Bitwala is teaming up with Germany-based solarisBank to roll out a blockchain bank account, CoinDesk reported. While the service is targeted for a November launch, the service already has pre-registrations from 35,000 users. It was created as part of the “Blockchain Factory” initiative from solarisBank...
In Venezuela, citizens reportedly now need to use the country’s new Petro digital currency to pay for passports, Coindesk reported. A new passport will now come at the cost of two Petros, which is equivalent to 7,200 of the country’s bolivar currency. President Maduro Petro...
IBM announced on Monday (Oct. 8) that there is growing adoption of its food supply chain network, IBM Food Trust. The blockchain-based cloud network provides participating retailers, suppliers, growers and food industry providers with data from across the food ecosystem to enable greater traceability, transparency...
Overstock subsidiary Medici Ventures is investing in VinX , which is making a blockchain solution that monitors the ingredients of wine on their journey between the vineyard and the glass, according to reports. The idea is to enable wine futures to be sold and traded on...
Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web reported. As a result, the hackers were able to circumvent the cryptocurrency’s set supply of 21 billion coins. The hackers have not sold...
The race for blockchain patents is on, with firms in China and the US making headlines. We get some insight about the strategies from a patent lawyer. And beyond legalities, recent data show VC investments are ramping up
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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
