What Kills Crypto Projects: Analyzing Deadcoins
With Halloween approaching, it seems like an appropriate moment to take a peek into the crypto industry’s graveyard. Even in an industry as young as crypto, plenty of projects have already died, and sites like Coinopsy and DeadCoins are providing crowd-sourced autopsy reports. Just for fun, we did some digging into Coinopsy’s data to learn […]
Former CFTC chair and ‘Crypto Dad’ says 2019 is the year to get serious about crypto policy
Former CFTC Chairman Christopher “Crypto Dad” Giancarlo left his role at the regulator this summer, but now he’s stepping even further into the crypto world. Now as a board member for the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Giancarlo is using his expertise to further policy talks across the board, not just on a CFTC/SEC level. Giancarlo […]
SE Digital keen to democratise Thai financial markets as the official ICO Portal
SE Digital Co., Ltd. (SE Digital), a subsidiary of a leading Thai financial services firm, Seamico Securities Plc (ZMICO), has officially obtained approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to fully operate in Thailand as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Portal. Its inaugural ICO Portal operation will mark the official beginning of the regulated […]
Art on blockchain pioneer Verisart raises $2.5M for art and collectibles certification
A lot of talk has been made about verifying valuable items on an immutable blockchain, but the main pioneer in this space has been Verisart, which appeared a few years ago to use a blockchain to create certification for the fine art and collectibles market. But despite the blockchain hype of the last few years, […]
Santander InnoVentures, MUFG, and Nomura Holdings back Securitize in US$14M fundraise
Securitize, the trusted global solution for issuing and managing compliant digital securities on the blockchain, has secured a US$14M strategic fundraise with backers that include three of the world’s largest banks – Banco Santander through its venture capital arm (Santander InnoVentures), MUFG via its wholly-owned corporate venture capital subsidiary (MUFG Innovation Partners), and Nomura Holdings […]
Shanghai International Blockchain Week 2019
Shanghai International Blockchain Week 2019 is a major, blockchain industry gathering themed as Blockchain New Economy, New Decade, New Beginning. The event this year featured Hackathon, Demo Day and The Fifth Global Blockchain Summit. Over 2,000 participants, 250 experts, and 50 global projects were brought together to share their experience on the development of blockchain […]
Future FinTech Announces Submission of Compliance Plan to NASDAQ
Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FTFT; the “Company”), a company engages in blockchain based e-commerce and fruit juice business, today announced that on September 18, 2019, the Company submitted its plan of compliance in connection with its failure to meet the requirement of maintaining a minimum of $2,500,000 in shareholders’ equity for continued listing on […]
BeNative Launches Bitcoin Incentive System for English Learners
BeNative has more than 600,000 users from 180 countries all around the world. There are video contents as learning material with global business leaders, such as Google, Facebook, etc, appeared in. BeNative has been launched their business globally through SMATOOS Inc., the headquarter based in Korea, followed by other foreign corporate branches in Japan, Hongkong, […]
Pixsy acquires blockchain-based copyright platform Binded.com
Pixsy, Inc. announced that it will acquire blockchain-based copyright registration platform Binded.com, strengthening its image protection offerings for a wider community of users (terms of the transactions were not disclosed). The acquisition bolsters Pixsy’s market-leading position in image protection and gives the Binded community access to Pixsy’s full suite of copyright management tools, including Register, […]
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. […]
Telegram’s 300 Million Users Could Soon Be Trading Bitcoin And Crypto
Bitcoin’s bull run so far this year, which has seen the bitcoin price climb some 200% since January, has been largely put down to some of the world’s biggest technology companies taking an interest in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The bitcoin price has plateaued at around $10,000 as bitcoin traders and investors fret global regulators might […]
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 […]
Iran Crypto Developers Launch Platform for Flood-victim Aid
When a massive natural disaster strikes in most countries, the global community takes notice, comes together and sends humanitarian aid, including financial donations. But sending aid to heavily sanctioned Iran isn’t so simple. After Iran suffered devastating floods this spring that left an estimated two million people in need of humanitarian assistance, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said […]
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. […]
Bitcoin Expert Scams a Scammer, Donates the Money to Charity
Financial fraudsters often try to target the elderly or otherwise vulnerable — but one recently picked the worst possible target.Calgarian Ben Perrin runs an educational YouTube channel focused on teaching people about bitcoin and cryptocurrency, and is the marketing director for a bitcoin exchange. Working in the cryptocurrency industry means he’s been targeted by hopeful […]
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 […]
Monmouth County Man Charged With Operating An Unlicensed Bitcoin Exchange
A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business through which he charged customers fees to convert more than $2 million in cash into the digital currency Bitcoin. William Green, 46, of Wall Township, was charged by indictment with one count of operating […]
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 […]
