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The article focuses on twin businessmen Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Topics include their previous ownership issues with social media company Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg, their growing stake in digital money Bitcoin, and their digital art auction platform Nifty Gateway, used to sell nonfungible token (NFT) artwork.

The article focuses on the use of cryptocurrencies in corporations, including Bitcoin and blockchain, and provides a list of the 50 companies that lead in utilizing distributed ledger technology and also have a revenue or valuation of at least $1 billion, including shipping and logistics company A.P. Moller-Maersk, technology company Ant Group, and mining company BHP.

The article discusses the potential influence that the Internet resource Google could have on the cryptocurrency technology known as blockchain, particularly focusing upon the work of Google senior development advocate Allen Day and his project Blockchain ETI (extract, transform, load). It discusses artificial intelligence (AI) for blockchain currency such as bitcoin and ethereum.

The Twitter founder has donated the funds to the OpenSats non-profit, half of which will be used to fund Nostr, a new social protocol that lets social network developers easily integrate with bitcoin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Art imitates life as the author who made Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss famous launches his own blockchain product, a tokenized screenplay, with plans to take on the publishing industry directly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The venture capital firm of billionaire Steve Cohen, Point72 Ventures, whose unconventional style helped inspire the hit television show Billions, is now in the bitcoin game, having led a $21 million Series A investment in cryptocurrency analytics firm Messari. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After losing an epic battle with Mark Zuckerberg over ownership of Facebook and being shunned in Silicon Valley, CAMERON and TYLER WINKLEVOSS are back. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the Winklevoss twins to a veteran VC to the CEO of publicly traded Microstrategy, the investors smart enough to hold on to their crypto through its ups and downs are riding high once again. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list makes abundantly clear, the most talented young leaders in the cryptocurrency space are among the most talented young leaders in the world. Period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After days of rumors have been flying around the cryptocurrency business, investigation firm Chainalysis confirmed exclusively to Forbes it as raised $100 million venture capital at a $1 billion valuation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Avanti Bank & Trust founder and CEO Caitlin Long was all alone in her Wyoming office today as she tuned into a Zoom chat where her fate, and the fate of a new kind of bank that can handle both dollars and bitcoin, was decided by the Wyoming Division of Banking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new bitcoin giant has emerged on the cryptocurrency scene. After three years of silence, the mysterious Stone Ridge spinoff revealed it raised over $100 million and has more than $1 billion of cryptocurrency in custody. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bitcoin wins as Fidelity president and head of strategy and planning Peter Jubber today filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informing the regulator of a new fund. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Long before bitcoin payments startup Zap announced a coveted partnership with Visa, the rapidly rising firm quietly raised $3.5 million, according to previously unreported documents filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) today disclosed, in an SEC filing that it closed a $190 million bitcoin fund. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bitcoin is no longer the magic internet money that it's long been branded. But by being less, it could actually be much more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Perhaps even more importantly though, Coinbase is the first cryptocurrency company with the power to issue debit cards for others, including other cryptocurrency companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For now, Coinbase looks like a casino, but founder Brian Armstrong sees it as just the beginning of a financial liberation of the planet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past year, the price of bitcoin has more than doubled, and a number of imaginative new blockchain products have launched, showing the breadth of industries that could be impacted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bitcoin's first years are over, but the impact it will have on global fund flows, wealth and businesses is just beginning [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UNICEF is now accepting bitcoin and ethereum donations as part of a larger effort to re-invest the funds into startups using blockchain to solve a wide range of problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Father of the JOBS Act isn't happy with the legislation he inspired. But he thinks blockchain is the solutions. With a $130 million cryptocurrency IPO already in the works, he could be right. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With over a billion dollars revenue being generated by lawyers practicing law related to bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology, the world's largest law firms are starting to look like tech startups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Grayscale's Bitcoin Investment Trust destroys gold, oil, tech stocks and more over a recent four-month growth period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This list of enterprise blockchain startups compiled by venture capital firm mState shows the most promising new companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Starbucks, Nordstrom and Whole Foods now accept bitcoin, ethereum and more thanks to a partership with Flexa and support from Gemini's Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has reported what appears to be its largest bitcoin hack to date. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deloitte's former global head of blockchain saw firsthand the greed and corruption that led to the financial collapse in 2007. Then, in April 2018, he struck out on his own aiming to use the technology that underlies bitcoin to bring more transparency to the way the world's goods move. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the decrease in the price of cryptocurrency erasing 250 billion dollars in market value. It refers to bitcoin lending firm Genesis Global Capital's origination of 1.1 billion dollars in cryptocurrency loans in 2018 selling to a paradoxical mixture of bitcoin-believing crypto entrepreneurs due to the demise of cryptocurrency. It highlights a comment by Michael Moro, chief executive officer (CEO) of Genesis Global Capital, regarding crypto startups in the bear market.

The article reports that persons who invested in cryptocurrency in the year 2018 would have to meet burdensome requirements. Owners of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may have to pay taxes on the basis of the change in its value at the time of sale. The price of bitcoin as well as other cryptocurrencies decreased by nearly eighty percent in 2018.

