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Coindesk / Steve Wozniak Has Joined an Energy-Focused Blockchain Startup in Malta

July 19, 2019 / coindesk

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined a blockchain enterprise targeting more efficient use of energy in Malta. Speaking at an event on the island Thursday, Wozniak said he has invested in the…

Cointelegraph / IDEO’s Blockchain Accelerator Startup Studio Onboards Over 50 Mentors

July 18, 2019 / cointelegraph

Over 50 members, including officers from companies such as Ethereum Foundation, Blockchain Capital, and Messari, have joined blockchain accelerator Startup Studio backed by Fidelity. In a blog post published today,…

Coindesk / Polkadot Tokens Valued at $75 Pre-Launch in Crypto ‘Futures’ Offering

July 16, 2019 / coindesk

Say hello to the IFO. The cryptocurrency futures exchange CoinFLEX, backed by Polychain Capital and investor Roger Ver, will launch its first initial futures offering (IFO) this week. “This is…

Coindesk / Set Protocol Launches Ethereum Trading Strategy Bots

July 15, 2019 / coindesk

Set Labs, San Francisco-based investment platform, unveiled an Ethereum-based financial trading instrument that captures crypto’s volatile attributes for the investor’s benefit. The “Trend Trading ETH 20 Day Simple Moving Average…

Coindesk / ConsenSys May Finally Fix Its ‘Chaotic’ Employee Equity Situation

July 11, 2019 / coindesk

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, head of the Brooklyn-based venture studio ConsenSys, is moving to appease employees who say they’re fed up with unfulfilled promises about equity disbursements. Out of seven…

Coindesk / Amazon, Deloitte, Fidelity Partner With IDEO CoLab on Blockchain Accelerator

July 11, 2019 / coindesk

IDEO CoLab, a subsidiary of design firm IDEO, has partnered with 20 blue chip and crypto firms to launch a blockchain accelerator dubbed Startup Studio. Partners include Amazon, Deloitte and Fidelity,…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain Firm Near Raises $12M From Coinbase Ventures, Xpring and Others

July 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

American blockchain firm Near has raised over $12 million in its Series A round from a range of high-profile investors, including Coinbase Ventures and Pantera, according to a press release…

Coindesk / Binance-Backed Firm Working to Boost Blockchain Speeds Raises $3 Million

July 10, 2019 / coindesk

Marlin Protocol has reeled in a $3 million seed round from Binance Labs, Arrington XRP, Electric Capital, NGC and other investors. The startup, based in San Francisco and Bangalore, India,…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain Startup Solve.Care Partners with Uber to Transport Patients

July 9, 2019 / cointelegraph

Blockchain healthcare startup Solve.Care has partnered with Uber Health to transport patients, Solve.Care announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 9. Per the release, Uber Health’s transportation…

Coindesk / ShapeShift’s New Platform Aims to Make Crypto Self-Custody as Easy as Coinbase

July 8, 2019 / coindesk

ShapeShift’s new one-stop shop for non-custodial crypto management is launching out of private beta today. The new platform wants to rival custodians like Coinbase for ease-of-use, all while giving users…

Coindesk / Casa Launches Lightning Node Mobile App for Bitcoin Newbies

July 3, 2019 / coindesk

Casa’s new mobile app makes it easier to manage your lightning node on the go. Launched today, the new Sats App works like a noncustodial wallet with some unique features.…

Coindesk / Deutsche Börse’s Xetra Exchange Lists First Blockchain Firm

July 1, 2019 / coindesk

Xetra, a Deutsche Börse-operated trading venue for financial assets such as stocks, bonds and funds, has just listed its first blockchain company. As reported by DGAP.de on Monday, shares in the…

Coindesk / A Wannabe Netflix Raised $575 Million on Ethereum – Then Ditched Crypto

June 28, 2019 / coindesk

What started as a $575 million token sale is now a rewards program for watching videos. TaTaTu’s initial coin offering (ICO) was among the biggest of 2018, with film producer…

