2018 Archives - Coiner Blog

Crypto Startups Are Targeting Institutional Investors, But When Will They Finally Arrive? – Bitcoinist.com

coineradmin February 16, 2019

In case you didn’t realize it during the brutal bear market of 2018, the days of stupid money flowing stupidly into any and every cryptocurrency-related…

Grayscale Q4 Report Finds Institutional Investors Returning to ‘Bitcoin Maximalism’ – Bitcoinist.com

coineradmin February 15, 2019

Digital Currency Asset Manager, Grayscale Investments, had a record year in 2018, with institutions and retirement accounts comprising the lion’s share. What’s more, they are increasingly…

STOs, ICOs, VCs: How do you know what fundraising method to choose for your startup?

Kirill Shilov February 12, 2019

2017 and 2018 has shown us that dramatically huge amounts of money have been raised through ICOs, more than $15 billion (based on icodata.io). And…

Bitcoin Hasn’t Performed Well in 2018 But Analysts Say It’s Just Fine to Hold BTCBitcoin Hasn’t Performed Well in 2018 But Analysts Say It’s Just Fine to Hold BTC – Altcoin Today

coineradmin February 8, 2019

The performance of Bitcoin (BTC) over 2018 hasn’t been pretty — that goes without saying. Yet, taking a step back, many optimists would argue that…

Bitcoin Hashrate Hits 3-Month High: Is BTC Price Next? – Bitcoinist.com

coineradmin February 8, 2019

Bitcoin hashrate, the computing power of the network, has hit levels last seen in November 2018. Bitmain-operated hashrate, however, has hit its lowest point in…

What (most) people are missing about stablecoins and security tokens

Michal Bacia February 7, 2019

2018 in blockchain The most interesting blockchain developments in 2018 were around stablecoins and security tokens, at least in my opinion. There were a lot…

DAI — a decentralized opposition to the ‘banking cartel’ of stablecoins accumulates 1.7

Olya Green February 2, 2019

Not without an ample dose of skepticism, 2018 can indeed be referred to as the year of the stablecoin. Amid total backlash against Tether, and…

Institutional Bitcoin Short-Selling Surged in Q4 2018 – Bitcoinist.com

coineradmin February 1, 2019

Intitutional interest in bitcoin soared in Q4 of 2018, particularly for short-selling, Genesis Trading revealed in their latest report. Q4 Bitcoin Loan Demand Increased Over…

Embracing Web 3.0: The New Internet Era Will Begin Soon

Ankit Kumar January 31, 2019

2018: Facebook’s data breach exposes the accounts of 50,000,000 individuals [source] 2017: Equifax, one of the three largest credit agencies in the U.S., suffered a…

Bloomberg: Amid Bear Market, Crypto Venture Fund Strategy Wins out Over Hedge Fund ModelBloomberg: Amid Bear Market, Crypto Venture Fund Strategy Wins out Over Hedge Fund Model – Altcoin Today

coineradmin January 30, 2019

Amid the 2018 market slump, the launch of new crypto venture funds for the first time exceeded that of new hedge funds in the space, according to…