# Business News Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business?page=341 Page 341 of 357. Articles are ordered by original publication time, newest first. Summaries below are excerpts; follow each full-text link for the complete article. ## [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) ## [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) ## [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) ## [Apple to unveil new developer Cryptokit update on WWDC 2019](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2098) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-05T03:39:25.000Z Updated: 2019-06-05T03:39:25.000Z Apple will unveil a new developer update called Cryptokit at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2098.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2098.json) ## [Cryptocurrency exchange Binance trials British Pound stablecoin](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2095) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-04T11:49:13.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T11:49:13.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has confirmed that it is trialing a stablecoin pegged to the British pound. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2095.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2095.json) ## [Blockchains acquires the company behind ‘The DAO’ project](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2094) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-04T10:44:28.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T10:44:28.000Z U.S-based blockchain incubator and investment company Blockchains has announced the acquisition of slock.it, a German blockchain development company. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2094.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2094.json) ## [Blockchain-based tracking pushing sales of products higher, says Carrefour](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2091) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-04T09:35:42.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T09:35:42.000Z French retail giant Carrefour said that blockchain implementation for tracking meat, milk and fruit along their supply chain have driven the sales of these products higher, Reuters reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2091.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2091.json) ## [Bitcoin app Samourai Wallet secures $100K funding as it fully goes open source](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2090) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-04T09:28:41.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T09:28:41.000Z Bitcoin app Samourai Wallet has managed to raise $100,000 in its first round of venture funding. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2090.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2090.json) ## [Polish cryptocurrency exchange Coinroom vanishes with customers’ funds](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2087) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-04T06:33:18.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T06:33:18.000Z Polish cryptocurrency exchange Coinroom has disappeared into thin air with customer funds, Finance Magnates reported citing Money.pl. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2087.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2087.json) ## [Binance DEX to geoblock users from 29 countries; CEO clarifies Binance.org is barring users, not the blockchain](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2085) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-04T05:38:17.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T05:38:17.000Z The Binance.org website, which is used to gain access to the Binance DEX trading platform, will begin blocking users based in 29 countries, according to the cryptocurrency exchange website’s terms of services. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2085.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2085.json) ## [OKLink, Prime Trust to launch USD-pegged stablecoin USDK](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2083) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-04T04:33:08.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T04:33:08.000Z OKLink, a blockchain subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, is launching a new stablecoin pegged to the US dollar in collaboration with Prime Trust, a US-licensed trust company. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2083.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2083.json) ## [Fluree receives $4.7M in seed funding for blockchain tech](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2082) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-04T04:17:35.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T04:17:35.000Z Blockchain app developer Fluree has raised $4.7 million in its first seed funding round led by 4490 Ventures with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, according to a press release posted by The … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2082.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2082.json) ## [Perlin Network, ICC to establish Center of Future Trade for blockchain adoption in Singapore](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2080) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-06-04T03:13:29.000Z Updated: 2019-06-04T03:14:14.000Z Blockchain development firm Perlin Network and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will establish a Center of Future Trade (CoFT) with support from Enterprise Singapore, the country’s trade authority, Dr. Koh … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2080.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2080.json) ## [EOS becomes fifth supported cryptocurrency on Coinbase Earn](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2078) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-03T12:01:34.000Z Updated: 2019-06-03T12:01:34.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it has added EOS to Coinbase Earn, its cryptocurrency education rewards program. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2078.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2078.json) ## [Facebook in talks with US CTFC over GlobalCoin cryptocurrency project](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2070) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-06-03T06:29:41.000Z Updated: 2019-06-03T06:29:41.000Z Social media behemoth Facebook has reportedly kicked off talks with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission over its cryptocurrency plans, the Financial Times reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2070.