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What the SEC’s lawsuit against Binance means for crypto investors

June 4, 2023

“I don’t believe that Binance or Coinbase will settle,” PitchBook analyst Robert Le said.

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Bitpanda rides the bitcoin wave to unicorn status

March 15, 2021

As bitcoin climbs to uncharted highs, mainstream investors are opening up to cryptocurrency, and Bitpanda has capitalized on the boom to become Austria’s very first unicorn.

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Big Things

9 big things: Coinbase takes crypto to Wall Street

February 27, 2021

Coinbase has formally filed for a direct listing, which joins Paul Ryan, Lucid Motors, telecom transactions and more in our recap of the week.

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First impressions from CES: Crypto optimism, sleeptech and the internet of anything

January 7, 2019

PitchBook analysts are at CES this week, where they’re sharing their take on the tech talk, gadgets and industry trends likely to shape the coming year. Here’s the report from day one.

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Six big things: A happy birthday for bitcoin

October 31, 2018

Coinbase hits an $8 billion valuation, Aaron Rodgers invests in safer football helmets and more from the past week in VC.

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Venture Capital

VCs are bullish on bitcoin—still

June 20, 2018

A lot has happened in the past six months to fuel skeptics of cryptocurrency. Nonetheless, VCs have taken a big leap forward when it comes to investing in the space.

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Why bitcoin may be worthless

June 20, 2018

In a scathing report, the world’s central bank has labeled the largest cryptocurrency useless, unsafe and environmentally disastrous.

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Was bitcoin’s rise built on a lie?

June 13, 2018

New research suggests that roughly half of bitcoin’s meteoric rise in late 2017 was driven by possibly fraudulent buying demand—undercutting the main reason why bitcoin entered the mainstream.

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Bitcoin and IPOs under threat as tech rout deepens

April 2, 2018

Turmoil and volatility in the stock market—which senior writer Anthony Mirhaydari warned about in January—has hit with ferocity. That’s threatening the most exciting areas of the private markets.

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M&A

3 startups Coinbase may have its eye on

March 27, 2018

Emilie Choi joined Coinbase as vice president of corporate and business development earlier this month after eight years with LinkedIn. Her mandate: acqui-hire. Her options: virtually limitless.

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Will bitcoin go to zero?

February 26, 2018

The bitcoin headlines are still coming in hard and fast, despite a harrowing drop from the December highs of just below $20,000. The sentiment bubble remains intact. But are prices headed even lower?

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Can bitcoin recover from its bloodbath?

January 16, 2018

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been battered by selling pressure over the past month. Is this merely another dip to buy or the start of something worse?

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‘The year of crypto': Boost VC’s Adam Draper on the future of digital currency

December 18, 2017

Adam Draper made a crazy bet on cryptocurrency when he launched a bitcoin startup accelerator in 2012. Now it’s paying off big time, and the Boost VC founder is looking to the future.

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Bitcoin eclipses Tulip Mania as bubble talk grows

December 12, 2017

According to a price analysis that went viral this week, the rise of bitcoin has overtaken Tulip Mania of the 1600s and the Mississippi Bubble of the 1700s to become the largest bubble ever.

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The top venture capital investors in cryptocurrency startups

December 11, 2017

Despite the ICO craze of 2017, cryptocurrency startups are still nabbing venture capital backing. Here’s a look at the eight most active investors in the bitcoin/blockchain space.

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Why bitcoin might be a bubble (but the tech will last)

December 6, 2017

The rise has been breathless: From a low of $3,226 on September 14, bitcoin pushed past the $17,000 level on Thursday, a gain of more than 400% in less than three months. Is it sustainable?

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Avocado toast and bitcoin, a match made in millennial heaven

December 5, 2017

At 500 Startups’ PreMoney conference, Blockchain Capital co-founder and managing partner P. Bart Stephens shared an interesting statistic from a survey that his crypto-focused firm did recently.

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Q&A: IVP principal on the firm’s $1.5B VC fund, Coinbase and cryptocurrency

October 25, 2017

Twitter. Snap. Dropbox. IVP has already made a slew of notable investments. We spoke with principal Tom Loverro about the firm’s plan to deploy its new $1.5 billion fund on cryptocurrency startups.

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