The article focuses on the American founder Erik Voorhees of the bitcoin company Coinapult. It highlights Voorhees' responsibilities to explain to the world regarding the role of cryptocurrency in the financial paradigm without banks. It also cites the alternative financial infrastructure of bitcoin in the business world.

The article discusses the streaming of bitcoin blockchain transactions by software company Blockstream through artificial satellites. According to the author the streaming service provides access to bitcoin network and managing bitcoin mining operation at an affordable cost. Topics include the use of application program interface for encrypted messages, lesser reliance of internet service providers, and relaying bitcoin data through mesh networks.

The article reports that Seagate Technology Plc is focused on using International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) blockchain to protect computers from counterfeits. It mentions that the hardware is coming under increased protection using cryptographic signatures similar to one that ensure the uniqueness of bitcoin.

The article focuses on the initiative of the limited liability corporation, Fidelity Investments, to bring cryptocurrencies to institutional investors. It mentions that Fidelity Digital Assets will offer enterprise-grade custody solutions, a cryptocurrency trading execution platform and institutional advising services designed to align with the trading cycle of blockchain.

The article focuses on views expressed by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's vice president Jim Cunha regarding the limits of cryptocurrency partnerships at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit in Boston, Massachusetts on October 1, 2018. He explained the influence of blockchain on the way people think about money. He refers to uncertainty about the security of the organizations building blockchain as the biggest obstacle in embracing it.

The article reports that entrepreneur Marwan Forzely has come a long way since his days at Western Union financial services company and has raised 25 million dollars to cut intermediary banks out of the payment process altogether. Topics include Marwan's latest venture, Veem, uses bitcoin to directly connect its clients' bank accounts with suppliers and customers.

The article reports on the permission of SBI Remit to send money to Africa through bitcoin blockchain. Topics discussed include an overview of bitcoin blockchain, its fast settlement times, the partnership between the African countries and several companies, and the goal of the partnership to use the custom treasury tools of BitPesa.

The article focuses on the letter given to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) by various cryptocurrency experts, due to concerns of enterprise adoption of bitcoin by the New York Stock Exchange. Topics discussed include the experts include bitcoin core developer Bryan Bishop, e-commerce coding pioneer Christopher Allen, and Ernst & Young's blockchain team Angus Champion de Crespigny, difference between traditional financial practice and digital assets, and need for cryptographers.

The article discusses the emergence of early claim of the bearish signal of bitcoin that came when the cryptocurrency was valued at only $0.23 in 2011. The rise of ethereum cryptocurrency in popularity in 2014 which has a coding language used to write decentralized applications, a death knell to bitcoin, is tackled. The innovation among enthusiasts of bitcoin and counterparts will remain dominating as long as people choose to place their trust in the cryptography that powers blockchain.

The article focuses on the financial services company Northern Trust's projects based on blockchain and cryptocurrency technology. It discusses its investment in hedge funds on bitcoin and ethereum computing platform, the Northern Trust's president of corporate and institutional services Pete Cherecwich's outlook on portfolio diversification and significance of blockchain technology.

The article informs that several companies in the world exploring blockchain and making their own mark on technology first inspired by bitcoin like American Express Company; Mizuho Financial Group; and Oracle Corp. It reports how to gain exposure to blockchain innovation with buying over-the-counter products or investing directly in blockchain startups.

In an unusual move, the New York Department of Financial Services has approved the addition of four new cryptocurrencies to a license exchange. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the first bitcoin savings account regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that has been launched by cryptocurrency asset management platform LedgerX. Information is provided on how the savings product work for investors. It discusses the sophistication of the LedgerX product, which requires a CFTC derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license and a swap execution facility (SEF) license and suggests an investment opportunity for bitcoin users.

The article reports on the 110 million dollars in venture capital raised by cryptocurrency startup Circle Internet Financial to build on its vision for a global fiat currencies being run on the Ethereum blockchain and backed by actual U.S. dollar. It explains the U.S. Dollar Coin concept and offers information about the Centre, an open protocol being created to connect global currencies on a blockchain, including its governance structure.

The article reports that brothers including Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss who founded Gemini bitcoin exchange is including support for Zcash, privacy-focused cryptocurrency with the market valuation of 1 billion dollars. It mentions that the Gemini will start accepting deposits of Zcash, following the approval from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).

The article informs that bitcoin futures, launched by Great Britain-based Crypto Facilities in 2015, and XRP futures, launched in 2016, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in Great Britain, will start trading Ethereum futures on May 11, 2018. According to Timo Schlaefer, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Crypto Facilities, trading Ethereum futures reveal the increasingly mature state of digital assets.

The article focuses on the move of Ryan Shea, co-founder of Blockstack, to build blockchain tools to power an internet without central authority, such as Facebook. Topics mentioned include the raising of fund for the initiative via an initial coin offer funding mechanism, the company's blockchain-based solutions to give users decentralized applications, and its investment in blockchain startups.

The article reports on the Singapore Exchange Ltd. which is the largest and fastest growing FX trading center in Asia, has invested an undisclosed amount in London-based foreign exchange startup Cobalt. It states that the company is using a distributed ledger technology which is similar to the bitcoin blockchain as a way of streamlining post-trade settlements.