# Business News Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business?page=334 Page 334 of 357. Articles are ordered by original publication time, newest first. Summaries below are excerpts; follow each full-text link for the complete article. ## [Unstoppable Domains and Zilliqa Foundation launch $250k grant program to boost .zil adoption](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2878) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-08-01T12:50:39.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T12:50:39.000Z Unstoppable Domains, a San Francisco-based company building domains on blockchains, and blockchain platform Zilliqa have launched a $250,000 .zil grant program for wallets and exchanges. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2878.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2878.json) ## [Monex, Recruit and LINE’s subsidiary Unblock Ventures back blockchain loyalty startup Loyyal](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2875) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-08-01T10:13:14.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T10:13:14.000Z Blockchain powered loyalty and rewards platform Loyyal has announced that it has secured investments from Asian giants including Recruit, Monex Group, and Unblock Ventures, which is LINE Corporation's blockchain inves… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2875.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2875.json) ## [Two Australian blockchain advocacy groups merge for stronger, united voice](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2874) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-08-01T09:34:20.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T09:34:20.000Z The Australian Digital Currency Association (ADCA) and Blockchain Australia (BA) – the two leading groups aiming to promote blockchain technology – have officially signed their merger agreement on July 22. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2874.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2874.json) ## [Crypto exchange Kraken boosts user portfolio management with Interchange acquisition](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2868) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-08-01T08:53:39.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T08:53:56.000Z Crypto exchange Kraken recently acquired Interchange, which is a firm that offers “accounting, reconciliation and reporting” services. This new acquisition is intended to make portfolio monitoring for users much easier. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2868.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2868.json) ## [NBA and 'CryptoKitties' creator Dapper Labs to launch blockchain-based collectible game](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2872) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-08-01T07:51:15.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T07:51:15.000Z The United States National Basketball Association (NBA) and its affiliated union the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) have teamed up with Dapper Labs, maker of CryptoKitties, to launch a new digital plat… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2872.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2872.json) ## [Crypto payment app Fold offers cashback](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2866) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-08-01T07:48:10.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T07:49:41.000Z With crypto payments becoming more common, it was only a matter of time before popular features like cashback become available and the payment app Fold will be offering exactly this. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2866.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2866.json) ## [QuadrigaCX judge grants $1.6M fees for EY, law firms](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2867) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-08-01T06:48:40.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T06:48:40.000Z The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada, has approved more than $1.6 million ($2.1 million CAD) in fees for firms seeking to recover funds from the controversial demise of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX,… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2867.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2867.json) ## [Huobi joins Global Digital Finance to standardize crypto industry](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2869) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-08-01T06:03:02.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T06:03:15.000Z One of the aspects of the crypto industry that come with its growth from infancy is lack of structure and this is what crypto exchange Huobi wants to fix by joining Global Digital Finance (GDF). [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2869.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2869.json) ## [Bitcoin mining giant Canaan Creative 'secretly' files IPO in the US: Report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2859) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-08-01T04:44:24.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T04:44:24.000Z Chinese bitcoin mining giant Canaan Creative has reportedly filed an application for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, according to an IPO-focused blog on WeChat. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2859.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2859.json) ## [Samsung partners with rival Pundi X for crypto wallet](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2860) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-08-01T04:38:38.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T04:39:02.000Z It was recently announced that Samsung and Pundi X, rivals in the blockchain smartphone arena, are teaming up with regards to adding crypto wallets to smartphones. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2860.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2860.json) ## [Middle Eastern crypto exchange Rain makes history, gains regulatory approval](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2862) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-08-01T04:20:10.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T04:20:10.000Z The Middle East is actually seeing a huge jump in interest when it comes to cryptocurrencies and in a historic development, the crypto exchange Rain has managed to snag regulatory approval in the region. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2862.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2862.json) ## [LedgerX becomes first to launch physical bitcoin futures on US market](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2863) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-08-01T03:36:27.000Z Updated: 2019-08-01T03:36:27.000Z BTC derivatives provider Ledger X has become the first company to launch physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts in the United States. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2863.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2863.json) ## [Crypto banking startup Bitwala secures $13M in Series A funding led by Sony, NKB Group](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2856) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-07-31T12:06:46.000Z Updated: 2019-07-31T12:06:46.000Z German crypto banking startup Bitwala has raised €13 million in a Series A round led by Sony Financial Ventures and NKB Group. