# Latest News Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news?page=619 Page 619 of 672. Articles are ordered by original publication time, newest first. Summaries below are excerpts; follow each full-text link for the complete article. ## [EOS blockchain-powered gaming platform Azarus secures $1.8M from Galaxy Digital, Kleiner Perkins](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2138) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-07T07:40:35.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T07:40:35.000Z Azarus, a blockchain-based service that runs on video game challenges, has raked in $1.8 million of investments from Galaxy Digital’s Galaxy EOS VC Fund, Kleiner Perkins, and SVK Crypto, Venture Beat reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2138.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2138.json) ## [Waves’ blockchain platform Vostok launches main network](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2139) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-06-07T07:33:17.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T07:33:17.000Z Vostok, a private blockchain platform for enterprises and governments, has launched its main network. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2139.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2139.json) ## [Tristan Technologies is not new and has nothing on blockchain right now, Mark Karpeles clarifies](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/2137) By Shampa Mani | People Published: 2019-06-07T06:36:53.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T06:36:53.000Z Following recent reports that suggested former Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles is starting a new blockchain cloud firm Tristan Technologies Co., the entrepreneur has clarified that the company is not working with blockchain … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/2137.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/2137.json) ## [Facebook's cryptocurrency project has over 100 staff, including high-level executives](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2136) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-07T06:34:30.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T06:34:30.000Z More details about the cryptocurrency project of Facebook have emerged, revealing that the social media giant now has 100 people onboard the project, CNBC reported citing information from professional networking platf… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2136.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2136.json) ## [Russia's largest palladium producer Nornickel and IBM to establish blockchain competence center in MIPT](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2135) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-06-07T05:56:44.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T05:56:44.000Z IBM has teamed up with Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Russia’s Nornickel, the world’s biggest palladium producer, to establish an educational program on blockchain technology. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2135.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2135.json) ## [Blockchain voting startup Voatz raises $7M in Series A funding led by Medici Ventures, Techstars](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2133) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-07T05:01:30.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T05:01:30.000Z Blockchain-based mobile election voting platform Voatz has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round, led by Medici Ventures and Techstars. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2133.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2133.json) ## [Boehringer Ingelheim partners with Solve.Care for blockchain-based healthcare network for diabetes patients](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2134) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-06-07T04:58:51.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T04:58:51.000Z Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals has entered into a partnership with healthcare platform Solve.Care to launch a blockchain-based patient-centric care network on the Solve.Care platform. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2134.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2134.json) ## [EU relaxes access limitations to high-quality blockchain, AI data](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2132) By Charissa Echavez | Regulation Published: 2019-06-07T04:31:58.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T04:31:58.000Z The European Union has relaxed the wealth of information that can be reused as raw material for blockchain- and artificial intelligence-related projects. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2132.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2132.json) ## [Australia investigates cryptocurrency schemes in international tax evasion crackdown](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2131) By Charissa Echavez | Regulation Published: 2019-06-07T04:19:12.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T04:19:12.000Z The Australian Tax Office (ATO), the country’s tax agency, is reportedly investigating 12 international tax avoidance schemes with cryptocurrency-related activities, The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Thursday. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2131.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2131.json) ## [Think tank Avenir Suisse urges Switzerland to issue own cryptocurrency 'Franc Token'](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/insights/2130) By Charissa Echavez | Insights & Views Published: 2019-06-07T03:50:32.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T03:50:32.000Z One of Switzerland’s most influential think tanks Avenir Suisse released a report pushing the country’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), to start issuing a national currency. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/insights/2130.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/insights/2130.json) ## [Reserve Bank of India denies knowledge of cryptocurrency ban bill](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2129) By Shampa Mani | Regulation Published: 2019-06-07T03:30:58.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T18:37:00.000Z The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has denied having any knowledge of a bill that seeks to impose a complete ban on cryptocurrencies in the country, Bitcoin.com reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2129.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2129.json) ## [Vancouver considers banning Bitcoin ATMs to avoid money laundering](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2128) By Charissa Echavez | Regulation Published: 2019-06-07T02:53:24.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T02:53:24.000Z Despite pioneering crypto ATMs in the world, Vancouver’s authorities are turning their backs against the vending machine, saying it is “an ideal money-laundering vehicle,” and its mayor has also suggested a complete b… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2128.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2128.json) ## [Crypto Technicals: Bitcoin Cash pivotal at 4H 200-SMA, break below eyes 38.2% Fib at 326.67](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2127) By Anupama Grandhi | Investing Published: 2019-06-06T11:50:24.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T11:50:24.000Z Support: 379.57 (4H 200-SMA); Resistance: 414.72 (20-DMA) [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2127.