• Grayscale Plans to Launch a Cryptocurrency ‘Large Cap Fund’;
• Forbes Publishes ‘First-Ever’ Richest People In Cryptocurrency List;
• Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange Expected to Remain Offline for 12 Hours;
• More FUD / SCAM?: China’s Central Bank Email Hacked, Message Claims Cryptocurrency Ban;
• Ripple’s Global Financial Network Partners With China-Based Payment Provider
• 📑 Daily Crypto Calendar, February 8th 💰

🗞 Grayscale Plans to Launch a Cryptocurrency ‘Large Cap Fund’

This Wednesday Grayscale Investments, the sponsor of the Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) has announced a new cryptocurrency investment vehicle is coming. The company plans to launch the ‘Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund’ (the “Fund”) that intends to hold the top digital assets within the cryptocurrency economy.

"As a trusted and experienced manager, Grayscale is committed to creating investment structures that are familiar to qualified investors and provide secure access to this emerging asset class.

Read more & Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/grayscale-plans-to-launch-a-cryptocurrency-large-cap-fund/

🗞 Forbes Publishes ‘First-Ever’ Richest People In Cryptocurrency List

Forbes, known for its “World’s Billionaires List”, published a list of the richest people in cryptocurrency for the first time, Tuesday Feb. 6.

The goal of publishing such a list, according to Forbes Editor Randall Lane, is to

“[provide] a snapshot of a pivotal moment, part of the transparency needed to pull crypto away from its provenance as the favorite currency of drug dealers and into the adolescence of a legitimate asset class.”

Read more & Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/forbes-publishes-first-ever-richest-people-in-cryptocurrency-list

🗞 Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange Expected to Remain Offline for 12 Hours

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges which is said to be the fastest growing startup in history, has been offline for several hours.

Binance’s CEO released another statement on twitter stating that there will be another delay (about 10 hours) before the exchange comes back online. In the meantime there will be a 30 minute window to withdraw any funds.

https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/961461370834206720

Read more & Source: https://themerkle.com/binance-cryptocurrency-exchange-expected-to-remain-offline-for-12-hours/

🗞 More FUD / SCAM?: China’s Central Bank Email Hacked, Message Claims Cryptocurrency Ban

In an apparent security breach, an email address ending [email protected] circulated a message to some US media entities disclosing joint regulatory measures soon to be imposed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and People's Bank of China (PBoC). The domain belongs to the PBoC.

Per an excerpt from the message, recipients were to expect restrictions on "all aspects and services of bitcoin trading in both mainland China and Hong Kong." It extended an invitation, now established as fraudulent, requesting that press attend a briefing in Beijing on February 14, 2018. It claimed that PBoC deputy governor Pan Gongsheng was to oversee the meeting and supposedly detail the suppression of "all virtual currency services and activities of both individuals and business including market makers, mining operators, trading platforms and wallets."

Read more & Source: https://www.ethnews.com/chinas-central-bank-email-hacked-message-claims-cryptocurrency-ban

🗞 Ripple’s Global Financial Network Partners With China-Based Payment Provider

LianLian International, a China-based payment services provider, has partnered with RippleNet in order to offer faster and less expensive cross border transactions to their customers across the US, Europe, and China, according to a Feb. 7 announcement on Ripple’s blog.

RippleNet is Ripple’s decentralized global network, made up of banks and other financial institutions, that handles the real-time confirmations of financial transactions.

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, tweeted that Ripple “just opened the door to the largest e-commerce market in the world”:

Read more & Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripples-global-financial-network-partners-with-china-based-payment-provider

Daily Crypto Calendar, February, 8th

• EOS (EOS)

NY Meetup

• Bitcoin (BTC)

"Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Gibraltar 2018 will focus on new regulations, digital identity and current state of cryptocurrencies and IC

• RaiBlocks (XRB)

A meet and greet with RaiBlocks creator Colin LeMahieu in Austin, TX

• Enjin Coin (ENJ)

Enjin Coin will be listed on Cobinhood Exchange, February 8th.

• Dovu (DOVU)

Mobility Pioneers in Munich, Germany.