Wall Street Vet Brian Kelly Launches Blockchain ETF Investment manager Brian Kelly is launching a blockchain-focused exchange-traded fund, or ETF, he announced Wednesday.… Read More
BitLicense Refugees: Kraken, ShapeShift CEOs Talk Escape from New York Jesse Powell and Erik Voorhees delivered red-meat rhetoric but also made subtler points about New York’s cryptocurrency regulations at Consensus 2018.… Read More
Circle Becomes ‘Bitcoin Unicorn’ With Bitmain-Backed Mega-Round Bitmain is investing big in blockchain firm Circle as part of an ambitious bid to clean up one of the more gray aspects of the crypto economy.… Read More
HTC Plans to Ship a Blockchain Phone This Year HTC was a trailblazer with its move to bring an Android smartphone to market in the late 2000s – and now it wants to do the same with blockchain.… Read More
Global Consultant DNV Invests in Blockchain Startup VeChain Norway-based registrar DNV GL has invested in blockchain startup VeChain, with plans to become a “Masternode” holder, the firms have said. … Read More
AWS Moves to Simplify Production-Grade Business Blockchains Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with ethereum startup ConsenSys to make enterprise blockchains easier to deploy.… Read More
Deloitte: 3 out of 4 Big Companies See ‘Compelling’ Case for Blockchain Most big firms find blockchain compelling, but some of those same firms also find it overhyped, according to a new survey.… Read More
Coinbase Rolls Out Crypto Custody Product for Institutions First announced last year, Coinbase Custody is a cryptocurrency storage service directed specifically at large financial institutions.… Read More
LedgerX Announces Bitcoin Options Trading Upgrade LedgerX announced Tuesday that it is launching a new simplified interface for a bitcoin call options trading platform.… Read More
Joe Lubin and Jimmy Song Make Bitcoin Bet Over Blockchain ‘Magic Dust’ The ethereum evangelist and bitcoin maximalist battled it out after Amber Baldet’s startup pitch didn’t strike the right note.… Read More