Digital Currency Group OTCQX market, and is only available to accredited investors. CoinDesk is a global media, research, and events platform that was acquired by Digital Currency Group in 2016. The company is best known for its coverage of blockchain’s daily news, Bitcoin Price Index and data tools, and its tutorials and research products, including the quarterly "State of Bitcoin" report. CoinDesk also hosts a conference on digital currencies and blockchain technologies titled "Consensus", which was last held in May 2016 in New York City and hosted over 1,500 attendees. Digital Currency Group Digital Currency Group (DCG) is a venture capital company focusing
Virtual currency and (2) that persons may obtain by their own computing or manufacturing effort". Rather than relying on confidence in a central authority, it depends instead on a distributed system of trust. Digital currency is a particular form of currency that is electronically transferred and stored, i.e., distinct from physical currency, such as coins or banknotes. According to the European Central Bank, virtual currencies are "generally digital", although their enduring precursor, the coupon, for example, is physical. A cryptocurrency is a digital currency using cryptography to secure transactions and to control the creation of new currency units. Since not all virtual