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Bitmain Cofounder-Backed Crypto Startup Aims to Raise $140M in New Funding Roun
4.3.2020
Wu Jihan-based crypto trading firm Matrixport is looking to raise $140 million in a new funding round
Why Betting on Gold-Backed Stablecoins Is a Losing Game
4.3.2020
Could the symbiosis of the past and future provide humanity with better financial solutions?
Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Says Texas Is the Best Place to Mine Bitcoin
29.2.2020
Layer1 is not the only mining company to launch flagship facilities in Texas, with Bitmain and Northern Bitcoin vying for their Texas-based operations to be the largest worldwide
Another Asian Giant-backed Crypto Exchange Set to Enter U.S. Market
28.2.2020
International players are looking to move into the American cryptocurrency exchange market – with the South Korean-Japanese chat app operator Line set to open a trading platform in the country.
Per Japanese media outlet Coin Post and South Korean newspaper Hanguk Kyungjae, the new exchange will...
Draper-Backed Exchange in Lockdown Following ‘Sophisticated’ Attack
27.2.2020
Coinhako has restricted user accounts since last Friday following an "attack," but has not released many details around the incident
South Korea’s NH Bank Debuts Samsung-Backed Blockchain ID System
27.2.2020
South Korea’s NongHyup Bank rolls out first commercial use of blockchain ID technology backed by tech giant Samsung
Binance-Backed FTX Exchange Seeks Billion-Dollar Valuation in Equity Token Sale
25.2.2020
FTX claims its high-growth rate justifies its billion-dollar valuation
Russian Smelting Giant Nornickel Launches Metal Tokenization Platform for Testing
25.2.2020
The Russian mining and smelting giant will issue metal-backed tokens on Atomyze, a Hyperledger-based blockchain platform
Chinese Government-Backed Institute Releases New Ranking of 37 Crypto Projects
22.2.2020
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto project ranking — the first this year. A total of 37 crypto projects, two more than in the previous ranking, were evaluated and ranked overall this month as well as in three separate categories. Also...
Here’s Why Interest Rates on Cryptocurrencies Could Be a Game-Changer
22.2.2020
The growth in crypto lending platforms is giving birth to a new type of valuation metric: interest rates
Tim Draper-Backed Startup Launches Blockchain Browser to Avoid Censorship
19.2.2020
Unstoppable Domains is rolling out a blockchain-based browser to simplify access to the decentralized web
Financial Giants-Backed Fnality To Launch First USC Token This Year
14.2.2020
Nasdaq is among the shareholders of Fnality. Fnality International, a technology firm founded in 2019, with fifteen major financial firms, including ING, Nasdaq, UBS, Barclays, as shareholders, aims to roll out its payment system this year, launching the first ‘version’ of its USC token.
As...
OKEx Partners With Bain-Backed Crypto Exchange to Launch Leveraged Futures in India
14.2.2020
The partnership will see the firms launch a new futures trading platform and provides OKEx with a foothold in a high-potential market
How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet
13.2.2020
Losing a phone or hardware wallet containing cryptocurrency is inconvenient, but it shouldn’t be fatal. Provided you’ve backed up your private key, recovering your coins is a simple exercise. Should you find yourself in such a predicament, however, there’s a few things you should...
Cred Now Enables LTC Holders to Earn Up to Ten Percent Interest on Their Digital Assets
12.2.2020
Cred, a licensed crypto-backed lending and borrowing platform based in California, now supports litecoin. The service will allow LTC holders to earn up to ten percent interest through any of its partners including the Litecoin Foundation, Bitcoin.com, Uphold, and Bitbuy. Since July 2019 Cred allows...
Twitter Co-Founder-Backed Fintech Startup Rolls Out Bitcoin Banking App
4.2.2020
UK-based fintech firm Mode, which is backed by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, has launched its Bitcoin banking app on iOS devices
IBM-Backed Hyperledger Fabric Releases Version 2.0
31.1.2020
Hyperledger Fabric new 2.0 version can now support thousands of transactions per second
Governments and Enterprises Can’t Get Enough of Blockchain
27.1.2020
Governments have long been wary of Bitcoin, while expressing admiration for its innovative ledger system. This trend can be traced back till 2014, when the “blockchain not bitcoin” mantra was coined. Six years on and that sentiment is being backed by action as governments and businesses...
More Than 77 Crypto Projects Claim to Be Backed by Physical Gold
26.1.2020
The last few years have seen the creation of blockchain projects that claim to have tokens backed by physical gold. In October, Coinshares and Blockchain.com launched a digital gold token (DGLD) backed by physical gold that uses BTC’s security. Tether just announced a new token called tether...
Tether Launches Gold-Backed Stablecoin and Begins Trading on Bitfinex
24.1.2020
Tether launches a gold-backed stablecoin while trading on Bitfinex has already started