What's Next For CoinDesk?
CoinDesk first published Bitcoin-related content in May 2013. The website, launched by Spotify angel investor Shakil Khan, came to fruition in just four weeks. “I was just sitting there and I literally had five e-mails that day from very seasoned entrepreneurs asking me, ‘What do you know about Bitcoin?’” said Khan. “There’s a lack of transparent information. Where do you go to read what’s right or wrong?” said Khan at the time. Despite his website launch, Kahn insisted he was not getting into the media business. He called Bitcoin Magazine at the time too technical for a larger audience.....
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Coindesk, a leading industry news and media outlet has announced today that it has been acquired by Digital Currency Group. Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, an initial investor in Coindesk has now acquired the publication as a whole, with editorial and business teams at CoinDesk to reportedly merge with Digital Currency Group’s events platform to form a new subsidiary based in New York. CoinDesk made the announcement on its website, which read: We are excited to announce that CoinDesk has been acquired by Digital Currency Group (DCG), a leader in the bitcoin and blockchain industry....
CoinDesk has added Bitfinex to the Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) today as of 16:00 GMT. Bitfinex, which is incorporated in Hong Kong, has been on CoinDesk's radar for possible inclusion in the BPI for some time now. Over the past several weeks, and particularly since the decline of Mt. Gox, we have observed that Bitfinex has been able to sustain a dramatic increase in its share of the total volume of US dollar-denominated bitcoins traded. CoinDesk has also verified that Bitfinex meets the CoinDesk BPI criteria, which include rules ranging from minimum trade size to maximum customer withdrawal....
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