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Gobi Partners Leads Invests in $24 Million Funding Round of Indonesian Fintech Firm SuperAtom
10.9.2019
The steady march of technology and the easier availability of smartphones as well as cheap data have led to the rapid growth of the Fintech sector in many countries. While the United States, the United Kingdom, and China remain the leaders in the Fintech space at a global level, many other...
VanEck’s New Bitcoin Trust Assets Total Just $41K in First Week
10.9.2019
Institutional traders give lukewarm reaction to VanEck Bitcoin Trust
London-Based Hedge Fund Raises $50M to Launch New Crypto Investment Fund
9.9.2019
A U.K.-based hedge fund manager has raised $50 million for its newly launched crypto investment fund
UAE to Get Its First Asset-Based Cryptocurrency from The Golden M Group
9.9.2019
The Golden M Group has announced to launch a Sharia-compliant cryptocurrency in the Middle East called ‘COIN M.’ This cryptocurrency is expected to enter the United Arab Emirates (UAE) market before the end of 2019. It will be the first real asset-based (gold-based) cryptocurrency...
Citigroup and Credit Suisse Focus on State Asset Sales in Africa
9.9.2019
Over the course of the past decade or so, African countries have grown their economies at a remarkable rate, and consequently, the biggest banks in the world have set up shop in a range of the countries. One of the most common ways in which governments in developing economies raise money is...
Coinbase Ventures Makes an Investment into Offchain Labs
9.9.2019
Coinbase Ventures, the investment division of the popular crypto exchange, has made an investment into an enterprise-focused start-up, Offchain Labs. Although the announcement did not reveal the amount of the funds, it highlighted that the funds would be used to prompt more developers into joining...
Investment Giant Schwab Steering Clear of Crypto ‘For Now’: Sources
9.9.2019
Charles Schwab executives have said the investment giant will not seek to offer direct trading of cryptocurrencies for the foreseeable future
Bitcoin’s Scaling Problems Forced Facebook to Launch Libra
8.9.2019
If it wasn’t for Bitcoin there would be no Libra. That much is self-evident, since Satoshi’s creation laid the groundwork for every crypto asset that’s followed. The extent to which Bitcoin was responsible for spawning Facebook’s currency has now been made brutally clear...
PR: Hashcube Announces Bitcoin Mining Investment Forum in Thailand
8.9.2019
Hashcube, a Korean Bitcoin miner retail and mining company, is proud to present Thailand’s first ever bitcoin mining investment forum on 21st September at the Amari Watergate Bangkok.
Together with large players from the crypto-industry such as Bitkub, BTC.com, Coolbitx and Cryptomind, we’re...
Dapp.com Closes $1 Million Investment Round Led by Hashed
7.9.2019
Dapp.com provides data analytics for decentralized app products built on blockchains such as ethereum, EOS, tron, steem, and others
Femsa all set to Invest $3 Billion in Mexico Until 2021
6.9.2019
Over the years, plenty of gigantic corporations have come up in the country of Mexico, and one of the better-known ones from among them is the company Femsa. Over the years, the conglomerate has invested billions of dollars in different parts of the world. In a new development, which should come...
Bitcoin ETF: How SEC Exemptions Help Firms Offer Interim Products
6.9.2019
There are several exemptions the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) offers that allow companies to launch their bitcoin investment products without registration. While waiting for the SEC to approve their bitcoin ETF, some firms have taken advantage of these exemptions to offer...
Startup Tests New Ethereum Sidechain Following Coinbase Investment
6.9.2019
With new investment from Coinbase Ventures, a startup has launched Alpha-version testing of its sidechain solution to Ethereum’s transaction speed
DappRadar Announces that it has Raised 2.3 Million Dollars in Seed Funding
5.9.2019
The leading global platform for analyzing and discovering Dapp, DappRadar, has declared it has raised 2.33 million dollars in seed funding. Further, this investment was driven by a global internet group and one of the most prominent technology investors on the planet, Naspers, through its Naspers...
Tech Companies in China Struggle in Their Efforts to Turnaround the Supermarket Industry
5.9.2019
The supermarket sector can be regarded as one of the bedrocks of most developed economies since a large portion of the population shops at one of those establishments at least once a week. However, the way in which the tech sector has managed to revolutionize a whole range of industries in...
Large Number of Goldman Sachs Partners Could Exit by the End of 2019
5.9.2019
Over the past decades, Goldman Sachs has grown into the world’s most powerful investment bank, and one of the biggest reasons behind its success has been its ability to take decisive steps early. It may be about its investment decisions, adoption of new technology, or the possibility of bringing...
AlphaCode of South Africa Invests $1.5 Million in Three Domestic Fintech Startups
4.9.2019
The growth in technological innovation and the easy availability of cheap internet has made it possible for Fintech to grow at a breakneck pace over the past few years. The Fintech industry has become one of the biggest disruptors in the financial sector over the past half a decade and it...
$23 Million Fintech Startup Fund Established by Accion Venture Lab
4.9.2019
For the past five years or so, the Fintech sector has grown at a breakneck pace and has quickly become a multibillion-dollar industry spread across the world. The easy availability of data, the advancements in technology and the innovative ideas of a range of Fintech startups have made the industry...
HTC, Alibaba Join $3M Investment in Blockchain Property Rights Startup
3.9.2019
HTC and Alibaba join $3 million funding round in Taiwanese blockchain digital property rights startup Bitmark
Norwegian Bank Invests in Crypto Exchange Founded By Airline Magnate
3.9.2019
Savings bank Sparebanken Øst has just taken a stake in NBX, a crypto exchange set up by Norwegian Air founder Bjørn Kjos