Search
Korea’s Shinhan to Offer Blockchain-Based Securities Lending
3.8.2019
A new brokerage account in South Korea will let investors lend securities on a blockchain
Bitcoin.com to Launch an Exchange
2.8.2019
The exchange will list the major cryptocurrencies, simple ledger protocol tokens, and support BCH trading pairs
The CFTC Fintech Chief Who Oversaw Early Blockchain Trials Is Leaving
2.8.2019
The director of the CFTC's experimental fintech initiative will step down in mid-August to pursue work in the private sector
Nexo Launches a Debit Card That Lets You Not Spend Your Crypto
2.8.2019
Arrington XRP Capital-backed financial startup Nexo unveiled a crypto card that lets users “spend the value of their crypto without actually spending it."
Roger Ver Steps Into Chairman Role as Bitcoin.com Adds New CEO
2.8.2019
Roger Ver is now Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com as Stefan Rust joins as CEO
From Halving to Halving: Litecoin Has Seen Massive Rise
2.8.2019
Source: iStock/da-kuk
The fourth cryptocurrency network by market capitalization, Litecoin (LTC), is nearing its second halving. And while the Litecoin block mining reward will decrease by half again, other numbers show that the network metrics have significantly increased in four years since...
9 Walmart's Blockchain/Crypto Patents Revealed in One Day
2.8.2019
Source: Instagram, Walmart
It's no wonder that the U.S. companies are among the world’s top 10 blockchain patent acquirers when even non-blockchain businessess are seeking for patents in droves. And no one knows how serious those companies are.
After Nike filed for a trademark for the term...
Bitcoin Loses its First "A" Rating But Price Keeps Positive Momentum
2.8.2019
Weiss Ratings, the first financial ratings agency that started covering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in January of 2018, is once again out with an updated rating for the number one cryptocurrency.
Following a period of price consolidation for bitcoin, the Weiss crypto ratings team has...
Coders Are Trying to Connect Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to Ethereum
2.8.2019
Blockade Games says it has successfully bridged the two networks by sending a bitcoin lightning transaction to trigger an ethereum smart contract
German Crypto Firms May Face New Regulatory Hurdles, BitPay Leaves
2.8.2019
Forthcoming regulations are causing cryptocurrency companies to halt services in countries like Germany – with BitPay announcing that it has ceased operating in the nation.
BitPay is a cryptocurrency payment service provider based in Atlanta, in the United States. In response to a user who asked...
Everton Becomes the Latest eToro's Attempt to Reach New Crypto Users
2.8.2019
Thomas Davies, a central midfielder for Everton. In an attempt to bring masses into the cryptoverse and then convert them into their clients, cryptocurrency companies are working hard on their marketing campaigns and targeting top names in the non-crypto world.
This time, cryptocurrency and stock...
US Regulator Plans to Outsource Running Cryptocurrency Nodes
2.8.2019
A recently published document reveals that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has plans to hire contractors to run specific cryptocurrency full nodes for the government agency. According to the SEC documentation, the regulator wants third-party contractors to run nodes for Bitcoin...
Coinbase CEO Armstrong Thinks Crypto Is the Path to Financial Inclusion
2.8.2019
“Coinbase can’t do it alone, there needs to be thousands of companies out there," said Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
R3 Doubles London Office Space for Blockchain Hiring Spree
1.8.2019
Enterprise blockchain firm R3 is doubling its office space in London to accommodate a hiring spree
Weekly Platform News: Preventing Image Loads with the Picture Element, the Web We Want, Svg Styles Are Not Scoped
1.8.2019
In this week's week roundup of browser news, a trick for loading images conditionally using the picture element, your chance to tell bowser vendors about the web you want, and the styles applied to inline SVG elements are, well, not scoped only to that SVG.
Let's turn to...
You Can Now Tip On Twitter with Brave’s Basic Attention Token
1.8.2019
Tweeters can tip content using Brave’s Basic Attention Token, adding to its micro-tipping services
Square’s Q2 Bitcoin Revenue Nearly Doubles From Previous Record
1.8.2019
Square sold $125 million in bitcoin through its Cash App in the second quarter of 2019, a new record for the payments company
NYAG Pushes Back on Bitfinex’s Claim That State’s Investigation Is Burdensome
1.8.2019
The New York Attorney General office pushed back on Bitfinex's complaints about the cost of complying with the agency's demands for documents
UK Judge Strikes Out Craig Wright’s Libel Lawsuit Against Roger Ver
1.8.2019
According to documents from the U.K.’s High Court of Justice published on July 31, a judge has denied Craig Wright’s libel lawsuit against Roger Ver. Wright filed the charge against Ver when the early bitcoin investor told the public he believed Wright was a “liar and...
What Happened: Why the First US Physical Bitcoin Futures Haven’t Launched
1.8.2019
LedgerX admitted it has not launched bitcoin futures, as it previously claimed, after the CFTC said it had not approved the exchange to do so