Michael Bellusci

Michael Bellusci is a former CoinDesk crypto reporter. Previously he covered stocks for Bloomberg. He has no significant crypto holdings.

Michael Bellusci

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Finance

Payments Firm Stronghold Launches $100M Investment Fund Aimed at Fintech and Web 3

Stronghold Capital has already invested in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research, and Precursor Ventures.

venture capital

Finance

NYSE Files Trademark Application for Its Own NFT Marketplace

The move comes after the NYSE minted six NFTs last year commemorating the debut of hot tech stocks on the exchange.

New York Stock Exchange

Finance

Galaxy Digital Sees ‘Substantial Wave’ of Capital Ready for Crypto Investments

The crypto merchant bank’s co-president spoke at Canaccord Genuity’s Digital Assets Symposium.

Office buildings in paris

Finance

ConocoPhillips Selling Excess Gas to a Bitcoin Miner in North Dakota

The oil major is aiming to reach zero routine flaring by 2025.

gas flaring bakken

Finance

Silvergate to Continue Working With Regulators Ahead of Stablecoin Pilot Launch

The lender recently bought Meta’s stablecoin tech and assets.

Silvergate Bank to Discontinue Binance USD Deposits, Withdrawals

Finance

Voyager Digital Posts Income of $3.2M in Fiscal Q2, Plans to Add Equity Trading and NFTs

Revenue of $164.8 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021, more than doubled from the previous three months.

Voyager Digital CEO Steven Ehrlich (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

PayPal Forms Crypto Advisory Council

The six members will help the company create a digital financial system.

(CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Leading Digital Exchanges Launch Crypto Market Integrity Coalition

Founding members of the 17-strong group include Solidus Labs, Coinbase, Huobi Tech, Circle, GSR and Anchorage Digital.

(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm Wirex Expands to US, Begins Distributing Crypto-Linked Visa Debit Card

Wirex currently has over 4.5 million customers across the European and Asia-Pacific regions.

Wirex US launch (Wirex)

Markets

SEC Requests Comments on Concerns About Grayscale's Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal

The agency’s issues include possible share manipulation and the liquidity of bitcoin markets.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)