Crypto research site Diar claims that startups in the digital currency and blockchain space have notched roughly $3.9 billion in funding via venture capital (VC) investments, CoinDesk reported. The figure, which represents investments over the first, second and third quarters, marks a 280 percent jump...
Big initial coin offering (ICO) projects studied by Bitmex may have avoided the crash in Ethereum prices by converting their resources in the digital currency to fiat currency, reports said. Bitmex noted that the difference between the total Ethereum raised versus the amount cashed into fiat...
The end of this month, Oct. 31, 2018, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that a link to a paper, authored by Satoshi Nakamoto, describing the digital currency called bitcoin was first publicly circulated. Jan. 3, 2019 will mark the 10th anniversary of...
Can blockchain help improve transparency of — and even the ethics surrounding — the gold supply chain? Emergent Technology Holdings helps track where the yellow metal came from and where it’s headed, and, according to Chief Commercial Officer Mitch Davis, helps boost liquidity for traders...
Ripple, the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk, citing a Business Standard report late last week, reported the companies behind the lobbying group also include the RippleWorks Foundation; Coil, a company developing a solution...
Ripple is expanding its social impact program, dubbed Ripple for Good, and will focus its efforts on education and financial inclusion, the company said in an announcement. To that end, the blockchain firm said it is committing an additional $25 million to the program on...
Scrabble has added the word ‘bitcoin’ to the list of words that players can officially use in its popular board game, CNBC reported. That is, Merriam-Webster included the cryptocurrency in its newest official dictionary for Scrabble. According to its dictionary, bitcoin is defined as “a...
Origins are all the rage in modern life: origin stories, family origins via DNA and digital ancestry databases. Add to that Walmart’s latest effort to gain more grocery market share: using blockchain technology to trace the origin of the food sold by the retailer back...
Google has decided end its ban on advertising related to digital currencies, CNBC reported. Beginning in October, regulated crypto exchanges will have the ability to purchase ads in both Japan and the U.S. Even so, CNBC noted that those wanting certification to run ads will...
