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MicroStrategy Tells SEC It 'May Increase' $250M Bitcoin Reserves

MicroStrategy told the SEC it "may increase" its bitcoin (BTC) holdings beyond the $250 million haul purchased in August.

MicroStrategy booth at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2011

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Goldman Sachs Eyes Own Token as Bank Appoints New Head of Digital Assets

The new digital asset head at Goldman Sachs said the bank is considering launching its own possibly fiat-backed cryptocurrency.

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First Mover: As Bitcoiners Eye Inflation Boost, Wall Street Sees Barely Any for Five Years

Wall Street doesn't think rising inflation is likely right now. Does that remove one of the reasons to invest in bitcoin?

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First Mover: Bitcoin Market, Like Wall Street, Shrugs Off Nationwide Protests

Protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis could have implications for inflation and trust in the financial system.

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You Call That Volatility? Bitcoin Traders Scoff at Wall Street's Gyrations

As traditional markets undergo a level of anxiety not seen since the 2008 recession, the cryptocurrency industry showed few existential signs of distress.

Wall Street during the 1907 panic (via Wiki commons).

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It's Too Soon to Write Off Bakkt, Wall Street Analyst Tells ICE Investors

It’s way too soon to write off Bakkt, despite the bitcoin futures market’s disappointingly slow start, equity analysts at Oppenheimer & Co. said.

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BitGo Hires Former Wall Street Forex Trading Exec

Crypto custody provider BitGo has hired Nick Carmi, former head of forex trading at a number of Wall Street banks.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

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A New Exchange Launches, Letting Institutions Custody Their Own Crypto

LGO Markets, a new crypto exchange for institutional investors with an unusual approach to custody, will launch spot trading on March 11.

Hugo Renaudin, CEO of LGO Markets. (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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The End of the First Crypto Decade

Investments veteran Massimo Morini believes the end of 2018 is not the end of a year, but a decade, that changed the world of finance.

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Institutional Crypto and a New Generation of Wall Street Leaders

The crypto space is shifting rapidly with new innovations – but the industry still faces a number of urgent questions, says angel investor Donna Redel.

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