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PR: CheapAir.com and Bitcoin.com Partner to Serve Bitcoin Cash Travelers
31.7.2019
Online travel agency CheapAir.com and Bitcoin.com today announced a partnership to serve crypto travelers. Beginning today, more than 4 million Bitcoin.com Wallet users will be able to access CheapAir.com’s booking engine from their mobile app. The partnership will help crypto travelers find...
Multicoin Leads $20 Million Round for Speed-Focused Solana Blockchain
30.7.2019
Claiming it can handle many more transactions per second than existing blockchains, Solana has raised capital to ramp up development
US Capital Global commits $10 million to NYCQ Fund LP
30.7.2019
The private financial group founded in San Francisco, US Capital Global, is trying its hands in cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. As per the report surfaced on Monday, the FINRA licensed company will be placing $10 million accredited funds for equity stakes in NYCQ Fund LP. CityBlock Capital...
Lessons Learned from a Year of Testing the Web Platform
30.7.2019
Mike Pennisi:
The web-platform-tests project is a massive suite of tests (over one million in total) which verify that software (mostly web browsers) correctly implement web technologies. It’s as important as it is ambitious: the health of the web depends on a plurality of interoperable...
Darknet Dealer has to Pay Penalty of $4 million From Different Bitcoin Wallets
29.7.2019
A high-volume seller of the drug on the dark web got captured by police after a sting operation. He has to pay a penalty of $4 million. The penalty amount to be paid by the accused is in cryptocurrency and quadrillion Zimbabwe banknote. The kingpin lost his stash to undercover police to whom he...
Trump Administration Sues Notorious Crypto Exchange BTC-e for $100 Million
27.7.2019
Trump Administration has filed a lawsuit of $100 million against infamous Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, and its owner, Alexander Vinnik, in a district court in Northern California. The suit has been filed accusing the exchange of providing crypto services to US residents without complying to the laws...
Binance Partners with Fetch to Giveaway FET Tokens Worth 1.2 Million
26.7.2019
Fetch.AI, the Binance Launchpad project and Binance have come together to unveil a special giveaway for the 2nd anniversary celebration of Binance. The giveaway will let users win a share of 1.2 million FET tokens as a token of thanks for their continuous support to the Binance platform over...
How Government Agencies Make Criminals of Crypto Traders
26.7.2019
A New Jersey man has been indicted this week for converting over $2 million to bitcoin and operating a private exchange business not registered with the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. According to a July 24 press release by the U.S. Attorney’s office, 46-year-old William Green could face...
DOJ Says Bitcoin Escrow Firm Bilked Investors for $7 Million
25.7.2019
U.S. prosecutors have charged the head of a bitcoin escrow company with defrauding investors for $7 million.
Bancor Raised $153 Million and Found Actual Users. Why Did Its Token Tank?
25.7.2019
Bancor raised $153 million as one of the top initial coin offerings of 2017. With its BNT token trading near all-time lows, here's an update on the project
Consensys Inner Conflicts Spark Legal Action Against Founder
25.7.2019
Ethereum cofounder Joseph Lubin was recently summoned to court in New York when a former employee initiated a lawsuit for more than $13 million. According to the summons stemming from former Token Foundry CEO, Harrison Hines, relief was being sought for alleged unpaid profits, fraud, unjust...
BaFin Approves Fundament Group’s Tokenized Real Estate Bond Worth 250 Million Euros
25.7.2019
Fundament Group, based in Germany’s Berlin, has received the approval from BaFin to issue the nation’s first tokenized bond which is backed by the German real estate. BaFin is the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany. This real estate bond is based on the blockchain of Ethereum and...
Ripple Sold $251 Million Worth of XRP in Q2, Increasing Total Nearly 50 Percent
25.7.2019
XRP's global trading volume dropped 28 percent after CryptoCompare filtered out inflated statistics
Masterchef Australia Hosts in Multi-Million Dollar Deal Talks with Netflix and Amazon
24.7.2019
For as long as television has existed, cooking shows and competitions have been an integral part of its. In that regard, the Masterchef franchise has been one of the most famous ones of the past decade and a half. Over the past decade or so, Masterchef Australia became the most famous show from...
Fundament Gets Approval From German Regulators For $280 Million Ethereum Token Sale
23.7.2019
Berlin-based blockchain start-up Fundament announced on Tuesday that it had been granted approval by the country chief regulatory body for the €250 million Ethereum token sale. It will be a security token sale backed by real estate bonds. Fundament Real Estate Token gets approval by German...
Bitfinex Investor Raising $21 Million for Binance-Style Exchange Cryptocurrency
23.7.2019
OTC trader Dong Zhao's crypto lending startup has lined up $21 million in commitments for a BNB-like token sale
Zoom, CORS, and the Web
23.7.2019
It's sorta sad by funny that that big Zoom vulnerability thing was ultimately related to web technology and not really the app itself.
There is this idea of custom protocols or "URL schemes." So, like gittower:// or dropbox:// or whatever. A native app can register them, then URLs that hit them...
German Regulators Approve $280 Million Ethereum Token Sale
23.7.2019
German startup Fundament has obtained regulatory approval to sell $280 million-worth of a real estate-backed ethereum token to retail investors
Microsoft Settles Bribery Charges in Hungary with $25 Million Fine to Federal Government
23.7.2019
When it comes to some of the biggest companies in the world and their quest to expand into new markets, then there is always a possibility of resorting to unfair means. It can especially crop up if a country is trying to expand into new countries and having very little idea about the ways...
AT&T Fails to Win Dismissal in $24 Million Crypto SIM-Swap Lawsuit
23.7.2019
Crypto investor Michael Terpin has won an early victory in his attempt to sue AT&T over a SIM-swapping hack that lost a claimed $24 million