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HFR kicks off cryptocurrency index, as hedge funds take shine to bitcoin The blockchain index is up more than 1,500% thus far in 2017, through November, while the cryptocurrency gauge has surged by more than 1,600%. The performance of the new indexes eclipse traditional hedge fund indexes. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Indexm for example, is currently up ...
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5 Sectors Blockchain Is Disrupting That Are Not Cryptocurrency For a few years now, "blockchain" and "cryptocurrency" have gone hand-in-hand. The blockchain concept is complicated, and involves constant-growth record lists linked together and secured through cryptography (think of the Cryptex from The Da Vinci Code). Each block of the chain envelops a hash ...
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How To Play Bitcoin Without Buying Cryptocurrency New cryptocurrency wallet accounts have seen a significant increase over the last 3 years. But even with this being the case, one of the biggest barriers to entry has been the method to get set up in order to buy cryptocurrencies. These are things like actually finding a safe place to open an account and ...
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The future of cryptocurrency futures regulation Add the chairman of the largest electronic brokerage firm in the U.S. to the list of Cassandras warning us of the perils posed by the trading of cryptocurrencies. In a remarkable open letter in The Wall Street Journal addressed to J. Christopher Giancarlo, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading ...
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As Stakes Rise in Cryptocurrency Spat, Ripple Loses Bid to Keep R3 Suit in Calif. SAN FRANCISCO — Financial blockchain company Ripple Labs Inc. on Wednesday lost a bid to keep its fraud lawsuit against rival R3 moving ahead in California state court, as the amount at stake in the dispute nears $2.4 billion with the recent upswing in cryptocurrency values. San Francisco Superior ...
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South Korea Expected to Ban Banks From Dealing in Cryptocurrency Indicative of the problems lawmakers currently face with controlling the exploding phenomenon of cryptocurrency, sources previously reported a previous meeting Monday yielded a pledge to "reasonably regulate" exchange and investment in South Korea going forward. "Good news!" Stellar co-founder ...
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Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds? There's an Index for That The indexes, which currently reflect a universe of over 20 hedge funds, include the HFR Blockchain Composite Index, based on funds that invest directly in blockchain infrastructure, cryptocurrency, and other blockchain innovations, and the HFR Cryptocurrency Index, a sub-index of the blockchain ...
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Man Allegedly Kidnaps Friend at Gunpoint and Steals $1.8m of Cryptocurrency A man has appeared in a New York court charged with robbing an acquaintance of his cryptocurrency hoard. Louis Meza allegedly had a gunman point a pistol at his friend's head after luring him into a minivan and persuading him to part with his wallet seed. The offense, which is reported to have taken ...
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