It’s Groundhog Day in crypto. One day the sector moves up by a little. The next day it declines by…
Charles Hoskinson started mining Bitcoin back in 2011, before going on to work alongside Dan Larimer in creating Bitshares and…
In 1980, a young Thomas Power walked into his first job. It was behind the delicatessen counter at his local…
He's a renowned stand-up comedian, an actor, voice-over artist, had his own TV show and wrote a successful book about…
Chris Skinner, the author and authorative and respected FinTech writer, says it is a “red herring” to associate money launderers…
The government of Bahrain has hailed blockchain technology as one of the most important advancements of recent years and urged…
UK-based e-commerce payments and ID venture, Nuggets, is to join the Lafayette Plug and Play business accelerator programme. It is…
Yahoo! has announced a major crypto push. The world’s sixth largest website has included cryptocurrency news, tickers, including the price…
As Bitcoin reaches the 10th year since its launch announcement by Satoshi Nakamoto, IW Capital has commissioned research, involving 2,007 respondents,…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has nabbed the top spot, ahead of IBM, on a new iPR Daily list that ranks…
Apple has ordered Coinbase to remove the crypto collectible game War Riders from its iOS wallet’s listing after it enabled…
Colombian President Ivan Duque has reiterated electoral campaign plans to use blockchain technology to combat corruption. Duque, who was sworn in…
ICS Financial Systems (ICSFS) has been working with Arab Jordan Investment Bank (AJIB) on a blockchain proof of concept (PoC). This was…
Google’s involvement in blockchain won’t single-handedly bring the technology into the mainstream, but it will help enterprises streamline the development…
Malta's seemingly unstoppable rise as the world's leading blockchain hub stepped up a gear today as one of the island's…
Off the back of the release of PwC’s Global Blockchain Survey 2018, which highlighted that 84% of companies are now…
The government of a South Korean province has partnered with Israeli blockchain startup Orbs to create its very own cryptocurrency.…
Having raised $17 million in its initial coin offering, Lithuanian FinTech, Debitum Network, is officially launching its platform, which connects…
Eminem has become the latest musician to give Bitcoin a popular culture boost, mentioning it in a song on his…
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a document explaining Walmart’s patent application for a system that involves…
Talk about the ability to bring a whole industry together, even if it's for all the wrong reasons. Well, Nouriel…
Quantocoin have made another football investment made entirely in cryptocurrency. Last month, we reported how the owner of Gibraltar United…
Asia has seen a 50% increase in jobs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector since last year, according to London-based…
Blockchain has undoubtedly revolutionised the world we live in, sparking changes, interest and hype around the world. However, that’s not…
Biology and data technology have collided to produce a crypto password encased within strands of DNA. The mind-boggling science is…
The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (PFR) is planning to implement blockchain technology to keep track of information related…
The Reserve Bank of India fears its recent stern policies towards cryptocurrency may be a mistake. The RBI yesterday published…
Hong Kong has unveiled new immigration rules for job seekers from around the world who have knowledge and expertise in…
Ministers within the government of Russia want to make ICOs and cryptocurrencies illegal, according to Coin Rivet sources. As the…
US and Canada’s so-called “Operation Cryptosweep” has resulted in more than 200 investigations into initial coin offerings (ICOs) and crypto-related…
Lloyd’s of London has provided Kingdom Trust with secured insurance coverage to protect the digital currency they store for investors…
The government of Moscow has announced plans to use Ethereum-based smart contracts to create a system for allocating trading spaces…
Oxford University research fellow Joshua Broggi is seeking accreditation in Malta to establish the world’s first blockchain-powered university. Local news…
Bank of America (BofA), arguably one of the largest blockchain patent applicants in the US, has filed for another patent…
Iran has announced plans to launch a state-controlled cryptocurrency that will be backed by the rial and developed on the…
John McAfee has been revealed as the surprise key speaker at November's Malta Blockchain Summit. As the small but densely-populated…
A survey by UK auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reveals that most companies are keen to incorporate blockchain technology into their future,…
North Korea is reportedly planning to host the country’s first blockchain and cryptocurrency conference. The US-sanction-hit country is intending to…