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2070.json) ## [Kakao's blockchain platform 'Klaytn' adds 8 new initial service partners ahead of mainnet launch](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2064) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-31T10:52:55.000Z Updated: 2019-05-31T10:52:55.000Z Klaytn, the public blockchain platform being developed by Kakao's blockchain subsidiary Ground X, has announced a new batch of initial service partners. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2064.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2064.json) ## [Grant Thornton releases first liquidators’ report on Cryptopia cryptocurrency exchange](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2061) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-31T09:27:26.000Z Updated: 2019-05-31T10:31:05.000Z Cryptopia’s assigned liquidator Grant Thornton New Zealand today released its first report on the state of affairs of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2061.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2061.json) ## [Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Taotao goes live](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2048) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-30T09:27:41.000Z Updated: 2019-05-30T09:27:41.000Z Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Taotao has officially announced the launch of its platform today, May 30. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2048.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2048.json) ## [Cryto lending platform Cred to migrate LBA tokens to Binance Chain](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2045) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-30T06:14:54.000Z Updated: 2019-05-30T06:14:54.000Z Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has partnered with Cred, the leading platform for crypto lending and borrowing, to promote the decentralization of finance. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2045.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2045.json) ## [Blockchain firm PLMP Fintech signs multi-million contract with Indonesia to improve its shipping industry](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2043) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-30T05:24:19.000Z Updated: 2019-05-30T05:24:19.000Z Singapore-based blockchain company PLMP Fintech will take part in a multi-million logistics project with the Indonesian government, according to a press release on May 29. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2043.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2043.json) ## [Coinfloor, Enumis team up to offer crypto-friendly current accounts](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2039) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-30T03:33:58.000Z Updated: 2019-05-30T03:33:58.000Z London-based bitcoin exchange Coinfloor has teamed up with Enumis, an electronic money institution, to offer bank-like accounts to firms handling cryptocurrencies. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2039.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2039.json) ## [Rakuten teams up with CipherTrace to ensure AML compliance of its crypto exchange](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2037) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-29T11:55:48.000Z Updated: 2019-05-29T11:55:48.000Z Rakuten Wallet, a cryptocurrency exchange being launched by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, has partnered with blockchain security company CipherTrace to ensure anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2037.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2037.json) ## [Blackstone-backed Mphasis teams up with blockchain startup Bitfury on new trade finance project](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2035) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-29T11:39:08.000Z Updated: 2019-05-29T11:41:34.000Z Mphasis, an Indian tech firm that is majorly owned by American private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, has teamed up with blockchain software developer Bitfury for a trade finance project, Reuters reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2035.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2035.json) ## [Abra introduces feature to allow fractional investments in stocks and ETFs using bitcoin](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2036) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-29T11:32:11.000Z Updated: 2019-05-29T11:32:11.000Z Global investment app Abra has announced the launch of a new feature that will allow users outside of the United States to make fractional investments in stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) using bitcoin. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2036.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2036.json) ## [Blockchain lending startup Bitbond launches Germany’s first regulated STO](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2034) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-29T10:53:12.000Z Updated: 2019-05-29T10:53:12.000Z Bitbond, a blockchain-based lending platform, has commenced a security token offering (STO), which it claims is the first to be approved by the German financial regulatory authority, CoinDesk reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2034.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2034.json) ## [Blockchain-based invoice exchange Crowdz raises $5.5M in Series A funding led by Barclays Bank, Bold Capital Partners](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2027) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-29T06:32:09.000Z Updated: 2019-05-29T06:32:09.000Z Blockchain-based trade finance startup Crowdz has raised $5.5 million in a Series A investment round to revolutionize the $9 trillion receivables market worldwide. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2027.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2027.json) ## [Arrington XRP Capital, Circle and others support Kin’s $5M fund to take on US SEC](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2026) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-29T06:10:56.000Z Updated: 2019-05-29T06:10:56.000Z The Kin Foundation, which oversees the cryptocurrency developed by the chat platform Kik, has initiated a new campaign to fund a potential legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2026.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2026.json) ## [TRX and BTT surge higher on Justin Sun’s BitTorrent File System announcement](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2016) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-28T10:30:53.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T10:30:53.000Z Justin Sun, founder of TRON and CEO of BitTorrent, announced plans to launch BitTorrent File System (BTFS) this week following a recent tweet that said that “something huge and amazing” was in the works. