U.K.-Based Crypto Facilities Adds Bitcoin Cash Futures to Its Offerings U.K.-based cryptocurrency futures exchange Crypto Facilities, which is regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, is adding a bitcoin cash product to its offerings, a press release shared on the exchange’…… Read More
Venezuela Nationalizes Petro, Will Introduce Crypto-Based Salary System for Workers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently revealed that the nation’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, will be used as a unit of account by the state oil company PDVSA. The government is also developing a …… Read More
Mt. Gox Creditors Release Update of Civil Rehabilitation Plan Creditors of Mt. Gox, the defunct bitcoin exchange, have announced an update to the civil rehabilitation plan agreed upon with the platform, according to a statement published on the group’s website. The updated…… Read More
Yes, Stablecoins Can Secure Official Audits from Major Firms “We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken’s TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized. Under this model, each token …… Read More
This Silicon Valley Backs Blockchain Startup Wants to Become the Wikipedia of Data DIRT, a blockchain startup that plans to develop a trusted platform for structured data, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round. The San Francisco-based company said investment firms that participated in t…… Read More
Dala Adds Stellar Blockchain to Ecosystem, Reveals Multi-Chain Strategy Dala has officially announced a new multi-chain strategy that will include Stellar, the technology behind the seventh largest cryptocurrency (lumens) by market cap. Dala is looking to create the most decentralize…… Read More
Deep-Sea Treasure Hunting on the Blockchain With an estimated $100 billion value in sunken artifacts in the waters surrounding the Bahamas, deep-sea treasure hunters could soon satiate their thirst for a big bounty through blockchain technology.Using an ap…… Read More
Strategic Partnership Announced Between TokenPay and Litecoin Foundation In May 2018, TokenPay Swiss AG joined with WEG Bank in Germany. The former attained a 9.9 percent stake in the bank, along with the option to purchase as much as 90 percent, pending regulatory approval. On July 1…… Read More
Augur Launches Decentralized Prediction Marketplace Augur, a blockchain-based predictions platform, has opened to the general public. The platform becomes the “world’s first” decentralized prediction-market platform.Augur was created by the Forecast Foundation, a …… Read More
Another Class Action Filed Against Ripple, Claims XRP Has “Hallmarks of a Security” Ripple is staring down the barrel of yet another securities lawsuit — its third one this year.Filed in the Superior Court of the State of California in San Mateo County, the class action alleges that Ripple and i…… Read More