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2856.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2856.json) ## [Overstock advances towards blockchain future with digitized dividends](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2852) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-31T10:05:54.000Z Updated: 2019-07-31T10:05:54.000Z Online retail giant Overstock.com revealed it will pay its stockholders dividends in its affiliate company’s digital security. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2852.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2852.json) ## [New bitFlyer bitcoin trading service launches in EU with 20BTC cap](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2840) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-31T09:46:14.000Z Updated: 2019-07-31T09:46:14.000Z Japanese crypto exchange bitFlyer just launched a new service in Europe to offer simplified bitcoin buying and selling services in the region. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2840.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2840.json) ## [Crypto exchange and custodian platform Smart Valor goes live following successful funding](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2841) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-31T09:29:16.000Z Updated: 2019-07-31T09:29:16.000Z After raising $3.25 million in a recent successful round of funding, Swiss crypto firm Smart Valor is launching a digital asset exchange that will operate out of both Switzerland and Liechtenstein. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2841.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2841.json) ## [Blockchain startup Lumachain secures $2.4M to fight modern slavery in food industry](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2843) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-31T07:38:11.000Z Updated: 2019-07-31T07:38:39.000Z In a recent successful round of fundraising, blockchain startup Lumachain raised $2.4 million to help it in its fight to end food slavery. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2843.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2843.json) ## [Bermuda grants legal status to XBTOI crypto firm](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2842) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-31T06:21:11.000Z Updated: 2019-07-31T06:22:19.000Z XBTO International (XBTOI) was recently granted a license to operate by Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) under the 2018 Digital Asset Business Act that the island enacted. With this, the crypto firm is now able to ope… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2842.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2842.json) ## [Solana blockchain secures $20M Seed A investment led by Multicoin Capital](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2848) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-31T04:12:10.000Z Updated: 2019-07-31T04:12:10.000Z Web-scale blockchain Solana has secured $20 million in a Series A funding to develop a blockchain designed to operate on the mass scale of the world wide web. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2848.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2848.json) ## [Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain unveils cryptocurrency exchange ‘The PIT’](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2839) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-07-30T12:08:57.000Z Updated: 2019-07-30T12:08:57.000Z Blockchain, a leading provider of bitcoin wallet and blockchain explorer, has announced the launch of its first cryptocurrency exchange platform. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2839.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2839.json) ## [Publicis Sapient, Microsoft support launch of fully digital trade finance bank in UAE](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2838) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-07-30T11:19:05.000Z Updated: 2019-07-30T11:19:05.000Z Tech titan Microsoft and Publicis Sapient, a digital business transformation hub of French advertising giant Publicis Groupe, are supporting the launch of Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB), which claims to be the world’s f… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2838.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2838.json) ## [US Capital Global offers $10M in tokenized venture fund with holdings in Coinbase, Bakkt](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2832) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-30T11:12:10.000Z Updated: 2019-07-30T11:12:10.000Z US Capital Global Securities (USCGS) is offering investors a $10 million equity investment in the NYCQ Fund, a tokenized venture fund designed by private venture capital firm CityBlock Capital, in a bid to increase it… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2832.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2832.json) ## [Crypto-centric finance app Aximetria obtains license from Swiss regulator](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2824) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-30T04:02:06.000Z Updated: 2019-08-12T00:20:55.000Z Being given a license that complies with anti-money laundering laws in Switzerland, crypto-focused finance app Aximetria can now say that its product is “fully compliant with Switzerland's anti-money laundering laws.”… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2824.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2824.json) ## [Crypto exchange Bitstamp to provide GBP transfers via new partnership](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2821) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-07-29T11:30:38.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T11:30:38.000Z European cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has announced that UK-based investors will be able to transfer GBP directly to and from their Bitstamp accounts. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2821.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2821.json) ## [Croatian Post launches crypto exchange service trial](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2806) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-29T10:02:51.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T10:06:00.000Z Croatian Post, the national postal operator of the Republic of Croatia, has announced a pilot project to allow domestic and foreign cryptocurrency users to exchange their crypto coins. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2806.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2806.json) ## [BTC-e founder faces $100M in fines, indicted for criminal conspiracy](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2809) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-29T09:34:28.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T09:34:47.000Z The founder of the defunct crypto exchange BTC-e Alexander Vinnik has just been served an indictment and is now facing $100 million in penalties. The charges include criminal conspiracy and money laundering, as well a… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2809.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2809.json) ## [AT&T SIM-Swap Case: Federal judge tells Michael Terpin to amend suit](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2818) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-29T09:06:53.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T09:06:53.000Z A Los Angeles federal judge hearing the long-drawn-out feud between Michael Terpin and AT&T Mobility over allegations on SIM-swapping, cryptocurrency theft, and black letter law has dismissed the motion, according to … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2818.