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Coinbase Custody Officially Launches for Institutional Investors

July 3, 2018 0 0

Today Coinbase announced that it has officially opened up Coinbase Custody for institutional investors. The announcement, written by Sam McIngvale, product lead at Coinbase Custody, stated that Coinbase Custody accepted its first deposit last week before its official launch today. McIngvale states, Over the coming weeks, we’ll continue on-boarding a set of world-class clients that includes leading […]

100 ICOs Launching Every Month in 2018, Generating $13.7 Billion: PwC

July 3, 2018 0 0

PwC, a Big Four auditor alongside KPMG, Deloitte, and EY, reported that 537 initial coin offerings (ICOs) conducted in the first five months of 2018 generated $13.7 billion. Where Did $13.7 Billion Come From and Where Did it Go? The report cited Daniel Diemers, the head of Blockchain EMEA at PwC Strategy, who in cooperation […]

Cardano Creator IOHK Does Deep Dive on ADA at Google’s London HQ

July 3, 2018 0 0

Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson is wont to complain that his project gets unfairly overlooked by mainstream media outlets, but the cryptocurrency, eighth-largest in the world by market cap, has nevertheless attracted the attention of one of the world’s largest tech companies: Google. Hoskinson, an Ethereum co-founder and co-creator of blockchain development firm IOHK, was recently invited to Google’s […]

Few Real Opportunities to Pay with Cryptocurrencies at the World Cup

July 2, 2018 0 0

The FIFA World Cup currently being held in Russia highlights the world’s best footballers and also gives the possibility to get to know more about life in the host country. Hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the world have come to the championship host cities. While there, they will purchase souvenirs, eat in […]

Buying a Home With Bitcoin Makes Sense: Shark Tank Investor Barabara Corcoran

July 2, 2018 0 0

Millionaire investor and Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran has revealed that buying a home with bitcoin is the future. Her comments come at a time when cryptocurrency’s market capitalization has been plummeting for months now coupled with gruff criticism from some quarters. In a recent interview with Money, Corcoran intimated that buying and selling a home for cryptocurrency makes […]

Tezos Network Launches Following Months of Delays, Off-Chain Controversy

July 2, 2018 0 0

In an official blog post, the Tezos Foundation announced that the betanet is live. Tezos is a smart contract platform which raised $232 million in its initial coin offering (ICO) in July 2017, making it the largest token sale at that time. The platform boasts an on-chain governance model and formal verification for smart contracts. After a […]

VeChain Thor Blockchain Launches, Token Swap to Take Place Mid-July

July 1, 2018 0 0

VeChain has officially launched its main network and the first block has been mined successfully. VeChain Mainnet Launches VeChain Thor is a blockchain platform aimed at driving enterprise businesses to use blockchain solutions. The main network launch was preceded by deploying the first authority master node. VeChain utilizes a Proof-of-Authority consensus algorithm, in which approved validators mine […]

Coinbase Opens New Office in Portland, Bids GDAX Goodbye

July 1, 2018 0 0

Coinbase has announced that it is opening an office in Portland, Oregon. According to a blog post on the company’s website, a variety of cities in the United States had been explored before settling on Portland. The West Coast city was picked based on the fact that it already had a vibrant blockchain community. Coinbase ✔@coinbase […]

Envion ICO Scandal: Court Rules in Cryptocurrency Mining Firm Founders’ Favor

July 1, 2018 0 0

Now they claim to have that evidence. The case is complex – it centers around Envion AG, the company founded to produce cryptocurrency mining units, and also involves Apaton Capital AG, Apaton Finance GmBH, Boerseman GmBH, Quadrat Capital, Sycamore GmBH, Der Finanzinvestor, and BIG (Blockchain Intelligence Group). The public aspect of the case began with Envion CEO […]

Hong Kong VC Invests $160 Million in Overstock-Backed tZero ICO

June 30, 2018 0 0

A Hong Kong-based venture capital firm is placing a major bet that tZero, a security token exchange owned by e-commerce company Overstock, will prove to be a central hub in what blockchain visionaries have termed the “tokenization of everything.” GSR Capital, which also has offices in Beijing and Silicon Valley, has entered into an agreement […]