Graph Blockchain (GBC) claims it has become a leading blockchain-based solution provider in data management for global logistics - a…
Despite a crypto exchange sector-wide need and desire for a consensus on regulation, we won’t see it just yet. That’s…
Bank of America (BofA), has filed a patent for a blockchain-based crypto storage system, according to a document published by the US Patent…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have partnered with Anquan, Deloitte and Nasdaq to harness blockchain…
Tokyo-headquartered Pure Diamond Lab is tapping blockchain technology to track the production, refinement and appraisal of its lab grown diamonds. “Information…
New technologies such as blockchain, automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) are key investment priorities within the retail…
WWF Italy has joined AidCoin's AIDChain ecosystem, giving people the chance to donate in 23 cryptocurrencies. WWF has committed to spend the entirety of…
London-based FinTech unicorn Revolut is launching a new metal debit card. Users can earn up to 1% cashback on payments in any…
The volume of the global automotive blockchain market size is set to hit $1.6 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR…
UK-based trading platform eToro has inked a landmark advertising deal with seven Premier League footballclubs. This will be paid in Bitcoin and…
As they struggle with dwindling revenue and profitability, telcos are looking to build new capabilities to capitalise on a massive…
Critics are exaggerating and oversimplifying the impact Bitcoin mining’s electricity consumption is having on the environment, a clean technology researcher…
SBI Holdings has made an undisclosed investment in controversial cryptocurrency exchange LastRoots. This follows an initial capital injection in December 2017, with the aim…
Barclaycard is teaming with Ethereum blockchain startup Crowdz to create a system for speedy transactions for businesses and institutions. “Under…
Everipedia, a rival to Wikipedia, has gone live, boasting over six million articles. The venture taps blockchain technology to reward users with cryptocurrency.…
I love lists. I enjoy order, and I simply adore spreadsheets. There, I’ve said it. Now that’s out of the…
Australia-based cinema-on-demand distributor, Demand Film, has launched a cryptocurrency, called Screencreds, to reward users who watch and promote trailers for…
Blockchain startup Ripple has selected three cryptocurrency exchanges to facilitate xRapid – its cross-border payments solution that uses the digital…
This is a tale of greed, loss and disappointment, smiley face emojis and spectacular ineptitude, writes Coin Rivet's Helen Carter.…
With Turkey’s national currency collapse making headlines around the world, and with countries such as Venezuela looking to cryptocurrencies as…
Hong Kong-based Crypto.com, a wallet, exchange and payments platform, has announced three new additions to its team. CEO Kris Marszalek…
Ultra recently announced the appointment of Edward Moalem as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Moalem previously served on Ultra’s advisory board as…
TrakInvest is claiming a world first with the launch of a game show aimed at crypto enthusiasts. Starting on 12th September,…
Crypto startup Swarm is listing tokens that allow investors to purchase fractional shares in FinTech darling Robinhood. At this point,…
Square's crypto push is starting to bear fruit, leading to a significant increase in downloads for its Cash App. The…
Steeled by a resolve to blow open the tightly-locked doors holding back one of the greatest mysteries of modern times,…
35% of Brits would not trust an organisation using blockchain technology to keep their information secure as they don’t know…
New York-based enterprise blockchain technology venture, Axoni, has raised $32 million in a Series B round led by Goldman Sachs…
The governor of Jeju, South Korea has asked the country’s central government to allow him to convert the island into…
Energi Mine is set to provide its blockchain-based reward platform to South Korea’s Hotel Cappuccino, issuing EnergiTokens (ETKs) that will…
A Finnish man has lost a total of 5,564.4 Bitcoins (worth roughly $24 million at the time) to scammers in…
If you read any of the 'will Starbucks or won’t Starbucks accept cryptocurrency' stories from last week you might be…
Australian cricketer Michael Clarke has come under fire from his countrymen after throwing his weight behind an ICO. The former…
John McAfee’s cryptocurrency wallet building venture, Bitfi, has won the ‘Lamest Vendor Response’ gong at the annual Pwnie Awards. During…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has held a two-day ‘Blockchain Challenge’, combining a challenge for coders with its annual conference…
Officials at the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) of America will begin an investigation this weekend into how their computer network…
