# Business News Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business?page=340 Page 340 of 357. Articles are ordered by original publication time, newest first. Summaries below are excerpts; follow each full-text link for the complete article. ## [BnkToTheFuture acquires Altcoin.io to build non-custodial securities token exchange](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2253) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-17T08:23:59.000Z Updated: 2019-06-17T08:23:59.000Z Online investment platform BnkToTheFuture has acquired Altcoin.io, a decentralized exchange and peer-to-peer solution, to build a compliant securities token exchange. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2253.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2253.json) ## [Security token platform Polymath teams up with blockchain-based digital ID startup Blockpass](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2250) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-17T06:45:23.000Z Updated: 2019-06-17T06:45:23.000Z Security token platform Polymath has entered into a strategic collaboration with digital identity verification solution Blockpass for a streamlined identity verification solution. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2250.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2250.json) ## [FINOS grows membership roster with Royal Bank of Canada, WiPro, WhiteSource, and Axoni](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2246) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-17T03:09:28.000Z Updated: 2019-06-17T03:09:28.000Z The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) announced that it has welcomed four new members that will help strengthen its global open source leadership position. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2246.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2246.json) ## [Facebook's cryptocurrency project gets big backers including Mastercard, Paypal, Uber, Visa: Report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2223) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-14T09:07:46.000Z Updated: 2019-06-14T09:07:46.000Z Mastercard, Paypal, Uber, and Visa are reportedly the major names that will back Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, according to the Wall Street Journal. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2223.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2223.json) ## [Circle to end support for its payment app, to shift to blockchain-based financial projects](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2222) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-14T08:58:57.000Z Updated: 2019-06-14T08:58:57.000Z Peer-to-peer payment network company Circle is ending support for its mobile app Circle Pay to develop new crypto financial services. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2222.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2222.json) ## [Bitcoin startup Bitrefill closes $2M seed round led by Coin Ninja](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2220) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-14T07:27:25.000Z Updated: 2019-06-14T07:27:25.000Z Stockholm-based startup Bitrefill has raised $2 million in a late seed round, led by Coin Ninja with participation from litecoin maker Charlie Lee, Fulgur Ventures, and BnkToTheFuture, according to CoinDesk. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2220.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2220.json) ## [John McAfee launches new cryptocurrency trading platform](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2213) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-13T11:25:00.000Z Updated: 2019-06-13T11:25:00.000Z Well known cybersecurity expert and cryptocurrency enthusiast John McAfee has launched a cryptocurrency trading platform, called “McAfee Magic,” CoinDesk reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2213.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2213.json) ## [CryptoCompare debuts cryptocurrency Exchange Benchmark to tackle fake trading volume](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2205) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-13T06:00:11.000Z Updated: 2019-06-13T06:00:11.000Z Crypto data and indices provider CryptoCompare has launched its first cryptocurrency Exchange Benchmark which ranks over 100 active spot exchanges worldwide. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2205.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2205.json) ## [Blockchain startup Spring Labs raises $23M to stop auto financing fraud](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2204) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-13T05:23:14.000Z Updated: 2019-06-13T05:23:43.000Z U.S.-based blockchain startup Spring Labs has raised $23 million in a Series A funding round led by Great Point Ventures and participation from current investors, including, August Capital, General Motors-backed Gener… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2204.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2204.json) ## [Crypto news site CCN cancels shut down plans](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2203) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-13T04:56:33.000Z Updated: 2019-06-13T04:56:33.000Z In its latest update, cryptocurrency publication CCN.com has announced that it no longer intends to shut down its operations. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2203.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2203.json) ## [Beaxy launches cryptocurrency exchange after fending off hackers last month](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2196) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-12T11:28:51.000Z Updated: 2019-06-12T11:28:51.000Z Beaxy has announced the launched of its cryptocurrency trading platform, which is now live in 43 states in the U.S. and 185 countries. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2196.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2196.json) ## [Coinbase expands cryptocurrency debit card to six European countries](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2192) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-12T09:32:12.000Z Updated: 2019-06-12T09:32:12.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it is expanding its Visa debit card service to six new countries across Europe. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2192.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2192.json) ## [Crypto exchange ABX gets initial regulatory approval in UAE](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2191) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-12T09:16:20.000Z Updated: 2019-06-12T09:16:20.000Z Cryptocurrency custodian Arabian Bourse (ABX), a joint venture between GMX Group and Arshad Khan, has received in-principal approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market to estab… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2191.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2191.json) ## [Cryptocurrency cybersecurity startup Fireblocks bags $16M in Series A funding led by Fidelity, Tenaya Capital, Cyperstarts](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2189) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-12T08:41:33.000Z Updated: 2019-06-12T08:41:33.000Z Cryptocurrency security startup Fireblocks has raked in $16 million in its Series A funding, led by major firms including Cyperstarts, Tenaya Capital, Swisscom Ventures, MState, and Fidelity International-backed Eight… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2189.