Coindesk / What Indonesia Reveals About Facebook’s Libra Plan

June 26, 2019 / coindesk

Facebook published plans for the Libra cryptocurrency in seven languages, including Indonesia’s Bahasa – a move that offers perhaps the clearest glimpse of what Facebook’s fintech ascent might look like.…

Coindesk / Tim Draper Is Bullish On Argentina’s Blockchain Tech Potential

June 26, 2019 / coindesk

In a talk at the Bitcoin2019 conference, Draper revealed his perspective on the implications of his bet with Argentina’s current president which he made this year as reported by national…

Coindesk / Lightning Labs Mobile App Gets 2,000 Downloads in 24 Hours

June 20, 2019 / coindesk

San Francisco-based Lightning Labs, focused on a layered scaling solution for bitcoin, released its first mobile app on Wednesday. According to Lightning Labs application developer Tankred Hase, roughly 2,000 users…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain Firm Algorand Raises $60 Million in New Token Sale

June 19, 2019 / cointelegraph

Blockchain company Algorand has raised over $60 million in a token sale on financial services platform CoinList, technology-focused news outlet The Block reported on June 19. The Algorand Foundation —…

Coindesk / Stonewalled by FINRA, Up to 40 Crypto Securities Wait in Limbo for Launch

June 17, 2019 / coindesk

THE TAKEAWAY: FINRA has sat for months on roughly 40 broker-dealer applications from companies dealing in crypto assets, denying them a broker-dealer license that would let these firms offer securities in the…

Coindesk / Startups Debut First Protocol for Issuing Tokens via Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

June 14, 2019 / coindesk

Many bitcoiners thought it would be a cold day in hell when BHB Network co-founder Giacomo Zucco admitted that all tokens aren’t inherently scams. But, as it turns out, all…

Cointelegraph / Safe Space: A Guide to Special Economic Zones for Crypto, From China to Switzerland

June 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Last week, Russian officials revealed plans to build a major financial center on an island in the Far East, which would cater to cryptocurrencies, among other things. Notably, the creation…

Coindesk / Marketing Chief Amanda Gutterman Is Latest Exec to Leave ConsenSys

June 13, 2019 / coindesk

Another top executive is leaving ConsenSys. Chief marketing officer Amanda Gutterman is the latest to depart the ethereum venture studio, according to two sources familiar with the matter. She becomes…

Coindesk / Bitcoin Startup Bitrefill Raises $2 Million Seed Round for Worldwide Expansion

June 13, 2019 / coindesk

The veteran bitcoin startup Bitrefill, which offers cryptocurrency gift cards for mainstream brands and lightning-enabled payment services, plans to expand to new jurisdictions thanks to venture backing. As revealed exclusively…

Coindesk / Nash Prepares To Launch Beta Versions Of its Decentralized Exchange and Mobile Products

June 12, 2019 / coindesk

With a mission of “bringing distributed finance to everyone,” five open-source blockchain developers have come together to form a distributed finance platform using blockchain technology that allows for decentralized and…

Coindesk / NEO Releases Detailed Financials Ahead of Cryptocurrency Relaunch

June 7, 2019 / coindesk

The technology behind the cryptocurrency NEO, formerly known as Antshares, will be completely reconfigured by this time next year. In April, NEO co-founder Erik Zhang announced that an optimized version of…

Coindesk / Overstock’s Medici Ventures Leads $7 Million Round for Blockchain Voting Startup

June 6, 2019 / coindesk

Blockchain-based mobile voting platform Voatz has raised $7 million in a Series A round led by Overstock’s Medici Ventures and Techstars. Urban Innovation Fund and Oakhouse Partners also participated in the…

Coindesk / $1 Billion Valuation May Elude Ethereum Co-Founder’s New Blockchain Polkadot

June 5, 2019 / coindesk

Blockchain project Polkadot’s bid for a $1.2 billion valuation has hit a snag. Since January, the Web3 Foundation, the Switzerland-based nonprofit behind the project, has been trying to raise up…

Coindesk / Former Mt Gox CEO Karpeles Launches Startup to Build a Blockchain OS

June 5, 2019 / coindesk

Mark Karpeles has revealed he’s “starting from zero” with a new blockchain project soon after escaping most charges in a court case over the collapse of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.…

