Square Seeks BitLicense to Bring Bitcoin Buying to New York Square is in the process of applying for a BitLicense in a bid to expand its Cash App’s bitcoin option to New York residents. … Read More
OpenBazaar Raises $5 Million from Bitmain, OMERS Ventures OB1, the development company behind decentralized online marketplace OpenBazaar, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round.… Read More
Thai Bank Extending Ripple Remittance Options to Euro and Pound Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank is adding two new currencies to its Ripple-based blockchain remittance platform.… Read More
Spooked By SEC, Video Streaming ICO Halts Airdrop Stream had a plan to launch its product, sell its tokens to investors and give away 500 million more. That’s all on hold now, as SEC action looms.… Read More
China’s IT Ministry Moves to Create National Blockchain Standards China’s information and technology ministry aims to establish a standards committee to boost the development of blockchain in the country. … Read More
Report: South Korea Could Ease Its ICO Ban South Korea’s ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs) could be relaxed in the months ahead, according to a new report.… Read More
EU Can’t Ban Bitcoin Mining Over Energy Concerns, Official Says Cryptocurrency mining is perfectly legal in Europe and only subject to standard electricity rules, according to an EU commissioner.… Read More
Ether Takes Step Toward Institutional US Trading ConsenSys is partnering to develop an ether price index it hopes will make more crypto trading products available for institutional investors.… Read More
Former Docker CEO to Lead Crypto-Powered Distributed Storage Startup Decentralized data storage startup Storj is hoping to boost its growth with the hire of Ben Golub, former CEO at software firm Docker.… Read More
Japan’s SBI Group Scraps Huobi Crypto Exchange Partnership SBI Virtual Currency, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, will no longer partner with Huobi Group on setting up two Japan-based cryptocurrency exchanges.… Read More