Author Archives: Darren Marchal

The ‘metaverse’ bet: Crypto-rich investors snap up vi

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – What do you do with a $69 million artwork that doesn’t physically exist? That’s the question faced by the Singapore-based investor calling himself Metakovan, who made headlines last month when he bought the digital artwork “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” by the American artist Beeple at Christie’s. The work…

Surojit Chatterjee: Ex-Google exec’s 2020 move to Coinbase

Even for Silicon Valley, Surojit Chatterjee’s rise to extraordinary wealth, amounting to nearly Rs 5,000 crore (or $646 million) was lightning fast. The chief product officer has been with Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, for just 15 months. The former Google executive’s Coinbase stake was worth about $180.8 million after its first…

Coinbase listing marks latest step in crypto’s march to the

Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, will list on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, marking a milestone in the journey of virtual currencies from niche technology to mainstream asset. The listing is by far the biggest yet of a cryptocurrency company, with the San Francisco-based firm saying last month that private market transactions had…

Bitcoin rallies to all-time high as traders eye Coinbase Global l

Bitcoin jumped to an all-time high as the mood in cryptocurrencies turned bullish ahead of Coinbase Global Inc.’s listing this week. The token rose as much as 5.3 per cent to $63,179, exceeding the previous peak in March. Cryptocurrency-exposed stocks such as Riot Blockchain Inc and Marathon Digital Holdings also advanced in US premarket trading….