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has won a mandate from the World Bank to become the sole arranger of…
Anyone who mines for cryptocurrency knows how much power is sucked up by an overworked hard drive, but delegates at…
Blockchain e-commerce payments and ID platform, Nuggets, has announced a partnership with Internet of Things infrastructure company CPChain. The two will…
Crimes in workplaces across the United States cost business in that country circa $50 billion annually, which is why US…
Shipping group Maersk reports that 94 companies and organisations have so far joined a blockchain-powered platform, TradeLens, developed with IBM.…
Eleven financial regulators from around the world, including the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, France and Singapore, have announced…
Price comparison site, finder.com, has published its top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap and three trending coins in 2018. It predicts…
“And they’re off” is the most succinct way to describe the status of blockchain-based initiatives in commercial banking. The race…
The Maerki Baumann bank has announced it will accept cryptocurrencies, making it the second private financial institution in Switzerland to…
Edinburgh Napier University is working with startup Hypervine to develop blockchain solutions to the data recording problems which can jeopardise…
Switzerland-based cryptocurrency angel fund, Block0, has released a report on worldwide crypto asset trading trends which outlines the increased importance…
Barclays is allegedly gearing up to launch a cryptocurrency trading desk, although it has denied the existence of any such…
House of Fine Art (HOFA) is claiming to be the first art gallery to put up its entire collection for…
India's Telangana state government has partnered with a multinational IT giant Tech Mahindra to create the country’s first Blockchain District.…
The number of Bitcoin ATMs quadrupled across 2017, according to Statista. There are currently 3,502 in operation around the world.…
Almost three months after being raided by local authorities, South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange, UPbit, has been cleared by an…
Chinese mining hardware giant, Bitmain, is building a blockchain datacentre and cryptocurrency mining facility in the city of Rockdale, Milam…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has taken another swipe at cryptocurrencies, while emphasising that the FI is interested in blockchain technology.…
The Government of Scotland has released a report hailing the benefits of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) in public services…
Late last week, Starbucks announced that it was partnering with Microsoft, BCG and New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange…
South Korea’s financial regulatory authority released a report in which it advocates the use of blockchain technology to build a…
Wall Street is iffy on Bitcoin at best despite the high profile launch of regulated exchange, Bakkt, by NYSE owner…
High Times, a New York-based monthly magazine, was founded in 1974 and has featured original works from such counterculture and…
The Stuttgart Börse - Germany's second largest stock exchange - has revealed plans to launch a new platform for ICOs…
The Bitcoin price must hit nearly $213,000 to replace US money supply, according to a report by UBS. This argues that…
The Bank of Mexico has issued a series of new rules that directly affect crypto exchanges and people who use…
Walmart has filed yet another blockchain-related patent application. This one is entitled ‘Managing Smart Applications Using Blockchain Technology’, with the abstract…
US crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase has started rolling out British pound support for UK-based customers. “Until now, the process of converting…
Australia’s Queensland Government is backing a startup that sells travel experiences online using cryptocurrency. The venture, TravelbyBit, is one of…
c "We are, absolutely, never going to do that. Zero interest,” he said this week. Blockchain is a bubble Wales…
Nobel Prize laureate Oliver Hart and former Microsoft Chief Economist Dr. Preston McAfee have been added to the senior advisory…
Morgan Stanley has appointed Andrew Peel as Head of Digital Asset Markets. Based in Zurich and London, he joins from…
Kevin Jenkins, the former Managing Director of Visa, has joined the board of blockchain payments and identity venture, Nuggets. “Kevin is…
Malta-based crypto exchange Binance has purchased the cryptocurrency wallet provider Trust Wallet in a move it says is aimed at…
Blockchain deployments will enable banks to realise savings on cross-border settlement transactions of more than $27 billion by the end…
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are effectively celebrating the use of cutting-edge technology to set the monetary system back 300 years, according to…
