China says new digital currency will be like Facebook’s Libra
China’s proposed new digital currency would bear some similarities to Facebook’s Libra coin and would be able to be used across major payment platforms such as WeChat and Alipay, a senior central bank officer said. Mu Changchun, deputy director of the People’s Bank of China’s payments department, said the development of the coin would help […]
Cryptocurrency Wizard Arrested in B500m Fraud Case
A 48-year-old man wanted for his role in an alleged 500 million baht cryptocurrency exchange fraud was arrested in Bangkok on Wednesday evening. Mana Jumuang was arrested while playing football at a field on Rama IX Road in Huai Khwang district, Pol Maj Gen Jiraphop Phuridet, commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said on Thurday. […]
Kadena Launches Blockchain-as-a-Service on Azure Marketplace
Kadena announce that launched an upgraded version of our enterprise blockchain solution to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace! The “Kadena Scalable Permissioned Blockchain” is now available on Azure Marketplace for free. This past January, we made headlines in Fortune when we released our permissioned blockchain on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. Our Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) model enables organizations to start […]
BitGo Launches Multi-Signature Wallet and Custody for EOS
BitGo, the leader in digital asset financial services, today announced support for multi-signature EOS wallet and custody services. BitGo now supports over 200 coins and tokens enabling institutional clients to hold a broad array of assets. The EOS token is one of the top 10 digital assets by market capitalization, and is used on the […]
New Ways to Spend Bitcoin with your Blockchain Wallet
What can you buy with crypto? It’s been a common question since bitcoin bought two pizzas back in 2010. Giving people the ability to spend their bitcoins when they are on the go has always been one of the core functionalities of the Blockchain Wallet. And today, spending crypto from your phone or online is […]
SEC Charges ICO Research and Rating Provider With Failing to Disclose It Was Paid to Tout Digital Assets
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Russian entity ICO Rating has agreed to pay $268,998 to settle charges that it failed to disclose payments received from issuers for publicizing their digital asset securities offerings. The SEC’s order found that between December 2017 and July 2018, ICO Rating produced research reports and ratings of […]
Rakuten Wallet Launches Spot Trading Services for Crypto Assets
Rakuten Wallet, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary of Rakuten Group and operator of a crypto asset (virtual currency) exchange business, announced that today it has launched a spot trading service for crypto assets in which users can conduct spot trading of crypto assets through a dedicated smartphone app*1. The app will initially be released on Android, […]
NULS Takes Tokens from Conception to College with New Staking Model
NULS, the adaptive blockchain solution for enterprise, has successfully tested a new staking service, staked coin output (SCO), with project Aleph, a cross-blockchain layer-2 network. This staking service applies a new type of reward model in which community members of NULS can stake tokens to receive tokens from other projects building on the NULS platform. […]
Apollo Foundation Developing Post-Blockchain Infrastructure and Decentralized Internet
Apollo Foundation is announcing Apollo 2020, the firm’s roadmap for a post-blockchain future. A key initiative is the development of DAG (directed acyclic graph), making Apollo one of the first cryptocurrency projects to build the decentralized, post-blockchain consensus technology. The foundation will develop: ARKnet, a decentralized application infrastructure; smart contract capabilities; a tokenization platform; Apollo […]
Facebook hires Zook to lobby on Libra
Facebook has added Susan Zook of Mason Street Consulting to its team of lobbyists working to sell lawmakers on its new Libra cryptocurrency. Zook is a former aide to Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, which held a hearing on Libra last month. She’ll focus on lobbying Senate Republicans, she […]
Bitcoin SV Headline Sponsor of Pool Premier League Live on FreeSports
The International Professional Pool Association (IPA) have agreed a sponsorship package with Bitcoin SV enthusiast and promoter, Calvin Ayre, for their upcoming Bitcoin SV Premier League live at: Freeview 64, Sky 422, Virgin 553. BSV is the only coin with a blockchain that significantly scales (now), has robust utility (now), and is committed to a set-in-stone protocol for […]
VSYS is Officially Listed on Huobi Global
V SYSTEMS, a blockchain database project created by Sunny King, the inventor of Proof of Stake (PoS), announced today that its native cryptocurrency VSYS Coin has won the Huobi FastTrack voting with a total of 38,456,859 HT votes and is now officially listed on Huobi Global. This signifies that its cutting edge technical development and […]
Everton Football Club Announced Partnership With Deal eToro
The deal will see eToro become the Club’s ‘Official Online Trading Partner’, giving the organisation global exposure through access to Everton’s marketing assets and a presence at Goodison Park on matchdays. eToro, recognised as a leader in financial technology (fintech), provides its community of more than 11 million users with the opportunity to invest in […]
Ripple’s CEO Worried About Regulatory Backlash Over Facebook’s Libra Plan
Brad Garlinghouse, chief executive officer of crypto currency company Ripple, says he’s worried Facebook’s plans to enter the arena with its Libra digital coin will provoke harsher regulation of the entire sector. “You just want to make sure that you don’t get caught in the crossfire,” Garlinghouse said in an interview with Fortune in London […]
Robinhood Plans Relaunch of High Yield Cash Account
Robinhood, a stock trading app popular with millennials, caused a stir last December by announcing a no-fee checking-and-savings account that offered a 3% yield. Days later, however, the company walked back the announcement after regulators criticized it for offering what amounted to a bank account without FDIC insurance—a backstop that protects consumers in the event […]
Damage From Cryptocurrency-related Crimes Estimated at 2.7 tr Won
The financial damage caused by cryptocurrency-related crimes reached nearly 2.7 trillion ($2.3 billion) over the past two years, government data showed Sunday. The financial loss of scams and fraud involving cryptocurrencies came to 2.69 trillion won between July 2017 and June 2019, according to the data from the justice ministry. The ministry said 132 cryptocurrency-related […]
Litecoin Named Official Cryptocurrency Of The Miami Dolphins
The Litecoin Foundation announced today that Litecoin has become the “Official Cryptocurrency of the Miami Dolphins.” As cryptocurrency continues to be adopted by businesses, institutions and individuals across the globe, this unique partnership creates a powerful alignment between Litecoin and one of the world’s most recognizable sports brands in the Miami Dolphins. Launching for the […]
Boosting Degree Completion With Blockchain
Thousands of community college students transfer to Arizona State University every year, some before obtaining their associate’s degrees. While many will successfully graduate from Arizona State with a bachelor’s degree, the remainder risk joining the 37 million Americans with some college credit but no degree. To counter this, Arizona State is working with local community […]
