Blockchain Slump? Banks May Be Fatigued But Insurers Are Pumped Giving progress reports on their blockchain projects, bankers come across browbeaten and anxious, while their cousins in insurance sound spritely. … Read More
Bad Checks: Twitter’s Identity Crisis Is Costing Users More Than Bitcoin Twitter’s blue check mark verification system is falling under the pressure of the complicated crypto world. … Read More
Crypto’s Craigslist: LocalBitcoins Makes Millions Where Bitcoin Is Needed Most LocalBitcoins, a low-fi exchange launched in 2011, is gaining traction in overlooked markets where people have less access to VC-backed alternatives.… Read More
Ideas Abound for Business Blockchains, But Who’s Going to Pay? With fatigue for trials setting in, business blockchain builders are talking creatively about how to handle the costs of distributed ledger networks.… Read More
New Ethereum Tech Brings Security to Scalable State Channels Researchers have unveiled a new ethereum scaling project with a focus on security, and even Vitalik Buterin wants to see it grow and succeed. … Read More
Bain, Lightspeed Back First ICO With $133 Million Basis Funding There are many stablecoins, but only one that has one investor who busted a central bank and another who used to help run one. Also, Google and Bain.… Read More
The New Last-Ditch Effort to Unfreeze a $260 Million Ethereum Fortune A new proposal for unfreezing millions in ether is easier to swallow since it’s focused specifically on Parity, but it’s still causing a stir. … Read More
The Seven Pillars of ICO Investing How to make sense of a fast-changing crypto market? Crypto Asset Management’s Tim Enneking provides his seven core tenants for investing.… Read More
Crypto Hedge Funds Face Tough Choices on Tax Day Like elsewhere in crypto taxation, the rules for funds are far from straightforward, and discrepancies may lead to non-intuitive outcomes. … Read More
Bitcoin Merchant Adoption Might Just Be Accelerating In Asia Luxury brand Bellatorra Skin Care reports hot demand for crypto payments from both wholesale and retail customers as it expands into China and India.… Read More