• Is Bitcoin green or black?

    Bitcoin is known for its massive energy consumption. According to the University of Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, the Bitcoin network is currently consuming more energy than Austria. While the accuracy of this estimate is questionable, the carbon footprint remains one of the main points of criticism for Bitcoin opponents. The bear market has not…

  • WichtIGER HINWEIS ZUR RICHTIGSTELLUNG

    Frankfurt, den 4. Dezember 2019  —  Iconic Funds BTC ETN GmbH  (die “Emittentin“) eine Tochtergesellschaft der Iconic Funds GmbH (“Iconic Funds”) und Mitglied der Iconic Group, die gehalten und verwaltet wird durch die Iconic Holding GmbH, ein globales Krypto-Asset-Management-Unternehmen, bereitet derzeit die Ausgabe von bis zu 100.000.000 indexgebundenen Schuldverschreibungen ohne Endfälligkeit vor, die den NYSEXBT-Index…

  • IMPORTANT NOTICE OF RESTATEMENT

    Frankfurt, December 4, 2019  —  Iconic Funds BTC ETN GmbH (the “Issuer“) a subsidiary of Iconic Funds GmbH (“Iconic Funds”) and member of the Iconic group which is held and administrated through Iconic Holding GmbH, a global crypto asset management firm, is currently preparing the issue of up to 100,000,000 perpetual index linked Notes tracking…

  • Iconic Lab Invests in Captain Bitcoin

    Iconic Lab has invested into and seeded the crypto adoption platform, Captain Bitcoin. After generating substantial interest from the community and onboarding over 30,000 verified users in the first 30 days of its website existence, Captain Bitcoin is ready to finalize its MVP and put Bitcoin into the hands of its users by giving away…

  • The Institutionalization of Crypto Assets

    Unlike other asset classes, crypto assets began with retail trading, not adoption by institutions. Early adopter crypto funds soon followed. Now it’s the turn of institutional investors: the institutionalization just began. The Importance of Institutionalization 80% of equity market capitalization is held by institutions. So it is not surprising that institutionalization is essential if digital assets…

  • Iconic Holding Tokenizes Its Equity As A Crypto Asset In Partnership With Cashlink And Agora Innovation

    Frankfurt, May 29, 2019 — Iconic Holding announced the tokenization of its equity through a crypto asset-based Employee Stock Option Program (ESOP) at the annual High-Tech Gründerfonds Family Day event. A portfolio company of both FinLab AG (WKN 121806 / ISIN DE0001218063 / ticker symbol: A7A) and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Iconic cements itself as one of the…

  • Unbloqed Season 2: #1 What Do Blockchain Investors Look For? The VC Take!

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this episode with Dominic Briggs and Laurenz Apiarius, we discuss the VC perspective on what Blockchain investors look for when investing in startups. We deep dive into the issue of blockchain being treated as trend or a buzzword for fundraising and how VCs asses the need of blockchain for different startups. We talk about…

  • Signs of Crypto Spring

    By Eleanor Haas, blockchain/crypto columnist for Iconic Holding, advisor innovators and Astia Angels and Director, Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic. “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)” Pete Seeger’s ageless plea for peace — based on the Old Testament — perfectly expresses what  seems to be happening with the blockchain/crypto space: continuous change. Each new stage seems to be a valid destination. Then the cycle…

  • Pointing Blockchain Towards Tomorrow

    By Eleanor Haas, an Iconic Holding Associate, crypto/blockchain commentator, advisor to innovators and Astia Angels, and Director, Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic When cryptocurrency crashed, ICO’s largely disappeared and the early stage crypto/blockchain market appeared penniless, a lot of people assumed the blockchain story was over. But, guess what, the main story had been burgeoning under the…

  • ICNQ ECONOMICS OVERVIEW

    You can now read all about the ICNQ tokenomics on https://bit.ly/2WuyoVj Since many people have questions about ICNQ and how it’s used and drives value to the Iconic ecosystem, we drafted this overview to as objectively as possible detail ICNQ and its economics. ICNQ Economics OverviewDownload