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Identity Thief Spends $5 Million on Cloud Computing to Mine Cryptocurrency
11.10.2019
Singaporean citizen Ho Jun Jia has been indicted for stealing over $5 million worth of cloud computing services to mine cryptocurrencies
Why French Lender SocGen Issued a $110 Million Ethereum Bond to Itself
11.10.2019
Societe Generale has no plans to resell its $110 million ethereum bond, but future blockchain trials will involve external investors, an exec said
‘Teenage Bitcoin Millionaire’ Co-Founds $1 Million Investment Fund for Crypto Startups
11.10.2019
Erik Finman's $1 million fund will make seed-level investments in startups dealing in banking and decentralized finance
Bitcoin Cash Acceptance Grows in Southeast Asia via Alchemy’s PoS System
10.10.2019
The payments and technology provider Alchemy recently announced the launch of the startup’s hybrid payment solution, a platform that aims to connect cryptocurrency with retailers worldwide. Alchemy’s crypto solution features integration with Qfpay, a well known third-party payment...
Ethereum Looks For 1 Million Devs While Ether Price Surpasses USD 190
10.10.2019
Joseph Lubin. Source: Twitter, @ethereumJoseph
With the fifth annual Ethereum conference, Devcon, about to finish tomorrow, a new challenge has been issued: get 1 million developers to build on Ethereum in a year.
Devcon is an annual conference held by the Ethereum Foundation for developers...
Facebook competitor in Latin-America Sets the Road for a New Internet of Value
9.10.2019
IOV Labs, the parent company behind RSK Bitcoin smart contract network, and RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF) has recently acquired Taringa, the major social media platform for Latin America with 30 million users. This acquisition represents an opportunity to quickly bring […]
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State-Owned French Bank Joins Bitcoin Startup’s $8 Million Series A
8.10.2019
Lightning-focused bitcoin startup ACINQ added an interesting investor to its cap table: Bpifrance, a state-owned bank that just made its first crypto investment
Wufoo Cracks the Code for Forms So You Don’t Have To
8.10.2019
There was a lot of buzz about forms last week when Jason Grisby pointed to a missing pattern attribute on Chipotle's order form that could have been used to help-through millions of dollars in orders. Adrian Roselli followed that up with the common mistake of forgetting for and id attributes...
Widow of QuadrigaCX Founder Hands Over $9 Million in Assets to Users
7.10.2019
The widow of QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten, Jennifer Robertson, is handing over $9 million in assets to the users of the now-defunct crypto exchange
QuadrigaCX Founder’s Widow Will Cough Up $9 Million to Repay Users
7.10.2019
Bankruptcy trustee EY and the widow of QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten have come to a settlement – with affected users of the defunct exchange getting a $9 million payout
Hyundai’s Blockchain Arm Hdac Invest $10 Million to Launch Mainnet
7.10.2019
Hdac, the cryptocurrency & blockchain arm of the business empire Hyundai, has announced that it will launch its mainnet in the first quarter of 2020. It will invest $10 million to launch the mainnet, develop decentralized apps (dapps), funding to promising start-ups, and create an ecosystem...
Polychain, Bitmain Back $10.7 Million SAFT for Encryption Startup NuCypher
7.10.2019
NuCypher has raised $10.7 million in a SAFT with Polychain, Bitmain and others. It's also launched the testnet for its suite of encryption services
Turkish Government Freezes Over 3 Million Bank Accounts
5.10.2019
Hundreds of thousands of businesses and individuals with tax obligations to the Turkish state have received foreclosure notices this week informing them about their frozen bank accounts. The government of Turkey, which is struggling with financial and economic problems under geopolitical pressure...
Cosimo Ventures Invests $5 million in Oneiro
4.10.2019
The Boston based blockchain solution Company, Oneiro has announced in a press release on 3rd October, that it had secured an investment worth $5 million from Cosimo Ventures. Cosimo Ventures is an investment firm associated with cryptocurrencies, the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain-like...
John McAfee Stands By His 1 Million Dollar BTC Price Prediction
4.10.2019
It’s nothing new for Bitcoin price prediction to create a stir, especially when it comes from a veteran crypto proponent like John McAfee, who is also the founder of McAfee Associates, one among the leading software security firms. He had predicted in the year 2017 that the number...
Verisart Acquires $2.5 Million Through Series Seed Funding Led by Galaxy Digital Eos VC Fund
4.10.2019
Verisart, the firm that certifies arts and collectibles through blockchain technology, has raised a whopping sum of $2.5 million in seed financing. The financing process was led by Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund, along with a substantial investment from existing investors, including Sinai Ventures...
RBI Ban Stops Indian Police From Cashing Out Seized Crypto
4.10.2019
The effects of banking restrictions by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have reached an Indian police department. The police sold some cryptocurrencies they seized only to find out that they cannot access the Rs 8.42 crore (~$1.2 million) proceeds due to the current RBI banking ban. Also read:...
Blockchain Firm Secures $5 Million From Investment Company Cosimo
4.10.2019
Oneiro, a blockchain solution company, secures $5 million investment from Cosimo Ventures
Pantera Leads $5 Million Round for Decentralized Derivatives Market
2.10.2019
A protocol built to put financial middlemen out of business has secured a $5 million seed round from Pantera, Ripple's Xpring, Hashed and others
Innosilicon’s Bitcoin Mining Farm Catches Fire Leading to Loss of Nearly $10 Million
2.10.2019
The early morning hours of September 30, 2019, shocked the crypto world to the core with the outbreak of the devastating news of a major fire breakout. A nine-minute long video circulated on Twitter by bitcoin miner, Marshall Long showed the burning down of a large bitcoin farm in China....