SecondMarket Hosts Bitcoin Talk for Professional Women's Network
Last night about 80 New York women of varied experience with the bitcoin industry met at SecondMarket's headquarters for what was effectively the largest women's bitcoin meetup, at least in the US city. Most of them work in the banking and financial services industries, and a fair few were executives and compliance directors quietly representing industry heavyweights. However, they were all assembled there by Ellevate, the members-only global women's network dedicated to investing in women's success and led by Sallie Krawcheck. Krawcheck, often called one of the most powerful women on Wall....
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Have a chunk of bitcoin you want to sell? SecondMarket might be willing to scoop it up from you. The company, which manages the Bitcoin Investment Trust, has set up a page on their website dedicated to the cause. SecondMarket is currently buying bitcoin. Any bitcoin holders interested in selling blocks of bitcoin can benefit from our deep knowledge base of the bitcoin markets. Here are the outlined steps to completing such a transaction, according to SecondMarket: Seller completes a New Account Profile (NAP) form. SecondMarket notifies seller of approval to trade once compliance procedures....
Barry Silbert, Source: Twitter. Founder and CEO of SecondMarket Barry Silbert revealed on Sunday that he's planned to be pretty busy today in meetings with institutional investors representing over $250 billion ath the Barclays Emerging Payments Forum at the Crowne Plaza in Times Square. The talking point? Bitcoin. Yes, bitcoin. Some very powerful people in the finance community are looking to talk digital currency. Silbert's tweet: Requests from 38 institutional investors representing +$250 billion to meet with me re bitcoin at Barclays Emerging Payments Forum tomorrow. It's unclear just....
SecondMarket has not yet launched its institutional bitcoin exchange - it's expected later this year. However, the company has added a new page to their website for "market making" as clarified by founder and CEO Barry Silbert over Twitter: FYI, we did NOT launch a digital currency exchange today. Just added a new web page for our bitcoin "market making" https://t.co/PoeNmfN2ZS. - Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) April 16, 2014. New York-based SecondMarket previously confirmed that it will launch a professional-level bitcoin exchange service for institutional traders (including banks, hedge....
It would appear as if the SecondMarket online illiquid asset marketplace has opened its doors to many more investors with the opening of a full-service trading platform. Investors seeking to buy and sell in blocks of 25 BTC (over $12,000 USD at the current exchange rate) can enjoy personalized customer service and transactions that close in about one business day, according to the company's trading website. Investors looking to get involved will be required to complete a NAP (new account profile). Following approval to trade, SecondMarket will negotiate between buyers and sellers. For....
Barry Silbert: he's one busy businessman. From CEO of SecondMarket and the Bitcoin Investment Trust, in addition to the leader of the new Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., he's had quite a lot going on. And now we're learning via BusinessInsider that Silbert is planning to step down from his role as CEO at SecondMarket, an online illiquid asset marketplace. He's reportedly now exclusively committed to working on his bitcoin-related ventures, specifically the Bitcoin Investment Trust, which allows major investors to get involved with bitcoin in a secure manner. Silbert will still remain the....