Transparency Beckons as NYSE Invests In Coinbase
NYSE today announced on its Twitter page that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The New York Stock Exchange, had made a minority investment in incumbent payment processing company Coinbase. The tweet read as follows: We will work with @coinbase to bring additional transparency to bitcoin pricing http://t.co/Q9xjcXMmjl pic.twitter.com/gJaOiCScNM. - NYSE (@nyse) January 20, 2015. Alongside the twitter announcement came a press release confirming its validity. While the specifics of the investment have not yet been disclosed, we can expect to learn more as to the size and terms attached over the....
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