Cryptocurrency

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Monerium, a blockchain startup based in Reykjavik, closed a $2 million seed funding round led by the Nordic VC fund and Crowberry Capital. ConsenSys and Hof Holdings also participated in the round. F

Ulaanbaatar is preparing to test a blockchain-based payment infrastructure in its Nalaikh district, tapping stablecoin developer Terra to spearhead the initiative. The six-month trial will introduce t

Steemit removed the Dark Overlord hacking group this week. The blockchain-focused social site joins Twitter and Reddit in deleting the hackers, though it remains unclear whether Steemit's staff made t

Singapore's PAL Network, a blockchain-backed insurance technology firm, announced it has inked two agreements with major industry players Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Allianz Malaysia to jointly buil

Blockchain Exchange Alliance controls 38.7% of Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The Singapore-based holding company raised $100.295 million in an equity crowdfunding rou

On Thursday, BitTorrent Inc. announced intentions to roll out a blockchain-based token designed to enhance download speeds for its users. The digital asset, branded as BTT, will be minted by the Singa

InnovaMinex wants to solve a puzzle that has plagued precious metals buyers for decades: where does your gold come from? Precious metals like gold and silver are paradoxes. They're scarce enough to h

Bitcoin marked a decade of existence on January 3rd, arriving at the milestone after a punishing 2018. The network went live on the same date in 2009, beginning with the Genesis block. Satoshi embedde

Dave Rubin and Jordan Peterson announced they will leave Patreon on January 15th, ending their relationship with the platform that has become central to how independent creators fund their work. The t

Determining which metrics truly matter remains one of the biggest challenges facing investors and analysts in digital assets. This issue took center stage at November's Consensus Invest conference, wh

Fred Wilson sees the cryptocurrency bear market ending this year. The Union Square Ventures co-founder laid out his thesis in his annual year-ahead post, arguing that 2019 will mark the transition fro

Huobi Pool, the mining operation within Huobi Group, plans to open an exchange dedicated to EOS trades in the first quarter of 2019. Users will be able to swap EOS for other cryptocurrencies on the ne

A new survey from PANews indicates that approaching 40 percent of the Chinese population expresses interest in cryptocurrency investments over the coming months. The investigation surveyed roughly

Tim Cook took to the stage in October to argue that the United States needed new federal rules protecting consumer privacy. He spoke against what he called the \"data industrial complex.\" Cook's rhetor

Sri Lanka Telecom and Canadian tech company Ubique Networks have partnered to launch a blockchain-powered eSports service. The two signed their agreement on November 14 at Canada's diplomatic residenc

Gibraltar's financial regulator granted a blockchain technology license to eToroX, the blockchain subsidiary of eToro. The unit operates the social trading platform's wallet and will manage it

Nucleus Vision unveiled nCash Pay on Wednesday, a merchant-focused payment platform that lets online businesses accept transactions in the company's native nCash token. The system connects to existing

Privacy coins face a persistent hurdle: they trade off speed for secrecy, or usability for security. Zcoin thinks it has cracked the problem. The project released an academic paper outlining Lelantus,

Kaspersky Lab found that cryptomining attacks in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa quadrupled in 2018, jumping from 3.5 million incidents the previous year to 13 million, according to data the compa