This is the mystical hedge fund rumor from yesterday: From Dan Primack at Fortune:
Bitcoinana: In September we discussed how SecondMarket had launched the first U.S.-based investment vehicle dedicated exclusively to Bitcoin, called The Bitcoin Investment Trust (beating out the Winklevii, who remain stuck in regulatory limbo). Now comes word that Fortress Investment Group is prepping its own Bitcoin fund, which likely will be much larger than the SecondMarket offering.
Details remain scarce, although there are some rumors that some info could be revealed tonight at the Bitcoin New Year’s Eve Bash down on Broad Street (yes, this is an actual thing). But it is worth noting that Fortress earlier this year acquired Koru Ventures, a provider of patent-backed loans to tech companies, in order to launch an IP finance group. Among Koru’s principals (and new Fortress employees) was Steven Waterhouse (ex-CTO of RPX Corp.), whose LinkedIn profile yesterday said that he had just become a partner on an unnamed Bitcoin fund. After I sent Waterhouse an email requesting more info – and also placing a call with Fortress – the Bitcoin mention disappeared from his LinkedIn page (replaced only with “TBD”).
My understanding, however, is that the Fortress effort will be something like a currency ETF (similar to Bitcoin Investment Trust), but that Fortress also may raise a separate vehicle to back Bitcoin-related startups. And there likely is some relationship to a new Bitcoin-related fund raised by Pantera Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund whose clients are known to include several Fortress executives. Pantera founder Dan Moorehead declined to discuss his Bitcoin efforts or relationship to Fortress – including if his effort and the Fortress fund were one in the same – but an SEC filing indicates that he already has raised around $150 million, and Pantera recently participated in a VC round for crypto-currency payment network Ripple Labs. Moreover, calls to Pantera’s main number are now met with a voicemail that only identifies the firm as “Pantera Bitcoin.”
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Rumour time! TIL that a major US hedge fund investor will announce a significant position in #bitcoin within the next several days. Happy New Year! Source: https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/417769054326108160More details here: The investment firm has apparently raised even more money than SecondMarket's Bitcoin Invesment Trust. I'll repost with details and firm names once the full story is pieced together. |
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Holy crap, we broke through the 20btc wall at 810.
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Choo at this volume? No, sorry.
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You can say what you will about "the weekend dip", but here's something it's impossible to argue against: Every Sunday night (UTC), the price goes up. Every. Sunday. Night.
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Noe av det mest idiotiske med alle disse litecoin-klonene er jo at de ikke tar seg bryet med å fikse scrypt-parametrene. Skaperen av scrypt påpeker at litecoin bruker scrypt på en dårlig måte som gjør at den ikke er tilstrekkelig minnekrevende. |
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Longest red candle ever, very christmassy.
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750 is seriously bad ass.
You know what's *really* seriously bad ass? 754. |
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Looks like the depth chart is more or less real-time now, great work on that!
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Hvordan går jeg frem som privatperson for å betale moms når jeg kjøper bitcoins fra utlandet? Må man levere "momsoppgave" eller noe sånt? Gjøres dette i forbindelse med selvangivelsen?
Hva hvis man allerede har daytradet svært mye? Kan man ende opp med å skylde mye mer i moms enn man har?
Er man skyldig moms for bitcoins man har kjøpt flere år bak i tid?
Jeg regner med at hvis man selger bitcoins som privatperson, enten til en annen privatperson eller til et selskap, skal man ikke kreve inn moms fra kjøper, men korriger meg gjerne hvis dette er galt.
Blir bare helt matt av å tenke på alt dette her.
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Bare enda en altcoin. Hva synes du skiller denne fra håndfullen av altcoins som lanseres hver uke?
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For all the drama today, gox is "only" down 10-12% the last 24 hours.
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There are always little rallies on Sunday nights (UTC). Like clockwork.
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Probably ATH bid sum, but probably ATH ask sum as well.
haha no. Check blockchained. Ask is close to all time low. It's been up in the 100ks before. Hah, well, considering 100KBTC once wasn't worth so much, that's no wonder. I didn't think. |
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Probably ATH bid sum, but probably ATH ask sum as well.
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860 tested for the second time in 24 hours. Up from here?
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The long term holders just get entertainment  i speculate that bitcoin can trade well over 1000$ purely on entertainment value As we all know, Bitcoin is backed by comedy gold. |
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