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Version Control Can Help the Media Win Back Reader Trust
13.7.2020
By committing content to a blockchain, news outlets can reassure readers that what they are reading is what the outlet originally published, says our columnist
Easy Stock Market Quotes with marketstack (Sponsored)
12.7.2020
The stock market is wild right now, at least in the United States. Between pandemic, political events, and everything else going on, the stock market is one swing after another. There are a host of services that give you stock quotes but I don’t trust them; I feel like they delay information...
Coinbase Takes Over Servicing for 21Shares’ Bitcoin ETP, Displaces Kingdom Trust
1.7.2020
Coinbase Custody has replaced Kingdom Trust as the principal custodian for its Bitcoin ETP, just as it begins trading on Deutsche Boerse
Binance Retains Top Spot as CoinGecko Revamps Exchange Trust Metric
1.7.2020
CoinGecko has added a cybersecurity metric to its Trust Score. Like with rival data site CoinMarketCap, the largest exchange Binance retains pole position
CoinGecko Adds Crypto Exchanges' Cybersecurity Ratings to Trust Score
1.7.2020
Crypto data platform CoinGecko has partnered with cybersecurity firm Hacken to incorporate the security of crypto exchanges into its Trust Score metric
Federated Sidechains: $8M in BTC Stuck in Limbo, Analyst Says Action ‘Violates Liquid’s Security Model’
28.6.2020
Liquid, the sidechain network developed by the company Blockstream, saw 870 bitcoins ($8 million) frozen in moderation queue due to a seizure from a number of the network’s functionaries. The founder of the Summa project, James Prestwich, explained on Twitter that the emergency 2-of-3...
IBM Spawns Blockchain for Norwegian Salmon Fisheries
25.6.2020
IBM is teaming with the Norwegian Seafood Association to create a blockchain-based track-and-trace system for Norway's sustainably farmed salmon
Shares in Grayscale’s Ether Trust Plummet 50% — and It’s Still Expensive
25.6.2020
The premium on shares in Grayscale’s Ethereum Investment Trust plummeted 50% in less than one week
Identity Startup Notabene Launches Exchange Tool for FATF Travel Rule Compliance
23.6.2020
A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting this week is proving to be a popular time for industry players to launch compliance-minded tech solutions
Crypto Card Issuer Wirecard Missing $2.1 Billion Cash, Company Shares Plunge 62%
19.6.2020
About 1.9 billion euros ($2.13 billion) worth of cash is missing from one of Wirecard’s trust accounts and the crypto debit card provider cannot as yet account for the money, the company reported on Thursday. In a statement, the major German payment processor blamed “spurious”...
Wilshire Phoenix Files Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Trust to Challenge Grayscale’s $3.4 Billion Dominance
15.6.2020
Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a publicly-traded trust called Bitcoin Commodity Trust (BCT) – putting the firm in direct competition with Grayscale Investments’ $3.4 billion bitcoin trust (GBTC). According to the June 12 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Someone Is Buying Shares in Grayscale's Ether Trust for More Than $2,000
14.6.2020
Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Investment Trust shares are currently trading at roughly 150% of ETH’s all-time price high, signaling strong institutional demand
Documents Show Craig Wright Claims to Own a Bitcoin Address With 80,000 BTC Stolen From Mt Gox
14.6.2020
On June 12, 2020, the former CEO of Mt Gox, Mark Karpeles, tweeted about the notorious Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Karpeles and a number of crypto community members, assert that Wright’s legal team from London has been sending documents to certain individuals....
Asset Manager Wilshire Phoenix Files to Launch New Bitcoin Investment Trust
13.6.2020
Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a bitcoin trust in hopes of making the cryptocurrency more accessible to investors
Investor Claims There's No Way to Cash Out From Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust
12.6.2020
An investor raised a major criticism about the way in which the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is set up
Singapore’s Three Arrows Capital Buys 6% of Grayscale’s $3.5 Billion Bitcoin Fund
12.6.2020
Three Arrows Capital Ltd has bought a 6.26% stake of the $3.5 billion Grayscale Investment’s Bitcoin Trust. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Singapore-based crypto hedge fund snapped up the equivalent of 21 million shares of the Trust’s...
Three Arrows Capital Now Holds More Than 6% of Grayscale’s $3.6B Bitcoin Trust
11.6.2020
Three Arrows Capital now holds about 6.26% of the shares in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, or more than 20,000 bitcoins' worth
Grayscale is Buying Up More Than Just Bitcoin
5.6.2020
22% of crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments’ purchases have been Ether throughout 2020 so far, totaling $110 million worth of accumulation
Norwegian Salmon Exporter Fights Food Fraud With Blockchain
5.6.2020
Norwegian salmon producer Kvarøy Arctic has joined the IBM Food Trust to increase transparency and help prevent fraud in the seafood industry
The Neil Ferguson Affair Shows the Limits of Science During COVID-19
4.6.2020
The depth of the outrage reveals how scandalized the public can become when trusted institutions are shown to be less reliable than expected