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2127.json) ## [Blockchain startup Ripple opens new office in Switzerland](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2126) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-06T11:47:18.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T11:47:18.000Z Blockchain startup Ripple has opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland to sell its native token XRP to institutional investors, UseTheBitcoin reported citing details on Moneyhouse. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2126.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2126.json) ## [Crypto Technicals: ETH/USD grinds sideways along 55H-EMA resistance, bias neutral](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2125) By Anupama Grandhi | Investing Published: 2019-06-06T11:04:38.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T11:04:38.000Z Support: 239.64 (236% Fib); Resistance: 255.55 (20-DMA) [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2125.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2125.json) ## [LINE Pay, Visa collaborate to offer digital and blockchain-based payment solutions](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2124) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-06-06T10:33:38.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T10:33:38.000Z LINE Pay Corporation, the operator of fintech services of Japanese chat giant LINE, has entered into a strategic partnership with payments behemoth Visa to create new financial services experiences for their collectiv… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2124.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2124.json) ## [Crypto Technicals: DASH struggles to extend gains, 'Bearish Divergence' on RSI and Stochs keeps bias lower](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2123) By Anupama Grandhi | Investing Published: 2019-06-06T10:13:46.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T10:13:46.000Z Support: 137.86 (50-DMA); Resistance: 153.13 (21-EMA) [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2123.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2123.json) ## [Major European football club starts accepting cryptocurrency payments via UTRUST partnership](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2122) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-06T09:24:17.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T09:24:17.000Z European heavyweight club and Portuguese champions S.L. Benfica has entered into a partnership with cryptocurrency payment solution UTRUST to start accepting cryptocurrency payments. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2122.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2122.json) ## [Cryptocurrency firm Longfin, CEO face another SEC fraud charge](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2121) By Charissa Echavez | Regulation Published: 2019-06-06T08:36:59.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T08:36:59.000Z The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed new fraud charges against fintech firm Longfin Corp. and its CEO Venkata S. Meenavalli. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2121.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2121.json) ## [EC-supported blockchain initiative INATBA to launch working groups on identity, finance and more](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2120) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-06-06T07:19:11.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T07:19:11.000Z The International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) held its first general Assembly meeting on Wednesday, June 05. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2120.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2120.json) ## [South Korea Post partners with Coinplug, NHN to apply blockchain tech](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2119) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-06-06T06:56:58.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T06:56:58.000Z Korea Post, the national postal service of South Korea, wants to integrate blockchain technology to its billing system, local media outlet News1 Korea reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2119.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2119.json) ## [Crypto exchange Binance to introduce own GBP-pegged stablecoin within a few weeks](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2118) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-06T06:11:45.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T06:11:45.000Z Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance will reportedly issue its own stablecoin “in a matter of weeks to a month or two,” Bloomberg reported quoting the company’s Chief Financial Officer Wei Zhou. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2118.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2118.json) ## [Hydro-Québec launches request for proposals for energy allocation to blockchain firms](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2117) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-06-06T06:04:00.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T06:04:00.000Z Hydro-Québec, a public utility managing the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Quebec, has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for the allocation of 300‑megawatt (MW) block of electricity t… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2117.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2117.json) ## [SIA, Quant Network team up to explore blockchain interoperability](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2116) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-06-06T05:18:57.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T05:18:57.000Z Italian tech company SIA has partnered with blockchain startup Quant Network to explore blockchain interoperability. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2116.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2116.json) ## [Facebook may debut cryptocurrency project this month: Report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2115) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-06T04:59:00.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T04:59:43.000Z Facebook will reportedly unveil its cryptocurrency project this month, allowing its employees to receive their salary in the form of the new coin, CNBC reported citing The Information. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2115.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2115.json) ## [Japan crypto traders are underreporting $93M worth of income; tax authorities plan crackdown](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2114) By Charissa Echavez | Regulation Published: 2019-06-06T04:49:22.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T04:49:22.000Z Japanese tax authorities are planning to take action against entities underreporting their cryptocurrency-based profits, according to local news outlet Asahi Shimbun. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2114.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2114.json) ## [KODAK announces new blockchain-based document management platform](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2113) By Shampa Mani | Technology Published: 2019-06-06T03:56:05.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T03:56:05.000Z Kodak Services for Business has announced a new blockchain-based document management platform which will help ensure the safety and security of information. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2113.