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2016.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2016.json) ## [BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group announces acquisition of crypto firm Netcoins](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2015) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-28T09:22:39.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T09:22:39.000Z Canadian blockchain analytics firm BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group has announced the acquisition of crypto startup Netcoins. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2015.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2015.json) ## [0x, Starkware team up to offer decentralized exchange solutions](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2013) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-28T08:45:07.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T08:45:07.000Z Decentralized exchange startup 0x has teamed up with Israel-based Starkware to conduct testing of a zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) solution called StarkDEX, CoinDesk reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2013.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2013.json) ## [Ryan Kavanaugh's Proxima Media secures $100M funding for its Proxicoin security token](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2009) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-28T07:27:01.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T07:27:01.000Z Producer Ryan Kavanaugh-founded firm Proxima Media has raised $100 million for a new crypto token intended for the Hollywood industry, Proxima announced in a press release. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2009.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2009.json) ## [Deutsche Telekom's T-Labs teams up with Fetch.AI to develop decentralized IoT network](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2008) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-28T06:28:12.000Z Updated: 2019-05-30T10:53:19.000Z T-Labs, a unit of leading German telecom firm Deutsche Telekom, has partnered with Binance-listed project Fetch.AI to create decentralized Internet of Things (IoT) network innovations. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2008.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2008.json) ## [Yahoo Japan-backed crypto exchange Taotao to go live this week](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2005) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-28T04:58:53.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T04:58:53.000Z Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Taotao announced in a tweet that its trading platform will go live on May 30, at midday local time. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2005.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2005.json) ## [Jack Dorsey’s Square Crypto close to making first hire](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2003) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-28T03:52:13.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T03:52:13.000Z Square Crypto, a crypto-focused initiative announced by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, is close to making its first hire. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2003.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2003.json) ## [Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia seeks bankruptcy protection in New York](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2000) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-28T03:48:44.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T03:48:59.000Z Cryptopia’s assigned liquidator Grant Thornton New Zealand revealed on Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States following the cryptocurrency exchange’s hacking incident in January. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2000.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2000.json) ## [ConsenSys unveils blockchain kit to help developers land a job](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2002) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-28T03:32:22.000Z Updated: 2019-05-28T03:32:39.000Z Ethereum development studio ConsenSys has unveiled a blockchain and decentralized application (Dapp) kit to guide developers who desire to join the burgeoning blockchain space. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2002.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2002.json) ## [bitFlyer Holdings establishes new blockchain subsidiary in Japan](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1993) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-27T10:24:08.000Z Updated: 2019-05-27T10:24:08.000Z bitFlyer Holdings, the operator of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer, last week announced the establishment of a new wholly-owned blockchain-focused subsidiary. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1993.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1993.json) ## [Recruit invests in next-gen blockchain startup COTI](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1991) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-27T08:52:49.000Z Updated: 2019-05-27T08:52:49.000Z Japan-based company Recruit revealed it has invested in blockchain startup COTI through its investment arm RSP Blockchain Tech Fund. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1991.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1991.json) ## [Crypto exchange Bittrex teams up with IdentityMind for automated transaction monitoring](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1990) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-05-27T07:43:42.000Z Updated: 2019-05-27T07:43:42.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has entered into a partnership with IdentityMind, a risk management and RegTech compliance platform, for boosting its anti-money laundering (AML) measures. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1990.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1990.json) ## [Rabobank ditches plan to launch cryptocurrency wallet 'Rabobit'](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1988) By Charissa Echavez | Business Published: 2019-05-27T07:04:48.000Z Updated: 2019-05-27T07:04:48.000Z Rabobank, a major Dutch bank, will no longer push through its plan to roll out a cryptocurrency wallet called "Rabobit," according to an article by The Next Web. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1988.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/1988.json) [Newer stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business.md?page=340) [Older stories](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business.md?page=342)