Interview With Dapps Partner Sam Yilmaz: 'Investment Appetite for Crypto Shrinking - Time for VC'
Decentralized Applications Fund general partner, Sam Yilmaz, warns that the crypto sector is approaching a lean period of lower interest and investment, heightening the importance of VC capital. Speaking to CoinTelegraph ahead of his speech at the free International Virtual Crypto Summit on February 26-27, Sam Yilmaz discusses where he sees Bitcoin 2.0 heading in 2015 and the investment climate in the sector. Following 2014's record US$335 million of VC investment into Bitcoin businesses, the first two months of 2015 have seen an even higher rate, which already resulted in US$105.84....
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On December 5-6, 2014, the global crypto community will come together to mingle, share knowledge and network at the 1st Crypto Money Virtual Expo - an "online meet up" that offers online interactive access to every professional, developer, bitcoiner and enthusiast from around the world, without leaving home. This is an opportunity to remotely attend live online lectures by top figures in the industry, such as Peter Todd - Bitcoin core developer, David Johnston and Sam Yilmaz from DApps fund, and other leading developers and visionaries from the crypto community. Eyal Abramovitch, co-....
We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Daniel Yan, founding partner and chief operating officer at Matrixport a digital assets financial services platform where users can invest, trade and leverage crypto assets. Hey guys, this is Dan I am a founding partner at Matrixport. I have been COO of the company since 2019 overseeing the day-to-day operation of the company. Late last year, I started to spend most of my time building Matrixport....
Grayscale Investments has partnered with Icapital Network to provide more than 6,700 advisors access to its cryptocurrency investment products. “Advisors and their clients have expressed increasing appetite for uncorrelated return potential in their portfolios, and digital currencies are at the center of the conversation right now,” said the CEO of Icapital.
Over 6,700 Advisors Now Have Access to Grayscale’s Crypto Investments
Grayscale Investments announced Monday a partnership with Icapital Network, a platform connecting advisors and high net worth....
Nodio is a blockchain-based router solution focused on privacy that is still in development. It supporters decentralized applications (DApps) and has the ability to act as a VPN while also being able to be integrated with the Tor network. A Nodio can even act as a Tor relay node. In this interview, CCN asked a few questions of the team to get a clearer understanding of the purpose of the device. CCN: How are the DApps integrated with the Bitcoin blockchain? Nodio Team: Nodio uses blockchain in its decentralized applications because it resides on multiple computers. So, if one node fails,....