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
Private currency Private currency A private currency is a currency issued by a private entity, be it an individual, a commercial business, a nonprofit or decentralized common enterprise. It is often contrasted with fiat currency issued by governments or central banks. In many countries, the issuance of private paper currencies the minting of metal coins intended to be used as currency may even be a criminal act such as in the United States (18 U.S. Code § 486). Digital cryptocurrency is sometimes treated differently; for example, this is legal in the United States but illegal in a few countries (mainly in West