Last week in #crypto trading + investments:
🚀 @StellarOrg acquires Chain, pursuing enterprise adoption of blockchain in finance
💸 PNC will use RippleNet to process int'l payments beg. Q4 '18
💼 @investvoyager launches brokerage division for institutional investors, this year
In response to a claim in @TheEconomist, "#Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are useless," @GalenMoore argues $BTC at least deserves credit for being "The first emerging #technology which anyone, anywhere may invest in speculatively."
Read his letter:
https://t.co/qQQGRueJBU
We've also been seeing activity in the real estate fund space recently, incl. these two STO announcements:
💲 @BlockEstateCo goes for a $50M STO via @PolymathNetwork & @coinlist's ComplyAPI
💲 @LeaseumPartners signs with @tokenyICO to launch a $250M real estate portfolio
Recent happenings in the crypto investment space:
🆕 The first D.C. crypto lobbying group formed. Founding members include @polychaincap & @DCGco@1stBlockCapital's bitcoin trust now has mutual fund status in Canada
💵 @PanteraCapital is on track to raise $175M in latest round
Another week, another conference 📒 On Sep. 20, New Alchemy Capital will be at the #CoinAlts Fund Symposium in San Francisco with a lot of our peers in the investment space. We'll see you there!
This is Pavel Golyshev, New Alchemy Capital's portfolio manager, and Matthew Heater, director of business development, doing the deal at #BlockchainSeattle2018 🤝. Come say hi if you are around! #BSC2018
One of the speakers we heard from today at #BSC2018 is James Radecki of @DRWTrading, talking re: barriers to institutional adoption:
1. Access to liquidity
2. Settlement times of fiat trades/wires
3. Custody & security
4. Valuation & research
5. Regulatory uncertainty
Peter Vessenes sat down with @Node_Capital's Du Jun in Silicon Valley last week to talk blockchain technology in the midst of rapidly moving markets, from the Chinese and American perspectives.
https://t.co/lXTVCXdPwB
New in our #STO primer series:
By enabling more processes in the real estate market to become automated, #SecurityTokens could reduce fees and create wealth for all participants. #crypto#blockchain#tokenization
https://t.co/kzkgajRfCz
Peter @Vessenes at the Mars Blockchain Summit: "This is my eighth crypto winter ... On the buy side, these massive swings are very painful." Peter is speaking today at the summit on managing the market and the progress of the tech over the last 10 years.
Peter says he has one market principle: "Right now is when the money is made" -- many tech companies are cash-strapped, and good deals are to be made right at this moment. Great time to acquire talent, and a great time for strategic positioning.
Our founder Peter Vessenes is speaking at the Mars Blockchain Summit hosted by Mars Finance this Tuesday, Aug. 28, in Silicon Valley. Tickets here: https://t.co/hxReh0tdct
We've had the ages of Steam, Steel, Petroleum, Information and now...#Crypto. Some believe #blockchain tech is that monumental of a shift, but what justifies the hype?
@GalenMoore offers two simple reasons: Liquidity, and fractional ownership
https://t.co/iWsaAfno1X