Coindesk / Russian Retailer Dixy Using Ethereum Tech to Streamline Trade Finance

June 5, 2019 / coindesk

A new ethereum-based trade finance platform has been launched in Russia with the third largest retail player in the country as a key participant. Following a six-month pilot phase, Russian…

Coindesk / Crypto Exchange Bits Of Gold Wins Supreme Court Battle Over Bank Block

June 4, 2019 / coindesk

Cryptocurrency exchange Bits of Gold has won a notable legal victory over an Israeli bank in its bid to keep access to banking services. On Monday, the Israeli Supreme Court…

Cointelegraph / Tech Startup Fluree Raises Nearly $5 Million in Seed Round for Blockchain Database

June 3, 2019 / cointelegraph

North Carolina-based Fluree has raised $4.7 million in its first funding round for the company’s blockchain-based database system, according to a report by Tech Crunch on June 3. The firm’s…

Coindesk / Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features

June 3, 2019 / coindesk

An encrypted email service that uses Blockstack IDs is hoping to make online privacy tools more accessible, especially in the Middle East. A product of Egyptian web firm Intelli Coders,…

Coindesk / Anti-Patent Troll Consortium Is Recruiting Blockchain Startups

June 3, 2019 / coindesk

Three blockchain technology companies have joined a multi-industry consortium dedicated to protecting members against the threat of patent assertion entities (PAEs) – more commonly known as patent trolls. Revealed exclusively…

Coindesk / New Game From ‘CryptoKitties’ Creator Nets Nearly $200K in First-Week Spending

May 30, 2019 / coindesk

Thousands of cheese-shaped cartoon wizards will soon duel online for a grand prize of ether tokens. Dapper Labs, the company behind the 2017 CryptoKitties craze, unveiled its newest ethereum-based gaming…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain Sister Startups Allegedly Pull $8 Million Exit Scam

May 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Blockchain startups RepuX and JoyToken have reportedly pulled a joint initial coin offering (ICO) exit scam, according to an exposé by Hard Fork of The Next Web (TNW) on May…

Cointelegraph / Crypto Platform Will Allow Workers to Receive Salary They Are Owed on Demand

May 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

A crypto-focused payment platform says it is aiming to reduce financial pressures on everyday consumers by enabling them to receive their salaries early — whenever they demand it. JobCoin says…

Coindesk / Staking-as-a-Service Startup Raises $2 Million From DHVC, Plug and Play

May 15, 2019 / coindesk

InfStones, a Silicon Valley staking startup, has raised a $2 million seed round to expand its block-producing capacity in proof-of-stake (PoS) networks. The company said in an announcement on Wednesday…

Coindesk / Nym Technologies Raises $2.5 Million to Anonymize Crypto Apps

May 13, 2019 / coindesk

A privacy-centric startup has turned to a private token sale to raise $2.5 million. The seed round in Nym Technologies involved NEO Global Capital, Lemniscap, Edenblock and others. Binance Labs,…

Coindesk / William Shatner Joins Effort to Fight Collectibles Fraud With Blockchain ‘Passports’

May 10, 2019 / coindesk

Actor William Shatner is boldly going back into the crypto world. Announced Thursday, Shatner is partnering with Mattereum, a legaltech firm headed by former ethereum launch coordinator Vinay Gupta, to…

Coindesk / What’s Holding Back Bitcoin in Venezuela? This Group Is Investigating

May 10, 2019 / coindesk

Open Money Initiative (OMI) co-founder and Venezuelan expat Alejandro Machado wants to help his homeland while remaining realistic about bitcoin. The truth is, Venezuelans haven’t abandoned the inflation-riddled bolivar as…

Coindesk / Crypto Wallet Abra Adds In-App Support for ‘Thousands’ of US Banks

May 10, 2019 / coindesk

Cryptocurrency wallet and investment app Abra now allows users to connect accounts from “thousands” of U.S. banks, the firm announced Thursday. The expanded bank options come courtesy of an integration…