4, 2018
Cryptocurrencies lost over $250B of value last week as more regulators around the world issued guidance. Unfortunately much of the press coverage missed the mark, with many headlines claiming that India was banning cryptocurrencies. Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, during Read more…
January 28, 2018
Everywhere I went in Davos at the World Economic Forum, be at the large scale speeches or more intimate dinners, conversation invariably turned to the blockchain. From world leaders to the local baristas, everyone was curious on what the upcoming Read more…
January 22, 2018
Last week saw a significant correction in the bitcoin and broader cryptocurrency market, with the top 100 coins declining anywhere from 15–30% over a 2 day period, and the overall cryptocurrency market losing $200B of market value before making up Read more…
January 14, 2018
I spent much of the past week at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. It used to be a “must-go” in Web 1.0 and 2.0, when there were significant product announcements slated for the show. It’s where the newest television displays Read more…
January 7, 2018
Bitcoin and Ether, both fairly quiet in the last 2 weeks of the year, experienced price increases in the first week of 2018. With several smaller tokens experiencing triple digit gains, many traders likely took profits from those price increases Read more…