ICO

Two years after Kik raised $100 million in an ICO, the Canadian social messaging startup has drawn the ire of the American regulators.

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.

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?

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.

We’ve dug through cryptocurrency blogs and reports from across the globe to create a breakdown of how 12 regions, from Singapore to Switzerland, are handling ICOs amid the bitcoin boom.

Instead of making an equity investment in a blockchain company, should VCs just purchase some digital currency instead?

Initial coin offerings, bitcoin and Ethereum were hot topics on the event’s first day.

While VC activity within the blockchain space shows no signs of slowing down, capital raised via ICO is on pace to surpass all historical VC investment in the blockchain space.