Tag: Bitcoin

  • Grayscale Investments Announces Launch of the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund

    NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Grayscale Investments, LLC (“Grayscale”), the sponsor of the Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCQX: GBTC), the Ethereum Classic Investment Trust and the Zcash Investment Trust, announced today the launch of a new investment vehicle, the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund LLC (the “Fund”). The Fund intends to hold the top digital assets by…

  • Asset Protection for Cryptocurrency Offshore

    Structure Cryptocurrency Offshore – The Only Tax Rules Compliant and Double Tax Agreements Non-Reporting and Excluded Account The pension regime is very important internationally and one thing the OECD organization has done amazingly well is Double Tax Agreements. They have come out with an amendment to the OECD model double tax agreement that introduces a…

  • Weiss Announces First Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Grades by U.S. Rating Agency

    Risky Crypto Market to Get the Clarity Only Impartial Ratings (Cryptocurrency Grades) Can Provide PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading independent rating agency of financial institutions, will issue letter grades on cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, NEM, Litecoin, Stellar, EOS, IOTA, Dash, NEO, Monero, Bitcoin Gold and many others.…

  • BCX Mainnet Launches: Delivering the Future for the Bitcoin Community

    NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BCX, operated by BitcoinX Foundation, is a promising fork of Bitcoin, today announced that it’s Mainnet launched successfully on January 15, 2018. This indicates BCX is able to offer unlimited possibilities for the Bitcoin community. With its successfully Mainnet launch, BCX now supports SegWit, Lightning Network, Replay Protection, Unique Address Format, DAA difficulty Adjustment and blake2b GPU mining. Slow transaction…

  • Bitcoin Price Holds Near the $14,000 Mark

    Bitcoin price holds at about $14,000 on thursday after rebounding from a sell-off last week. According to data from Coinbase, the leading U.S. cryptocurrency trading platform, bitcoin price was trading near 14,204 on Thursday evening. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, rebounded over 40 percent from a low of $10,400 it hit on Friday. The price rose…

  • 62 Insane Facts About Bitcoin

    Bitcoin is a virtual currency that uses Blockchain technology for secure payments and storing money electronically, without requiring a bank or a person’s name. Satoshi Nakamoto created this cryptocurrency back in 2009. The biggest advantage of Bitcoin is that it’s not under control of central authority, government or private company, so people are free from…

  • Bitcoin Investment Trust Provides Update on Bitcoin Cash Distribution and Remittance of Cash Proceeds

    NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Grayscale Investments, LLC, the sponsor (the “Sponsor”) of the Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) (the “Trust”), announced today an update on the planned distribution of the Bitcoin Cash currently held by the Trust to shareholders of record (“Record Date Shareholders”) as of the close of business on November 6, 2017 (the “Record…

  • Blockchain And Gold Like Peanut Butter And Chocolate?

    Even before the emergence of the growing plethora of cryptocurrencies, several attempts had been made in the past to create digital currencies based on gold, but none of them gained widespread support. Will blockchain and Bitcoin succeed where other attempts failed? One of the common criticisms and challenges of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is their price volatility…

  • Bitcoin Value Rebounds After Another Split

    NEW YORK, October 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bitcoin price continued to recover on Thursday after the price took a recent dive due to the, “hard fork” that happened on Tuesday. According to data from CoinDesk, Bitcoin rose 3.6 percent to $5940.83 during Thursday’s trading session. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, went through a hard fork on Tuesday…