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2818.json) ## [Brazilian city to accept bitcoin payments for public transportation, to consider other cryptocurrencies](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2817) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-29T07:43:48.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T07:43:48.000Z Bitcoin has unlocked another milestone in a Brazilian city, after the city announced it will soon start accepting the cryptocurrency as a payment option for public transportation, Cointelegraph Brazil reported citing … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2817.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2817.json) ## [Ripple expands global reach via new partnership with Chile's Currency Bird](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2815) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-29T07:12:25.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T07:12:25.000Z Blockchain startup Ripple announced that it has welcomed the first transfer company in Chile Currency Bird to its global network, RippleNet. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2815.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2815.json) ## [Regulatory issues force Abra to restrict US services](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2812) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-29T06:32:24.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T06:32:24.000Z Users who are based in the United States will be having trouble taking full advantage of the Abra app for a while because the firm is nervous about regulatory issues. As a result of the so-called “regulatory uncertain… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2812.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2812.json) ## [Bakkt to launch its service in Q3: Report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2814) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-29T05:52:51.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T05:52:51.000Z Crypto focused platform Bakkt is poised to launch its services in the third quarter of this year, according to The Block citing sources with knowledge about the matter. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2814.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2814.json) ## [Singapore blockchain firm Perlin acquires struggling Dispatch Labs](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2810) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-29T05:24:04.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T05:24:04.000Z Perlin, a blockchain firm based in Singapore with ties to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), recently acquired Dispatch Labs, Cointelegraph reports. This development follows reports about the latter sufferin… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2810.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2810.json) ## [Android users can now download tZERO crypto app](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2808) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-29T04:43:54.000Z Updated: 2019-07-29T04:43:54.000Z The blockchain-based subsidiary of retail giant Overstock.com, tZERO, has recently announced that its crypto app is now available for download by Android users. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2808.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2808.json) ## [South Korea leads in blockchain patent-granting rate](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2749) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-27T05:47:41.000Z Updated: 2019-07-27T05:47:41.000Z A new report indicates that in terms of the number of patents involving blockchain being granted, South Korea has the highest rate in the world. It far surpasses the country in second place; Japan. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2749.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2749.json) ## [Japanese brokerage firm Monex Group applies to join Facebook’s Libra](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2802) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-07-26T09:57:54.000Z Updated: 2019-07-26T09:57:54.000Z Japanese online brokerage and owner of Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange Monex Group has reportedly applied to join the Libra Association. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2802.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2802.json) ## [Albertsons Companies’ subsidiary Safeway partners with bitcoin rewards company Lolli](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2801) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-07-26T09:14:45.000Z Updated: 2019-07-26T09:14:45.000Z Safeway, an Albertsons Companies’ subsidiary and the leading grocer across Washington, Colorado, and California, has teamed up with bitcoin rewards company Lolli to allow users to earn bitcoin when they shop. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2801.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2801.json) ## [Binance Trust Wallet launches multi-DEX support with Kyber Network](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2794) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-26T07:35:31.000Z Updated: 2019-07-26T07:35:46.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added trading support for “multiple” decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to its official crypto wallet, Trust Wallet. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2794.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2794.json) ## [Crypto trading app Robinhood sends out warnings after security blunder](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2788) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-26T04:48:46.000Z Updated: 2019-07-26T04:48:59.000Z Robinhood is a popular fintech company dealing in investments and stock trading with a lot of users, and those users recently received an alarming email. It would appear that the firm made a blunder in storing credent… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2788.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2788.json) ## [Crypto loan startup YouHodler exposed unencrypted data of 86 million customers, assures no one was affected](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2796) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-07-26T04:40:25.000Z Updated: 2019-07-26T11:25:13.000Z Cryptocurrency loan startup YouHodler has reportedly exposed reams of private financial data including credit card information and various user transactions after it forgot to protect its server with a password. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2796.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2796.json) ## [Travelers can soon pay for Norwegian Air tickets with bitcoin](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2787) By Melvin Alfred Wong | Business Published: 2019-07-26T04:37:11.000Z Updated: 2019-07-26T04:37:11.000Z Bitcoin will soon be available for use when purchasing tickets for Norwegian Air, the airline owned by the Kjos family. This will be done through an exchange that the airline company will be setting up where the trans… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2787.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2787.json) [Newer stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business.md?page=333) [Older stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business.md?page=335)