Bitcoin Pioneer Charlie Shrem Launches New Blockchain Venture
"You're going to have bitcoiners owning stakes in septic tank companies." If early bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem's newest venture (his first since his release from prison earlier this year) goes to plan, the results could offer new – and unusual – ways for digital currency users to invest. Called Intellisys Capital, the startup (co-founded by CEO Jason Granger) intends to offer a private equity investment portfolio in which tokens representing shares in a portfolio of "middle market companies" are issued on the ethereum blockchain. Announced at CoinDesk On Tap in....
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Editor's Note: Charlie Shrem has responded publicly by clarifying that he has not been banned from any conferences. A misreading of events caused by verbiage which CCN profusely apologizes for initially printing. Shrem has responded to CCN inquiries from earlier today and will release a full statement on the happenings soon. CCN wishes Charlie Shrem the best of luck in his 9/22/14 trial, his case has been previously written about here. Charlie Shrem's favorite picture of Charlie Shrem. Embattled former Bitcoin Foundation member Charlie Shrem has faced his share of legal trouble with the....
Charlie Shrem is released from prison; Ethereum successfully “hard-forks,” and the Bank of England may issue its own digital currency. Want to catch up on your latest crypto-news? Take a look at the stories below. CHARLIE SHREM. Bitcoin evangelist Charlie Shrem has been released from prison after serving one year of what was originally set to be a two-year sentence. Shrem was arrested at JFK airport last year after speaking at a Bitcoin conference in Europe. Shrem was charged for helping a BitInstant customer covert USD to bitcoin that would ultimately be used to purchase drugs through the....
Charlie Shrem was formally indicted on April 10th. Three months ago, Charlie Shrem, the former Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and CEO of the now-defunct BitInstant, was arrested in New York on charges of money laundering and acting as an unlicensed money transmitter. The allegations against Shrem were that he laundered over $1 million in bitcoins for users of Silk Road - the illegal online drug marketplace that was shut down by the FBI back in October 2013, and that he wilfully neglected to report unlawful transactions that were conducted through BitInstant by Robert Faiella, a....
Early Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem, co-founder of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange BitInstant, is pursuing a new venture, a Dash-branded and Dash-accepting debit card. Rather than seeking startup funding through more traditional means, however, Shrem has instead sought funding directly from Dash itself. Instead of the entirety of the block reward going to miners like most other coins, Dash gives 45 percent to masternode stakeholders, and 10 percent is set aside for development and other community projects. As this card would constitute a community project to grow Dash’s ecosystem, Shrem....
Charlie Shrem, a well-known individual in the cryptocurrency space, recently returned to the industry after a year-long hiatus. Shrem has partnered with entrepreneur Jason Granger to create Intellisys Capital LLC, and Mainstreet Investment LP. The companies will manage a securities investment fund built on top of the Ethereum blockchain based on real....