Alternative investment fund (AIF) manager Olymp Capital has launched what it says is the first European investment fund to cover the entire blockchain and crypto asset ecosystem. The fund will include blockchain-related private equity, initial coin offering (ICO) activity, and fund-of-fund activity
Verady, a specialist in accounting and audit technology for cryptocurrency markets, has joined the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) as a corporate member. WSBA is a non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain
Issuance is developing a platform that aims to give the increasing supply of digital securities offerings (DSOs) direct access to institutional and retail investors alike. Issuance will offer compensation and early access to high quality deals as incentives for its
‘Wild West’ crypto-assets should be regulated according to the UK Treasury Committee which has published a unanimously-agreed report on crypto-assets for its Digital Currencies inquiry. The report finds that problems include volatile prices, hacking vulnerabilities, minimal consumer protection, and anonymity
IronX, a new Crypto Exchange joint venture between global online broker IronFX Group and EmurgoHK, creator of the Cardano blockchain, has been awarded full regulatory licence approval by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). This licence allows IronX to operate
Ikigai Asset Management, a long/short multi-strategy crypto-asset hedge fund launched by former Point72 Portfolio Manager, Travis Kling, has added three new executive hires to its team. Christina Martin, of Plutos Capital Group, has joined as Partner. Daniel Heller of BitLumens
Crypto investment platform CoinBundle has added Katherine Hensel (pictured), as a special adviser on the company’s advisory board. CoinBundle say Hensel’s considerable experience across finance, investing and entrepreneurship will be invaluable to the leadership team as it grows its business
On 19 September 2018, the UK Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee published a unanimously-agreed report on crypto-assets for its Digital Currencies inquiry which likened the current cryptocurrency situation to the ‘Wild West’, something Long Finance is looking to help ‘tame’ with
Token Foundry and ConsenSys are to launch Builders’ Track, a new line-up of content-heavy breakout sessions at the Crypto Invest Summit, the West Coast’s largest cryptocurrency and blockchain conference, in Los Angeles in October. Each Track is designed to specialise
Cayman Islands Investment Group has announced the development of a brand new Digital Asset Trading Platform based in the Cayman Islands. “We are truly excited to present the world with a new platform,” says Corvin Mclean Jr, Managing Director at
