Sentences with phrase «by digital currency group»

Officially announced on May 23rd by the Digital Currency Group and 56 other companies, the SegWit2x proposal seeks to activate the Segregated Witness update at an 80 % threshold, with the agreement being supported by more than 83 % of the global Bitcoin mining power.

A financial product of Grayscale, which is owned by Digital Currency Group, GBTC is meant to track the bitcoin market price on behalf of investors, who then don't have to buy and safekeep bitcoins for themselves.

The round was led by bitcoin hardware mining producer, Bitmain Technology, which was supported by Digital Currency Group (DCG), seed investor from New York, and Coinsilium, blockchain investment firm.

In preparation for the debut, the private investment vehicle owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG) has announced the launch of Grayscale Investments, which will sponsor the BIT, taking on responsibilities as necessary to register and run the fund.

The agreement obtained by Barry Silbert after the conclusion of the Consensus 2017 summit, which was organized in US was confirmed by Digital Currency Group.

For instance, CoinDesk is owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG) who in turn has funded 80 - odd companies over the last few years, including about 10 mentioned in this article (such as Coinbase and BTC China).

An initiative by Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert, the project — later dubbed «SegWit2x» — was to combine activation of the Segregated Witness soft fork with a hard fork to double Bitcoin's block weight limit.

The bitcoin processing integration was provided by Latin American - focused bitcoin exchange provider Bitso, which recently raised an undisclosed seed round led by Digital Currency Group and launched a payment processing service, BitsoPagos.

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Blockchain Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including SV Angel, Digital Currency Group, Reciprocal Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Kindred Ventures, Kokopelli Capital, Notation Capital, Sparkland Capital, and V1.VC.

The Bitcoin Investment Trust trades under the ticker symbol GBTC and is managed by Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group.

It is a peer - to - peer digital currency that was launched in 2008 by an anonymous group of software developers.

Grayscale Investments LLC's Bitcoin Investment Trust, backed by early bitcoin advocate Barry Silbert and his Digital Currency Group, filed an application last year.

«While many central banks are still engaged in the debate, an inter-departmental group has been constituted by the Reserve Bank to study and provide guidance on the desirability and feasibility to introduce a central bank digital currency.

Six of the world's premier lenders — Barclays, Credit Suisse, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, HSBC, MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) and State Street — have recently joined a project led by Swiss banking giant UBS — in addition to existing members Deutsche Bank, Banco Santander, Bank of New York Mellon and NEX — with the goal of creating the utility settlement coin, a digital currency that will primarily be used to quickly clear and settle financial transactions using blockchain.

Its funding round last year was led by Aleph, Spark Capital and the Digital Currency Group, along with ex-Reuters CEO Tom Glocer.

Lowell is also a core member of the Blockchain Technology and Digital Currency industry group where he focuses part of his practice on assisting Blockchain, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency clients raise money by maintaining relationships with key venture capital groups and other potential investors in the industry.

Recent highlights include handling Lenlyn's # 196m disposal of its international currency exchange business, ICE, to Global Fortune 500 company, China's HNA Group; advising NorthEdge Capital and the management of Sumo Digital on the # 50m sale of Sumo Digital to Perwyn, which included handling cross-border issues involving India; and assisting the management of Shearings Group with the sale of its business to funds managed by Lone Star Funds.

«While many central banks are still engaged in the debate, an inter-departmental group has been constituted by the Reserve Bank to study and provide guidance on the desirability and feasibility to introduce a central bank digital currency,» the central bank said, adding that a report would be ready in June 2018.

Ledger, a security startup for blockchain and cryptocurrencies, known for its bitcoin hardware wallets has today announced the closing of a $ 7 million series A funding led by MAIF Avenir, with the participation of Xange, Wicklow Capital, GDTRE, Libertus Capital, Digital Currency Group, The Whittemore Collection, Kima Ventures, BHB Network and Nicolas Pinto.

Led by Wicklow Capital with the help of Digital Currency Group, Sierra Ventures, Clocktower Ventures and ThirdStream Partners, the round will be used to build out Omniex's suite of tools for buying and selling bitcoin, ether and any other crypto asset deemed a commodity.

The round was led by Blockchain Capital and also included Batshit Crazy Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Digital Currency Group, Kindred Ventures, Kokopelli Capital, Notation Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Sparkland Capital, SV Angel and V1.VC.

Interestingly, the total assets under management by Grayscale, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, has decreased by almost $ 1 billion in the past couple months.

