Video: Jered Kenna on Losing Bitcoin.com and His Struggle for Success
Ex-marine Jered Kenna has to be one of the most perseverant entrepreneurs in bitcoin. After his exchange TradeHill fell apart not once but twice, he also lost bitcoin.com - the flagship domain for the digital currency. Not one for giving up, he has since dusted his shoulders off and thrown himself into two projects - 20 Mission and Money and Tech - that aim to educate and inform people about the impact of technologies like bitcoin. Here, Kenna discusses the highs and lows of running Mt Gox's earliest rival, the projects he's busy with now and what life is like in his new home, Colombia.....
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A roller coaster ride as co-founder of Tradehill, an early Bitcoin exchange launched in 2011 that once rivaled now defunct exchange Mt. Gox, led Jered Kenna towards lifestyle brands. While working in bitcoin, things like regulation, banks and other associated headaches burned him out a bit on blockchain hype. On February 13, 2012, Tradehill announced it....
TradeZero, an online broker dealer registered with the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, has announced today that it has teamed up with Bitcoin serial entrepreneur Jered Kenna to create the world’s first “dark pool” exchange for Bitcoin and eventually other digital currencies. Dark Pool Bitcoin exchange. Dark pools refer to off-exchange trading between two parties and account for more than 40 percent of the volume of stocks being traded on a given day. Kenna pioneered the concept of dark pool trading at his first Bitcoin exchange, Tradehill, which operated during Bitcoin’s infancy....
TradeZero has announced today that they will be partnering with Jered Kenna to create an off-chain “Dark Pool” exchange on their platform, in addition to their commission-free stock and ETF trading services. The exchange will implement multisig and insuring through BitGo, and fee-less currency (digital and fiat) trading within their system. The Nassau-registered broker will also be accepting opening balances in BTC. TradeZero Bringing BTC to Traditional Finance. Jered Kenna, progenitor of Tradehill, moneyandtech.com, and original owner of the bitcoin.com domain, is a blockchain....
The U.S. stock trading exchange TradeZero (www.tradezero.co) has just announced that it will be offering a “Dark Pool” for Bitcoin whales. Through a partnership with Bitcoin serial entrepreneur Jered Kenna, the firm will enable clients to participate in commission-free dark pool cryptocurrency trading. TradeZero Enables Dark Pool Trading for Investors....
Bitcoin exchange Tradehill says that it may continue with its auction business after a successful first sale of Avalon ASIC miners. The firm operated an auction for ASIC mining company Avalon, in the midst of struggles to resolve its regulatory issues. This month, the San Francisco-based company conducted a two-week auction to sell Avalon's 60 Ghash/sec units. Tradehill founder and CEO Jered Kenna has left the door open for future business with other auction clients. "We can't say when the next one will be, but with the success of this one, there's no reason why we shouldn't do it again,"....