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UK Regulator Ramps up Crypto Investigations and Considers KYC for Wallets
8.10.2019
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been relentlessly scrutinizing cryptocurrency startups and investigations are up 74% from last year. Meanwhile, proponents of decentralized software development models and open collaboration are upset about the FCA aiming to extend KYC/AML...
Microsoft, Intel Back Ethereum-Based Token to Reward Consortium Efforts
7.10.2019
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has created a token to incentivize firms to participate in consortiums. The system is backed by Microsoft and Intel
Overstock-Funded Bankorus Has No Money or Staff, Says $1M Shareholder
7.10.2019
Riches-to-rags for Bankorus after investor dropout, says its $1 million shareholder
Andreessen Horowitz Opens School Focused on Crypto Startups
3.10.2019
Andreessen Horowitz is opening a school specializing in startups aiming to develop crypto-related projects
Binance and Polychain Are Funding a Crypto-Friendly Bank in Malta
2.10.2019
Paula Pandolfino is raising more than $10 million to launch a crypto-centric bank in Malta in 2020
Ripple Expands Into Iceland With Acquisition of Crypto Trading Firm
30.9.2019
Ripple is acquiring its way into Iceland, adding a team of six engineers to focus on integrations with partner crypto exchanges
Bankers Start to Recognize Bitcoin’s Role in Financial Evolution
29.9.2019
Digitization, disruption, blockchain, and frictionless payments. It’s amazing how prominent figures from the financial elite can provide a pretty detailed description of decentralized money without uttering “bitcoin” or “crypto.” But the fact of the matter is that...
Ripple’s Xpring Looks to Build XRP DeFi Products With New Acquisition
27.9.2019
Nine Logos engineers are joining Xpring to develop DeFi products based on XRP
Lightning Sucks, But It Could Help Build a Bitcoin Economy
27.9.2019
At least a dozen startups are now betting on the profitability of bitcoin birthing a "Lightning Economy." Is it too soon?
Bitcoin Shopping App Fold Raises $2.5 Million to Bring Lightning to Retailers
25.9.2019
Competition among bitcoin retail apps is heating up, with the newly funded Fold App doubling down on lightning network experiments
This File-Sharing Dapp Shows How Blockstack and Ethereum Are Different
24.9.2019
The Blockstack dapp Envelop just launched a Chrome and Firefox extension for file-sharing. Here's why that matters
Flipside Crypto Raises $7.1 Million to Give Token Projects Better Analytics
24.9.2019
This firm taps blockchain analytics across hundreds of projects to reveal what really makes prices go up
Startup Bringing Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Ethereum Raises $2 Million
23.9.2019
Matter Labs is using "mathematical magic" to speed up transactions on ethereum. Now Placeholder VC and others are investing $2 million in the project
Oil and Gas Giant Pilots New Blockchain Platform From Modex
23.9.2019
Major oil and gas firm pilots Modex’s newly launched blockchain platform
CC Forum – Blockchain and AI Investment Forum
20.9.2019
14-16 October 2019 will see one of the world's major industry events. Following our highly successful inaugural edition in London last October as well as our the joint edition with the Maltese partners this May, the second edition of CC Forum London will connect global thought leaders, policy...
What the Holy Land Reveals About Bitcoin
20.9.2019
Israel's political backdrop gave attendees of Tel Aviv Blockchain Week an opportunity to ponder the duality of the bitcoin movement. LINK @La__Cuen reports
Square Crypto Hires Lightning, Libra Developers for ‘Bitcoin Dream Team’
19.9.2019
The Square Crypto team announced Thursday three more developer hires
Lightning Wallet Zap Launches in-App OTC Desk for Bitcoin Buyers
19.9.2019
With new features from Zap, people can now buy bitcoin using the Lightning Network and reduce their reliance on centralized crypto exchanges
Two Arrested for ‘Old-Fashioned Shakedown’ of Cryptocurrency Startup
19.9.2019
Two men have been arrested in the U.S. for alleged threats to destroy a crypto startup’s ICO and demanding millions of dollars in a shakedown
IBM and Citibank Join Singapore Late-Stage Blockchain Accelerator
18.9.2019
Singapore-based blockchain accelerator Tribe Accelerator now counts IBM, Citibank and Ubisoft among its members