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Bitcoin has been met with controversy since inception in 2009.

With a rising interest in blockchain, global talent continues to migrate away from traditional finance and towards the new digital economy.

With cryptocurrency coming into the mainstream, digital assets and traditional securities are separate entities no more. Announced on June 27, Uphold digital currency exchange agreed to acquire New York-based JNK Securities Corp. Uphold Prepares for Emerging Regulation In a blog post released June 27, Uphold introduced its newly-formed securities division and announced the pending acquisition of […]

Earlier this year, Square began supporting Bitcoin as a payment method on its Cash app platform. Announced on June 18, Cash app was granted a BitLicense to offer access to instant buying and selling of the world’s leading cryptocurrency in the state of New York. Seventh BitLicense Ever Granted A stringent regulatory body, the New […]

A truly innovative privacy coin, Zcash has announced it will be available to trade on the Gemini Exchange on May 22. The famed Winklevoss twins founded trading platform will be the first licensed Zcash exchange in the world. Zcash v. Bitcoin Although Zcash is a fork off of the Bitcoin source code, there are several […]

Blockchain Week New York has seen a number of large scales cryptocurrency conferences flood the Big Apple with thousands of blockchain experts, entrepreneurs, and community members. With CoinDesk’s Consensus conference and the Ethereum Ethereal Summit drawing in crypto industry juggernauts from around the world, crypto traders are eagerly awaiting an anticipated market surge subsequent to […]

After hitting a low of $6,850 earlier this year, Bitcoin experienced a resurgence in the past month as prices climbed back to $9,950. According to Tom Lee, Head of Research at Fundstrat, the intrinsic weakness of currencies like Bitcoin lies in the fact that investors have to keep selling their virtual holdings in order to […]

Bitcoin spent the better part of a decade on the fringes of the financial system. While markets recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin was slowly building a following and collecting attention. However, even as it soared in value last year, it remained a pariah in the investment world. It was beloved by individual investors, […]

New York is known as a restless city, where every business has a golden opportunity to flourish. With such a reputation, the city has earned the title of “capital” of many things: capital of fashion, arts and even capital of sports having two baseball teams with one of the country’s highest fanbase. But if there’s […]

The state of New York is allowing a Bitcoin mining company called Coinmint to set up shop in its state. This comes as particularly surprisingly news as New York is well known for its rigorous regulations and closed doors to the crypto world, with the BitLicense being the best example. But who can say no to […]