• Commentary,  Media,  People

    Did Cameron Winklevoss Libel Barry Silbert?

    Exceptionally nasty spat has Gemini chief accusing Genesis head of ‘fraud’

    The crypto world is abuzz about the can’t-look-away anger between Cameron Winklevoss and Gemini on one side versus Barry Silbert and Genesis on the other. As fun as it would be to see this cage match as the undercard on a Musk-Zuckerberg UFC dream bout, it will actually unfold in a courtroom in State Supreme Court in Manhattan sometime this fall. Last Friday, Gemini sued Genesis, claiming that “Defendants DCG and Silbert engaged in a fraudulent scheme to induce a variety of depositors, including Gemini users for whom Gemini acted as custodian and agent, to continue to lend huge amounts of cryptocurrency and U.S. Dollars to DCG’s subsidiary Genesis Global…

  • Modern Consensus 100 Most Influential People in Crypto 2021
    Crypto Power Lists

    The Modern Consensus 100 Most Influential People in Crypto 2021

    The individuals moving, shaking, and shaping cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology right now

    Coming up with a list of the 100 most influential people in crypto and blockchain is hard in any year. But doing it in 2021 is particularly difficult as the industry advanced from moving into the mainstream to actually being in it. And that makes “influence” a moving target.

  • Maisie Williams Arya Stark bitcoin question
    Cryptocurrencies,  People

    ‘Should I long Bitcoin? ‘Game of Thrones’ Arya Stark asks, Elon Musk answers

    The actress that played the face-changing assassin asked Twitter for advice, major personalities from the tech and crypto space weighed in

    Williams asked in a Nov. 16 tweet whether she should “go long on Bitcoin” and received answers from major cryptocurrency personalities and even tech tycoon Elon Musk himself. So did Grayscale Investments’ Barry Silbert, founder of crypto bank Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz, and Tron’s Justin Sun who reacted quite enthusiastically...

  • Bitcoin goes mainstream
    Bitcoin

    MicroStrategy doubles down, invests another $175M in Bitcoin

    The mainstream firm made headlines in August when it announced that it had bought $250 million in BTC as an inflation hedge

    In announcing its initial $250 million purchase on Aug. 11, CEO Michael Saylor said the investment was an inflation hedge, calling Bitcoin “a dependable store of value and an attractive investment asset with more long-term appreciation potential than holding cash.”