Konvoy Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on gaming, isn’t fazed by the crises going on with cryptocurrency, having raised $150 million for a new fund which it will announce this week, Bloomberg wrote Wednesday (July 6). The company said around 20% to 30% will...
Blockchain-based B2B rewards marketplace qiibee on Tuesday (July 5) said it raised $4.8 million in a seed funding round that it will use for the growth of its global team and expansion into new markets, including North America, according to a company press release. Z5...
On America’s Independence Day, it’s worth looking back at bitcoin’s history, because both origin stories share a basic impulse: freedom from a system that controls our lives without giving us any input. That impulse led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July...
A recent NBC poll showed that 21% of surveyed consumers in the United States have traded or used cryptocurrency, including half of men between the ages of 18 and 49. In addition, 40% of Black Americans surveyed have used crypto, as have 42% of all...
If you look at where investors are putting their money, blockchain games are the Next Big Thing in the crypto world. In the second quarter of this year alone, venture capital funds have earmarked $3 billion for this segment of the crypto universe. There’s just...
In the "Blockchain Payments Tracker," ConnectOne Chairman and CEO Frank Sorrentino tells PYMNTS that blockchain is about more than processing cryptocurrency, saying it can redefine any transaction that has chain of ownership.
DEK: The Block CEO wants to build a decentralized web, but doesn’t believe the current vision of a blockchain-based internet — where people control their own identity — will work. So, he’s building his own. Block CEO and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has made very...
While more consumers are either trading or using cryptocurrencies, blockchain payments remain in a nascent stage as a replacement for fiat currencies. Some merchants may be hesitant to deal directly in blockchain payments due to volatility in the value of some cryptocurrencies, but the benefits...
Florida’s Cogent Bank has launched a digital banking platform for B2B clients using a blockchain-based payments platform from TassatPay, the technology company announced Tuesday (June 28). Banks are using TassatPay “to facilitate real-time payments by their B2B clients,” Kevin R. Greene, Tassat’s chairman and chief...
