Sequoia China, Polychain Lead Blockchain Startup’s $28 Million Round Blockchain startup Nervos Network just raised $28 million from Sequoia China and Polychain, as well as several token funds and traditional VCs.… Read More
Civic Is Turning Identity.com Into a Crypto-Powered Personal Data Market Civic secures a high-quality URL from a longstanding internet company, raising the profile of the whole blockchain industry. … Read More
What to Expect When Congress Talks Crypto (Twice) Tomorrow Two Congressional committee hearings will examine whether crypto is the future of money, as well as what sort of regulation the space may need.… Read More
Mastercard Wins Patent for Speeding Up Crypto Payments Mastercard is looking to improve crypto by designing a payments system that will link accounts holding both fiat currency and cryptocurrencies. … Read More
Congress Is Now Holding Two Crypto Hearings This Wednesday Congress is set to hold not one but two separate hearings related to cryptocurrencies on Wednesday. … Read More
A Crypto Exchange Is Buying Back $24 Million-Worth of Its Own Tokens Crypto exchange FCoin is to buy back 100 million of its own tokens to provide capital for a new fund of funds.… Read More
American Express Thinks Blockchains Could Help Prove Payments Credit card giant American Express may be looking into developing a new proof-of-payment (PoP) system based on blockchain technology.… Read More
Something Strange Is Going On at a Crypto Exchange Called WEX Users of WEX, the cryptocurrency exchange built on the ashes of BTC-e, are reporting withdrawal problems.… Read More
Chinese Tech Firm Probed Over Launch of Crypto-Mining Video Console Leshi Internet, a video streaming service with a history of financial issues, is being questioned by a stock exchange over its move into crypto. … Read More
University Researchers Turn to Blockchain to Preserve Cultural Heritage A team from China’s Tsinghua University is patenting a way to store and share digital versions of culturally important objects using a blockchain. … Read More