Winklevoss Price Ticker Makes Debut on Bloomberg
The Winklevoss' bitcoin price index, the 'WinkDex', has made its first appearance on Bloomberg. Listed on the platform under WINKBTCO, the move is an important step for the young index, launched earlier this year. In a brief blog post the team say they are honoured to be working with Bloomberg to bring a "blended bitcoin price index" to the wider investor community. In addition, the WinkDex is about to get a number of new features over the next few weeks, including an API. WinkDex was launched in February and it is just one bitcoin related initiative headed by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.....
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Ah, the WinkDex. It's the brain child of both Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, two of the bitcoin community's most prominent entities. This simple but effective bitcoin price composite is the official price measure of the Winklevoss' bitcoin ETF, currently awaiting regulatory approval by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. And according to a post made on the Winklevoss Capital website, the price data is now available on Bloomberg in a move some suggest may further legitimize the digital currency in the eyes of traditional financiers. "We are honored to be working with....
Article updated on August 11 at 23:50 (BST). A source inside Bloomberg has privately confirmed that the company is testing a bitcoin ticker among its internal staff. The news, which should be officially confirmed by Monday, first surfaced on BTCGeek yesterday. The site said that someone overheard an employee of the financial giant at a Satoshi Square meeting mentioning that the currency was now available on the terminal, and that subsequent checks confirmed it. "Bloomberg employees can see the Bitcoin ticker under {XBT Crncy} on their Bloomberg terminal and look up it's [sic] pricing,"....
On February 18, 2015, CNN Money quietly announced via Twitter its new Bitcoin quote page, with the ticker XBT. Like all CNN Money quote pages for public stocks, the XBT page has a price chart, updated daily, and a compilation of recent Bitcoin news. CNN Money is no stranger to Bitcoin. It often publishes related news, and has a simple infographic page to explain Bitcoin. In September 2014, CNN Money's Jose Pagliery published a book, Bitcoin: And the Future of Money, which is considered one of the best general reference books on the subject. Now that CNN Money readers know about Bitcoin,....
Earlier today, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss formally filed for shares on Nasdaq. The Bitcoin Trust filed with the Securities Exchange Commission to apply to sell 1 million shares. Astute observers have read between the lines and noted that a lack of a specific launch date and/or expense ratio indicates that the ETF is still months away from seeing the public light. Also read: SEC Receptive to Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF. Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF. The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust is officially sponsored by Math-Based....
The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust has filed a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust has been seeking to have an exchange traded fund linked to Bitcoin. The Winklevoss twins originally filed with the SEC in July of 2013 but have had to make edits to their proposal including information relating to the risks consumers face. The Winklevoss brothers created a Bitcoin Index, Winkdex, to better price Bitcoin. The SEC document has not yet named a ticker symbol for ETF. Each share of the ETF will represent 1/5th of a Bitcoin. The ETF will....