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2113.json) ## [Rakuten, Japan's largest railway JR East partner to offer cashless payments by 2020](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2110) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-06T03:04:42.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T03:10:48.000Z Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Payment Inc. has teamed up with the country’s largest railway firm, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) to promote cashless payments. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2110.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2110.json) ## [Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles to serve as CTO of new blockchain tech venture in Japan](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/2111) By Charissa Echavez | People Published: 2019-06-06T02:57:46.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T02:57:46.000Z Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, will allegedly “start from zero” with his new blockchain cloud firm Tristan Technologies Co., where he will serve as the chief technology officer,… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/2111.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/2111.json) ## [Russian food retailer Dixy integrates Ethereum blockchain-based financial platform Factorin](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2112) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-06T02:49:09.000Z Updated: 2019-06-06T02:49:09.000Z Russia’s third-largest food retail network Dixy has integrated blockchain technology to its corporate finance system, Cointelegraph reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2112.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2112.json) ## [CoinMarketCap launches Blockchain Explorer for Bitcoin and Ethereum](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2109) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-05T11:38:15.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T11:38:15.000Z CoinMarketCap, a provider of price and market cap data for cryptocurrencies, has announced the launch of blockchain explorer for the top two cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin and Ethereum. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2109.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2109.json) ## [Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin announces European expansion](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2108) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-05T10:42:19.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T10:42:19.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has announced its expansion into Europe and opening of its office in Malta. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2108.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2108.json) ## [Ethereum-based debt instrument to be listed on Bloomberg Terminal](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2107) By Shampa Mani | Investing Published: 2019-06-05T09:57:48.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T10:00:01.000Z Cadence, a New York-based startup digitizes private debt securities, has announced that all of its offerings are now fully discoverable on Bloomberg Terminal. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2107.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/2107.json) ## [Blockchain VC fund NEM Ventures invests in ridesharing initiative Mobi](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2106) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-05T07:46:58.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T07:46:58.000Z NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investments arm of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, has announced a seed round investment in ridesharing app, Mobi. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2106.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2106.json) ## [South Korea's KEPCO teams up with local power suppliers to develop blockchain-based renewable energy certificates](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2104) By Charissa Echavez | Technology Published: 2019-06-05T06:45:12.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T06:45:12.000Z South Korea’s largest power provider, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), has inked a deal with two local power suppliers to build a blockchain-based system for transacting Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2104.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2104.json) ## [Dutch cryptocurrency exchange Blockport declared bankrupt, goes into stealth mode](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2105) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-05T06:36:54.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T06:36:54.000Z Blockport, an Amsterdam-based cryptocurrency exchange, has been declared bankrupt shortly after its security token offering (STO) failed to hit the soft cap of €1 million (around $1.13 million), The Next Web reported … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2105.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2105.json) ## [U.S. SEC sues Kik Interactive over $100M ICO, says KIN is a security](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2103) By Shampa Mani | Regulation Published: 2019-06-05T05:34:45.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T05:35:46.000Z The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Kik Interactive, the company behind the chat platform Kik, for conducting an illegal $100 million securities offering of digital tokens in 2017. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2103.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2103.json) ## [Marshall Islands form development fund to establish its national cryptocurrency SOV](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2102) By Charissa Echavez | Regulation Published: 2019-06-05T05:05:37.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T05:05:37.000Z The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has created a non-profit organization to help the government establish, maintain, and implement the country’s national digital currency called the sovereign (SOV), according … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2102.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2102.json) ## [Malaysia registers three cryptocurrency exchanges](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2101) By Charissa Echavez | Regulation Published: 2019-06-05T04:11:34.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T04:11:34.000Z The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has registered three new cryptocurrency exchanges, namely, Luno Malaysia, Sinergy Technologies, and Tokenize Technology. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2101.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2101.json) ## [Stably’s USDS becomes first stablecoin to be issued on Binance Chain](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2100) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-05T04:01:11.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T04:01:11.000Z Stably, a venture-capital backed startup, has announced that its US dollar-pegged stablecoin StableUSD (or USDS) will be issued on Binance Chain, the native blockchain platform launched by cryptocurrency exchange Bina… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2100.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2100.json) [Newer stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news.md?page=618) [Older stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news.md?page=620)