Disclosure: CoinDesk is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which is led by CEO and founder Barry Silbert.

Blockchain startup Tierion has raised a $ 1 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital and Fenbushi Capital, with participation from Digital Currency Group.

Community support for SegWit2x, the Bitcoin scaling proposal spearheaded by Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group, was virtually absent in Paris.

The investment round was led by Blockchain Capital, Fenbushi Capital, and the Digital Currency Group.

Most recently, investment firm Digital Currency Group advanced a proposal that would see the Segregated Witness upgrade activate and start a countdown to a 2 MB block size increase - though, a similar idea has been proposed and rejected by developers before.

The round is led by Bitmain Technology, the world's largest bitcoin hardware mining producer, Coinsilium, a leading Blockchain investment firm based in London and Digital Currency Group, the prolific investor from New York,

A representative for Digital Currency Group, the investment firm backed by entrepreneur (and Bitcoin advocate) Barry Silbert, said last week it was currently in talks with the SEC about launching its own publicly traded product, despite withdrawing its application for a listing last month.

Custos raised two funding rounds in 2016 — US$ 265,000 from a South African private investor and the New York - based Digital Currency Group in April, followed by US$ 420,000 from South Africa's Technology Innovation Agency in August.»

Alistair Milne, a crypto guru who runs the Altana Digital Currency Fund, put together a google doc that indicates robust interest in cryptocurrency following the announcement by the CME Group it would launch Bitcoin Futures in Q4 of 2017.

Ascribe received backing from Earlybird Venture Capital, Digital Currency Group, Freelands Ventures and a group of angel investors, according to a report by TechCrGroup, Freelands Ventures and a group of angel investors, according to a report by TechCrgroup of angel investors, according to a report by TechCrunch.

SegWit2X was a proposal by Barry Silbert from the Digital currency group.

«While many central banks are still engaged in the debate, an inter-departmental group has been constituted by the Reserve Bank to study and provide guidance on the desirability and feasibility to introduce a central bank digital currency,» suggesting details will be available this Summer.

GMO Internet Group has worked with cryptocurrency through its regular internet - based business activities by accepting digital currencies as payment as well as starting an exchange and trading service.

There's a post on Reddit which lays out some evidence that the enemies of cryptocurrencies (the Digital Currency Group, MasterCard, and the world's most prominent bankers) are in fact taking over Bitcoin from the inside by means of this SegWit2x scandal.

Why it matters: Segwit2x was first proposed by Barry Silbert - led Digital Currency Group as a follow up solution to the Hong Kong agreement.

The billionaire founder of the Ayre Group and the Bodog entertainment brand, Calvin Ayre, is reportedly building a $ 100 million five - star resort on Antigua's Valley Church beach — funded entirely by profits made from investments in digital currencies.

Consensus 2016 was a second annual blockchain summit that has been held in New York by CoinDesk, Digital Currency Group, and Coin Center.

Bitcoin was created in 2009, in the wake of the near - collapse of the global financial establishment and soon after an individual or group using the name «Satoshi Nakamoto» posted a paper online discussing the idea of a decentralized digital currency free from interference by governments and financial institutions.

A «Novel and Exciting Concept» The billionaire founder of the Ayre Group and the Bodog entertainment brand, Calvin Ayre, is reportedly building a $ 100 million five - star resort on Antigua's Valley Church beach — funded entirely by profits made from investments in digital currencies.

Elsewhere, a large individual trader or a group of traders placed an options bet on the New York - based digital currency trading platform LedgerX, that Bitcoin will rally above $ 50,000 by end - 2018.

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For example, the MIT Digital Currency Initiative which is maintained by a group of developers provides funding for development cost.

Now the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire says the country is creating a working group led by the former BOF deputy governor that will study digital currencies while also proposing regulatory standards.

Leading Bitcoin media and events company CoinDesk has been acquired by Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group.

The investment company DCG (Digital Currency Group) run by Barry Silbert has acquired the cryptocurrency media CoinDesk, as stated by the company in the announcement.

Mediachain has joined the likes of OpenBazaar and Blockstack and joined the community of Blockchain startups backed by some of the most powerful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley including Union Square Venture, Andreessen Horowitz, and RRE Ventures — as well as Digital Currency Group, LDV Capital, Alexis Ohanian, William Mougayar, Kanyi Maqubela, David Lee, Mathieu Drouin and Brian Message.

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Founded in 2009 by a programmer (or, possibly, a group of programmers) under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin ushered in a new age of blockchain technology and decentralized digital currencies.