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2189.json) ## [Crypto payroll startup Bitwage adds support for Ether](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2184) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-12T04:33:54.000Z Updated: 2019-06-12T04:33:54.000Z Cryptocurrency payroll startup Bitwage has officially announced support for the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Ether (ETH). [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2184.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2184.json) ## [Aon to provide crime insurance coverage to cryptocurrency custody firm Metaco](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2180) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-11T11:25:50.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T11:25:50.000Z Cryptocurrency custody company Metaco has announced that major re/insurance broker Aon has arranged a panel of London insurers who will offer crime insurance product to its clients. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2180.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2180.json) ## [Nasdaq, CryptoCompare collaborate to launch new cryptocurrency pricing product](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2178) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-11T10:26:15.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T10:26:15.000Z Crypto data and indices provider CryptoCompare, in partnership with Nasdaq, has announced a new cryptocurrency pricing product. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2178.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2178.json) ## [Crypto news site CCN.com is shutting down after Google's major update](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2174) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-11T08:45:08.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T08:45:08.000Z Cryptocurrency publication CCN.com announced that it is closing its digital doors after experiencing a collapse in mobile traffic following Google’s Core Update on June 3, 2019. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2174.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2174.json) ## [KB Kookmin Bank to develop digital asset management services via Atomrigs Lab partnership](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2173) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-11T07:17:05.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T07:17:05.000Z KB Kookmin Bank, one of the four largest banks ranked by asset value in South Korea, has signed a strategic business agreement with blockchain startup Atomrigs Lab, local news outlet Business Korea reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2173.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2173.json) ## [DAI becomes first supported stablecoin on Coinbase Earn](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2172) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-11T05:52:58.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T05:52:58.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it is adding DAI stablecoin to its Earn program. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2172.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2172.json) ## [Blockchain startup Ripple opens new office in Brazil](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2170) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-11T05:02:31.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T05:02:31.000Z XRP developer and issuer Ripple has opened a new Brazilian office, with the aim of expanding more across Latin America, Cointelegraph Brazil reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2170.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2170.json) ## [Former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu to launch new crypto venture in a month: Report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2168) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-11T03:48:15.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T03:48:15.000Z Jihan Wu, co-founder and former CEO of bitcoin mining giant Bitmain, is gearing up to launch his new venture Matrix, sources familiar with the matter told The Block. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2168.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2168.json) ## [US NAR invests in blockchain real estate startup Propy](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2167) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-11T03:28:04.000Z Updated: 2019-06-11T03:38:37.000Z The U.S. National Association of Realtors (NAR)’s venture capital arm Secondary Century Ventures has invested in blockchain-based real estate startup Propy, CoinDesk reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2167.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2167.json) ## [Cryptocurrency analytics company Coin Metrics acquires Bletchley Indexes](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2156) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-10T06:32:21.000Z Updated: 2019-06-10T06:32:21.000Z Cryptocurrency analytics firm Coin Metrics has announced the acquisition of Bletchley Indexes, a crypto-asset index provider. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2156.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2156.json) ## [Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank has no plans of using Ripple's XRP token "as of now"](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2155) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-10T05:59:09.000Z Updated: 2019-06-10T05:59:09.000Z The Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand’s largest commercial bank, has retracted a statement it made about its plan to start using Ripple’s XRP token. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2155.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2155.json) ## [Blockchain startup BanQu receives Series A extension round from Corona, Budweiser-owned investment arm](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2147) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-10T03:21:48.000Z Updated: 2019-06-10T03:21:48.000Z Blockchain-as-a-service startup BanQu announced that it closed an extension of its Series A funding round, receiving an undisclosed amount from ZX Ventures, the investing arm of brewing giant Budweiser’s parent compan… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2147.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2147.json) ## [Cryptocurrency wallet service GateHub loses over $9M in XRP to hackers in security breach: Report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2144) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-07T10:56:37.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T10:56:37.000Z Cryptocurrency wallet service GateHub reportedly lost around 23,200,000 XRP (more than $9 million) in a recent hack, Cointelegraph reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2144.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2144.json) ## [Margin lenders on Poloniex lost 1,800 BTC due to flash crash in CLAM market](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2143) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-07T10:18:51.000Z Updated: 2019-06-07T10:18:51.000Z Circle-owned cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has announced margin lenders on its platform recently lost around 1,800 BTC (approximately $13.5 million) due to a “severe price crash.” [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2143.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2143.json) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) [Newer stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business.md?page=339) [Older stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business.md?page=341)