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Raiz Super regains losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... allows users to build their own personalised portfolio by choosing the target weighting for up to 14 ETFs and exposure to Bitcoin. The personalised portfolio will not have additional brokerage costs as users buy or continue to customize ETFs. There is ...

BlackRock readies for crypto exposure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... manager is flirting with the idea of investing in cryptocurrency, priming two of its global funds to potential exposure to bitcoin futures. Two filings with US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that two of BlackRock's funds - the ...

Raiz launches custom portfolio option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... will allow users to build their own personalised portfolio by choosing the target weighting for up to 14 ETFs as well as Bitcoin. "The Custom Portfolio gives Raiz users more control over how they invest. For example, they can now build a portfolio that ...

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... founder and managing partner of US$7 billion alternative investment manager SkyBridge Capital, has launched SkyBridge Bitcoin Fund. The fund is priced using the Bloomberg Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Fixing Rate. The minimum initial amount is US$50,000. Scaramucci ...

Crypto fortune hinges on forgotten password

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
A Bitcoin portfolio worth approximately $280 million could be lost forever, as its owner struggles to remember his password. Stefan Thomas, a developer based in San Francisco, remains unable to access his Bitcoin wallet. He said the incident is "a painful ...

Insto demand sees digital asset manager launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... blockchain networks. ByteTree AM plans to launch its first fund later this year to professional investors, investing solely in Bitcoin and leveraging proprietary intelligence gleaned by ByteTree. ByteTree AM chief executive Charlie Erith told Financial ...

Crypto exchange owners charged

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... has illegally offered leveraged retail commodity transactions, futures, options, and swaps on cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, ether and litecoin. Among its alleged violations, BitMEX failed to implement know-your-customer procedures, a customer information ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... investment scams - and the actual figure is probably much higher. She wants to warn consumers to be particularly wary of bitcoin and cryptocurrency schemes, saying she has seen many of these collapse and turn out to be Ponzi schemes. "I have seen so ...

Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... concerns. A trading bot is a software program that automatically trades cryptocurrencies on the user's behalf, such as Bitcoin, Litecoin and StableCoin. "Some trading bots request permission to access your savings account to carry out the trade," ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates were among the household names that had their Twitter accounts hacked to promote a bitcoin scam. The official Twitter accounts of many notable people, including former President Barrack Obama and Presidential candidate ...