As regulators around the world increase their scrutiny of the crypto sector, the venture says the new position reflects its “commitment…
Various Nasdaq executives decided to hold a secret meeting with experts from several leading crypto exchanges to discuss cryptocurrency itself…
Blockchain consortium, Hyperledger, has added nine new members, bringing the total to over 250. Newbies as follows: Coil, ChainDigit, Chainyard,…
The number of cryptocurrency investors in the UK has gradually increased to three million, but a study shows that only…
Billon has signed a letter of intent with US financial technology heavyweight, FIS, to explore joint product development and sales…
Buterin Vitalik, the Co-founder of Ethereum, believes the cryptocurrency community has put too much emphasis on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at…
Bitmain Technologies is prepping an initial public offering which would give early investors, including Sequoia Capital and IDG Capital, an…
Over 5,000 shops and businesses across Chile will accept cryptocurrency as payment for purchases as a result of the launch…
The Bahamas is seriously pushing for blockchain to be implemented in all government services and to introduce a national digital…
Earlier this month, we reported that Fortune’s latest 40 Under 40 list featured a number of cryptocurrency industry figures. And…
The semi-professional club’s owner, Pablo Dana, an investor in the cryptocurrency Quantocoin, previously established a sponsorship partnership. And he now…
Only 2% of US investors own Bitcoin, but 26% are intrigued by it, according to a Wells Fargo/Gallup poll of…
Brazil is currently the largest FinTech hub in Latin America. Proof of this comes in the form of more than…
Regulation is a hugely divisive topic in the crypto space, with some arguing that it is an essential part of…
Blockchain-based fundraising platform, KickICO, has been hacked, losing 70,000,000 Kick ($7.7 million). It said in a statement: “On 26th July at…
Kaspersky Lab researchers have found a new crypto-currency miner – PowerGhost – which has hit corporate networks in several regions,…
A new distributed ledger technology (DLT) network is launching to streamline the design and administration of legal contracts. Created by…
For the first time in history, blockchain technology has been used to record the birth of a baby in Tanzania…
Betting platform Augur now allows users to bet on when certain world-renowned personalities will die. One of the top pools…
SatoshiPay, a Bitcoin nanopayment solution for web content, has received a $663,000 (€566,000) cash injection from Daniel Masters, who co-founded the…
Ultra has announced the appointment of Edward Moalem as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). He comments: “Ultra is the preeminent…
The co-founder of Reddit and Initialized Capital, Alexis Ohanian, believes that cryptocurrencies are a viable substitute for fiat currencies and…
Berlin’s status as one of Europe’s leading FinTech hubs looks set to be further propelled by the city’s heightened focus…
Even though the blockchain technology that underpins crypto has definite value, particularly from a security perspective, cryptocurrencies are unlikely to…
Blockchain-based financial trading platform, trade.io, has officially launched its crypto-to-crypto exchange which will initially offer Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin…
The Bank of Canada (BoC) has revealed a 13-page report entitled the ‘Incentive Compatibility on the Blockchain’ that concludes double…
The European Parliament has released a 163-page report in which it suggests that banks and central banks launching their own…
Cryptocurrency card supplier Wirex has launched its new Ripple wallet that enables users to buy, sell, exchange and deposit Ripple…
UK venture, Online Blockchain, has launched Buenos in Argentina. This follows on from the introduction of a crypto coin for…
The Bank of England has said that its renewed real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service will be compatible with systems running…
Imperial College London has bowed to pressure from the Financial Times over a report, issued earlier this month in conjunction…
Barclays Bank has applied to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for two patents related to the transfer of…
Coinbase launched a Political Action Committee (PAC) in June, a disclosure published by the US Federal Election Commission reveals. PACs are groups…
Interest in cryptocurrency is growing fast in Brazil. In fact, the number of people registering accounts with crypto exchanges is…
Lufthansa has partnered with SAP to launch the first Aviation Blockchain Challenge, aimed at exploring how blockchain solutions can improve…
Worldwide spending on blockchain solutions will hit $11.7 billion in 2022, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). And this year…
Surrey Police says it has become the first force in the UK to retain Bitcoin used by a criminal to…
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