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If you are an influencer on the internet and social media, there is a good chance that a lot of people are listening to what you say and take heed of your words. Therefore, you should always be careful about the promises you make and things you promote. It now looks like crypto is becoming the object of many influencers’ attention, but they may not be doing enough research regarding which assets are solid and which are fly-by-night coins. If You’re an Influencer, Be...

If you think the bitcoin or cryptocurrencies you purchased through PayPal are officially yours, think again. As it turns out, anyone who purchases digital assets through the company are not given private keys to these coins, thereby denying them ownership, though it is still possible to garner a hefty profit on these assets granted they move up in price. PayPal Is Looking to Retain Control PayPal first announced its venture into the crypto space during October of last...

Sometimes, the only way to keep a financial market alive is to think for yourself, and according to Changpeng Zhao – the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange – the herd mentality is really doing some heavy damage to the digital asset space. Changpeng Zhao Thinks People Need to Invest Long Term To be fair, he comments in a recent interview that this same attitude is seen in the stock market, though crypto appears to be more...

Hundreds of banks throughout the United States are about to offer bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to their customers thanks to their new partnerships with NYDIG. NYDIG Is Paving the Way for “Crypto Banks” NYDIG is stationed in New York and is a cryptocurrency custody firm. It is also a division of Stone Ridge, an institutional office that made headlines late last year after it invested more than $100 million into bitcoin. The firm has now partnered with Fidelity National...

In recent months, large payment companies such as Robinhood and PayPal have begun allowing people to purchase bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies through their sites. While people have likely had fun doing so, they have encountered an issue in that some of these firms do not allow users to move their digital money to other platforms. Revolut, a London-based banking app, initially took this approach as well, but is now looking to change form. Revolut Is Changing How It...

Fred Wilson is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures. As a successful investor, he has put his money into many leading companies such as Tumblr, Etsy, Twitter and Zynga, and he was one of the first people to see the platforms as things other investors should take seriously. Fred Wilson Knows What He’s Doing This attitude has made him quite wealthy over the years. It is also an attitude that caused him to invest in Coinbase long before it was the high-ranking company it...

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency have been all the rage as of late, but they are attracting a lot more than retailers and standard crypto investors. Wall Street is getting heavily intrigued by digital currency as well, and one man – Thomas Farley, the former president of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) – feels that the future of finance may very well have crypto serving at the forefront. Thomas Farley: I’m Excited By Crypto In a recent interview, Farley commented that...

Does the name Olaf Carlson-Wee sound familiar? If not, it really should. He was the first-ever employee at Coinbase, and he has got an interesting story behind his employment with one of the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the western hemisphere. Olaf Carlson-Wee Details How He Got Hired at Coinbase Now the founder of a large cryptocurrency hedge fund, Olaf got his start in the crypto space as an employee of Coinbase. He did not necessarily...

Brian Armstrong – the CEO of Coinbase, one of the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges – has been having one heck of a week. The trading platform made its stock debut on the Nasdaq a few days ago, and things appear to really be taking off. Brian Armstrong: No Hacks, No Regulation Coinbase saw its stock trading for well over $300 per share. Given that the company is likely valued at more than $100 billion at this stage, this is small beans compared...

Coinbase has gone public, and it looks like Wall Street and some of America’s largest and most prestigious banks are feeling the heat. The popular cryptocurrency exchange began trading its new stock last Wednesday on the Nasdaq, letting the financial world know that it was here to stay, and that cryptocurrency is going to continue to attract the attention of investors. Banks Are Really Feeling Pressure as of Late For the most part, cryptocurrencies and banks have not...