January 2020

WisdomTree was the lead investor in the funding round for Securrency. Other investors include the state-backed Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO).

The SEC claims Donald Blakstad bilked investors of $3.5 million. One scheme involved a non-existent crypto mining operation.

Markets Daily is back with the news moving markets over the last 24 hours, plus a look at Nakamoto.com’s troubled launch and how it relates to ‘Bitcoin Maximalism’. Later, Brad breaks down a new paywalled report on the upcoming bitcoin “Halving”

Bitcoin Sign Guy is developing payment architecture on Urbit so people can live as a full digital citizens.

A cybersecurity firm has warned hacking group Lazarus is developing sophisticated new techniques to steal cryptocurrencies from victims.

Citing concerns about digitalization risks to financial markets, ESMA plans to focus more on crypto regulation this year.

A new technical analysis from AT&T Alien Labs offers an inside look at how a pernicious form of monero mining malware infiltrates email networks.

The Pound Sterling came under heavy pressure and fell close to a 2-week trough versus the greenback after the Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England

The Chinese Commerce Ministry officially announced that the Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will travel to the United States next week in order to sign phase one of the trade deal.

Reserve Bank of Australia officials are not yet convinced cryptocurrencies offer benefits over and above traditional means of payment.