E-commerce giant Overstock has set up a new state-of-the-art campus in Sligo, Ireland which will focus on e-commerce, machine learning, and blockchain technology. The new European base is located in the IDAs flagship...
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of a mobile app for its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro. In its official announcement, the exchange said that the app has been designed to...
Juno has secured $3 million seed round to develop a platform leveraging cryptocurrencies and Ethereum protocols to offer neo banking services such as high-yield savings and debit cards. The startup was founded by Varus...
ICONLOOP, a blockchain-focused company headquartered in Seoul, has secured KRW 10 billion (over $8 million) in Series A funding round led by the Venture Investment Center at Korea Technology Finance Corporation. The...
Venture studio Consensys has granted $175,000 to support seven Ethereum-based projects. According to CoinDesk, the startups that will receive cash funding include ethereum software client Lighthouse, decentralized...
B2C2, a UK-based Crypto liquidity and OTC provider, has launched a gold derivatives product, which is priced and settled in bitcoin, according to The Block. Founded in 2015, B2C2 offers exposure to large-cap...
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has announced that crypto custodian BitGo will provide secure storage for the crypto assets under its management. In an announcement dated October 09, Bitstamp said: We will start...
Bauwens Group, one of Germanys leading real estate project developers, has acquired 15 percent shares of Fundament Group, a Berlin-based blockchain firm that issues real estate security token on the ethereum...
The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) has launched a cryptocurrency fund and is accepting donations in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH). As per an announcement, the initiative intends to fund open source technology...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB), Switzerlands central bank, is working with the countrys stock exchange operator SIX Group to determine the possible use of digital currencies in trading. In a release, SIX Digital Exchange...
Bitfinex is holding on to its documents amid objects from the New York Attorney Generals office. The legal representatives of Bitfinex, Tether, and other affiliated entities wrote that a request made by the NYAG...
ACINQ, one of the three main Lightning Network development firms, has secured $8 million in a Series A led by Idinvest Partners, with participation from Serena and Bpifrance, state-owned French investment firm. As per a...
Instant messaging app Telegram has finally acknowledged its involvement in the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain in public, as it mentioned both TON and GRAMS, the platforms native token, in the terms of service (ToS)...
CoinFLEX, a Seychelles-based firm launched earlier this year, is offering derivatives that payout based on the possibility Libra will launch by the end of 2020. Dubbed as Libra Initial Futures Offering (IFO), a...
Jennifer Robertson, the widow of QuadrigaCXs founder Gerald Cotton, is returning about CAD $12 million ($9 million) of assets to EY Canada, the firms bankruptcy trustee, as part of a voluntary settlement. I have now...