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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....
Shots Fired as Nancy Pelosi Challenger Bacelar Funds Campaign With Crypto
2.10.2019
27-year-old Agatha Bacelar is a Brazilian-American immigrant from a STEM background, and she’s targeting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s seat in the California Congress (CA-12) in the next election cycle. Her campaign is seeking to raise $1 million in crypto (BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC...
Spencer Dinwiddie Restrained by NBA to Tokenize $34 Million Contract on Ethereum
1.10.2019
The National Basketball Association or NBA, like it is popularly known by its fans, has informed Spencer Dinwiddie, the Brooklyn Nets’ player, that he cannot tokenize his $34.4 million contracts. On September 27, 2019, The New York Times reported that the NBA’s action has put Spencer’s plan to...
InstaDApp DeFi Site Raises $2.4 Million From Prominent Crypto Investors
1.10.2019
The fourth-largest dapp in DeFi, InstaDApp, is now backed by Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, Coinbase Ventures and others
Video Shows $10M Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farm in Flames
1.10.2019
During the early morning hours of September 30, a nine-minute video circulated on Twitter showing a large bitcoin mining farm burning down. Sources say the mining farm belonged to the company Innosilicon and roughly $10 million worth of mining rigs were destroyed. Also Read: Central Banks in Panic...
Ethereum Scaling Project SKALE Raises $17.1 Million for Mainnet Launch
1.10.2019
Multicoin Capital, ConsenSys Labs, Hashed and others are providing fresh funding for the mainnet launch of ethereum's SKALE Network
Stripe-Backed Payments Firm Raises $100 Million to Compete Against Stablecoins
1.10.2019
Rapyd raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to face off against the arrival of stablecoins
Longfin Must Pay $6.8 Million After Court Backs SEC Fraud Complaint
1.10.2019
A New York court has backed charges brought by the SEC that the fintech firm committed fraud relating to its public offering and Nasdaq listing
Crypto Escrow Firm Chief Charged Over Alleged $7 Million Fraud
1.10.2019
A man faces charges by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the CFTC over claims he took money for bulk bitcoin orders that were never delivered
Trading Volume for Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Hit Just $5 Million in First Week
1.10.2019
Just 623 bitcoin futures contracts were traded during Bakkt's debut week
SEC Reaches $24 Million Settlement With EOS Parent Firm Block.one
1.10.2019
The U.S. SEC has settled with EOS creator Block.one in the form of a civil monetary penalty of $24 million
Multi-Million Dollar HTML
30.9.2019
Two stories:
Jason Grigsby finds Chipotle's online ordering form makes use of an input-masking technique that chops up a credit card expiration year making it invalid and thus denying the order. If pattern="\d\d" maxlength="2" was used instead (native browser feature), the browser is smart enough...
Crypto Exchange Bithumb’s $333 Million Acquisition May Be in Jeopardy
30.9.2019
A fintech firm's acquisition of Bithumb reportedly hasn't been fully paid for, even after a deadline was extended
Bitcoin Smart Contract Platform RSK Acquires Latin America’s Fourth Largest Social Network
27.9.2019
IOV Labs, the parent company of Bitcoin smart contract platform RSK, has announced the acquisition of Taringa. As a result, the Hispanic social media network’s 30 million users and 1,000+ active communities will be exposed to dapps, tokenization and P2P trading. Crypto companies acquiring...
Binance Helps UK Police to Stop $51 Million Phishing Fraud
27.9.2019
Binance assists British police in an investigation of a $51 million phishing attack
Binance Helped UK Police Investigate Criminal Involved in $50 Million Fraud
27.9.2019
The exchange said it helped British police bust a cybercriminal who sold phishing tools that resulted in the theft of millions of pounds
Latin American Payment App Mercado Pago Can Be Topped-Up With Crypto
26.9.2019
The Atlanta-based blockchain payment provider Bitpay has announced the firm has partnered with Mercado Livre, one of the largest ecommerce providers in Latin America. The collaboration provides people with the ability to purchase Mercado Livre gift cards with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin cash...
Data Privacy Startup StrongSalt Raises $3 Million for Encrypted API Service
26.9.2019
StrongSalt aims to bring standardized encryption techniques to the blockchain and will showcase its API product later this year