Investor Group Optimistic in Fight to Stop Mt. Gox Liquidation
A group of investors are seeking to stop the defunct Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox from being liquidated following its failed bankruptcy bid. A final decision will be made by 9th May by a court-appointed administrator as to whether or not Sunlot Holdings - which represents the investor group - is granted permission to buy out the exchange. Mt. Gox was placed into liquidation on 16th April, with Japanese courts citing the difficulty in resurrecting the exchange as well as the dwindling likelihood of this possibility as key reasons for recommending the move. However, it's exactly this....
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Sierra Leone Liberty Group at a local hospital. A group of entrepreneurs promoting bitcoin in western Africa has reminded the world of the dire situation it faces as its daily fight to stop the spread of Ebola continues. The Sierra Leone Liberty Group (SLLG), initially formed to promote free enterprise and libertarian ideals as the path to prosperity in the country, has continued to promote its message despite the frequent need to jump in and assist members' fellow countrymen more directly. According to leader Mustapha Cole, the group has worked with Ministry of Health vehicles alongside....
Bitcoin Group is to make its third attempt to IPO this November, following two stop orders from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Melbourne firm first announced it would pursue an initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) last October, however it has faced delays following a reprimand by the regulator in February and two stop orders on its investor prospectus in July. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the firm lodged an updated prospectus last Friday after ASIC lifted its second stop order. Its listing date is now set for....
Billionaire David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group’s founder, believes that U.S. lawmakers will not push to regulate the crypto industry unduly. Noting that he is bullish on crypto, the billionaire investor said: “the greatest fortunes are made when people go against conventional wisdom.”
David Rubenstein Bullish on Crypto
Billionaire investor David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, one of the largest investment firms, shared his cryptocurrency outlook in an interview with CNBC Thursday.
Responding to a question about whether he is bullish on....
Multiple events in the last two months have seen various crypto lending platforms come under fire from both a liquidity and investor confidence angle. The first which had been the LUNA collapse had been the trigger for the rest such as the Celsius insolvency and the subsequent liquidation of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), the largest […]