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State Street Teams up With Winklevoss-Founded Gemini Exchange for Digital Assets Trial
17.12.2019
Boston-based State Street Corp. is partnering with cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini Trust on a new trial that examines reporting scenarios for digital assets
Blockchain Startup Conflux to Get Shanghai Government Funding for Research Institute
17.12.2019
Shanghai will open a blockchain incubation center by the end of December with substantial investment, even as China’s government continues to crack down on crypto-related businesses
What Do Women Want? More Educational Materials Before Investing in Bitcoin
16.12.2019
There would be more women investing in bitcoin if they had more educational materials to help them, a new report found
Chinese City Warns Investors: Crypto Isn’t Blockchain
16.12.2019
One Chinese city has a stern warning for investors: make sure you are not investing in crypto masquerading as blockchain
Bitcoin-Savvy Retailers to Experiment With Point-of-Sale Lightning App in 2020
16.12.2019
Iterative Capital is working with Breez on a point-of-sale app for bitcoin lightning payments. Some retailers are already testing the beta version
Musicians Want to Break Free of Big Tech
16.12.2019
Decentralized platforms are the best means to solve equity problems in creative industries
Tata’s IT Arm Says Its New Toolkit Will Enable Faster Blockchain App Development
16.12.2019
Tata Consultancy Services has launched a new blockchain developers' kit that it claims will make building apps 40 percent faster
Major Banks Unknowingly Process Billions in Crypto Business, Says CipherTrace
16.12.2019
According to CipherTrace, major U.S. banks unwittingly process billions of dollars from crypto-related business because they are ill-equipped to identify virtual asset service providers
Bitmain’s Miner Manufacturing Subsidiary Had $680k in Assets Frozen in a Contract Dispute
16.12.2019
In the latest contract dispute to hit the firm, $680,000 belonging to a fully owned subsidiary of bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has been frozen by a Chinese court
Bitmain Rival MicroBT’s Founder Arrested in China for Alleged Embezzlement
16.12.2019
The arrest, noted by the Shenzhen Nanshan District Prosecutor on Dec. 12 and reported by business publication Caixin on Sunday, comes amid ongoing battles between mining giant Bitmain and MicroBT, which has been a rising competitor this year challenging Bitmain's market dominance
European AML Directive Pushes Crypto Startup Bottle Pay Out of Business
15.12.2019
Bottle Pay, a cryptocurrency payments provider from the U.K., has announced its decision to cease operations by the end of the year. Despite attracting some serious funding and expanding its user base significantly in the past few months, the company has found it unacceptable to continue to work...
Meet Crypto’s New Best Friend: Fiat
14.12.2019
Fiat and crypto are not enemies. They are complementary in any effective trading ecosystem
Stellar Tried to Give Away 2B XLM Tokens on Keybase. Then the Spammers Came
13.12.2019
What was advertised to be a $120 million giveaway will now be much less. Here's why
German Bank Launches Digital Assets Unit to Offer Custody Products
13.12.2019
Berlin-based solarisBank has opened a subsidiary to offer a white-labeled custody product to nonbanks interested in offering crypto products
Can ‘Dogfooding’ Altcoins Find Real Users in 2020?
13.12.2019
Dogfooding - or using your own product - is normal among crypto startups. Is it indicative of a lack of real demand?
What DeFi Needs Next Year: Three Priorities
13.12.2019
DeFi took off this year but it remains a small deal in the scheme of things. Here's how that changes
This Token Project Offered to Shut Down. Its Market Cap Shot Up $10M
13.12.2019
Should DigixDAO completely dissolve its treasury or keep making grants to enhance the ecosystem? That's the question for token holders to decide
Stablecoin Startup Terra Expands to Mongolia With Taxi Payment Service
13.12.2019
Terra is partnering with a Mongolian taxi company to let residents pay for rides using a stablecoin
Russia’s Largest Darknet Market Is Hawking an ICO to Fund Global Expansion
13.12.2019
Here’s one token sale that’s almost certainly illegal, and not just under securities laws
Crypto Custody Firm Trustology Cuts Staff as Banks Delay on Digital Assets
12.12.2019
Digital asset custody firm Trustology has cut seven of its 18 staffers as the big banks it courted are taking longer than expected to jump into crypto