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Crypto User Experience Must Improve as 5% of World May Own Digital Assets Soon, Industry Exec Says

Ari Paul, CIO of BlockTower Capital, a company focused on bringing professional trading and portfolio management to cryptocurrency, predicts that we might have 5% of the world owning crypto-assets by the end of this bull run (ahead of Internet adoption back in 2000). $1T+ market… Read More

Bitcoin (BTC) Price has been Surging at the Time US Equity Markets have Been Open as Institutional Interest Grows: Report

During the past few weeks, Ari Paul, CIO at BlockTower Capital, and Luke Martin, a prominent digital asset trader, have noted that Bitcoin’s (BTC) upward price movements since late October 2020 have mostly taken place during US market hours. A report from Coin Metrics points… Read More

Recent Bitcoin (BTC) Price Consolidation Might have Helped XRP Surge 80%, Ethereum (ETH) Also Up 25% in 72 Hours: Report

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is approaching its all-time of nearly $20,000 which it set back in December 2017 during the historic crypto market bull run. Bitcoin peaked at $18,950 this past week, and has begun to move higher toward its new year-to-date highs at… Read More

Ethereum Ecosystem Gets Boost with New ETH2 Updates, as DeFi Tokens Dropped 75% from All-Time Highs During Past Week

The Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price continued to increase this past week. Bitcoin had been trading above the $15,500 mark, however, its price has now dropped to around $15,000 at the time of writing. Ethereum is also down over 5% during the past 24… Read More

Highly Anticipated Digital Asset Trading Platform Bakkt Launches, Only 26 BTC in Volume Traded So Far

Bakkt, the highly anticipated cryptocurrency exchange backed by New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has officially launched.  The digital asset trading platform went live at 8 PM EST on September 22. Since its launch, 26 Bitcoin (BTC) in volume has been traded. Based… Read More

Co-Founder of BlockTower Capital, Ari Paul, Joins Hedera Hashgraph Team as an Advisor

Hedera Hashgraph has boosted its executive team with a prominent appointment. According to a release, Hedera has hired Ari Paul, CIO and co-founder of BlockTower Capital, as an advisor. BlockTower is a leading investor in digital assets and participated in the Hedera offering last year…. Read More

Time to Un-Tether? Enter TrustToken and its TrueUSD Stablecoin

TrustToken, a global platform for tokenizing fiat currencies and real-world assets backed by Stanford-StartX, FJ Labs, and BlockTower Capital, launched TrueUSD, reportedly the first fiat-backed stablecoin to offer token-holders legally protected certificates of ownership of US Dollars. Seeking to claim wary Tether customers – especially given… Read More

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