• Gemini allows Zcash privacy
    Cryptocurrencies,  Regulation,  United States

    Gemini says yes to a privacy coin. Sort of…

    Crypto exchange claims that its Zcash initiative ‘demonstrates that with the right controls in place and the proper education, regulators can get comfortable with privacy-enabling cryptos’

    New York-based, regulator-friendly Gemini now allows its users to withdraw Zcash with shielded transactions that protect user privacy. The company, run by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, commented: “This is an exciting moment for crypto, marking the first time shielded ZEC withdrawals are available on a regulated exchange.”

  • Regulation

    Gemini launches captive insurance firm

    The Winklevoss-owned crypto trading platform has launched its own in-house insurance unit, which will allow it to transfer some risk to reinsurance companies

    Winklevoss-owned Gemini Trust Company has launched its own in-house insurance unit to protect client’s funds against loss.

  • Charlie Shrem at Ben's Deli in Manhattan (Ken Kurson)
    Bitcoin

    Charlie Shrem’s new podcast focuses on stories of Bitcoin’s early days

    The Untold Stories podcast centers on interesting people at the heart of Bitcoin’s wild west days from 2011-2014

    Hot on the heels of his legal victory over the Winklevii, Bitcoin bad boy and early adopter Charlie Shrem has unleashed a new podcast looking at the early days of the first cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology on which it’s built.

  • Winklevoss twins launching Gemini Cryptobus campaign in New York CIty, January 2019. (Photo by Gemini Twitter)
    Bitcoin

    Winklevoss twins hit the streets to take on Coinbase and Robinhood for retail customers

    Gemini launches Bitcoin giveaway to battle two giants

    In a surprise announcement over the weekend, Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder & CEO of crypto exchange Gemini, tweeted, “Let’s play a game: Spot the @Gemini Crypto Bus. Reply to this tweet with your pics and #CryptoBus, best one wins 1 bitcoin (BTC). Right now they are in San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Happy hunting!”