October 23, 2019 @ 10:19 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is partnering with “crypto trading terminal” providers Cryptowatch and “decentralized crypto trading platform agglomerator Totle, “to allow users to execute cryptocurrency trading strategies on both centralized exchanges and decentralized financial applications from a single platform.” The companies say the venture,… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 1:03 am By Cali Haan  |  

NOTE TO READERS: In the days following publication of this article, Oleg Bakatanov, CEO of Depos Technologies OU, “a company developing dBonds protocol and Depos (DUSD) stablecoin,” responded to our inquiry and stated that his company is, “not a part of Deutsche Bank team…doesn’t cooperate with… Read More

October 21, 2019 @ 11:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Rockdale, Texas, a former coal and aluminum producing town hit hard by the exit of those industries. DMG (TSX-V: DMGI), a Canadian firm, will provide hosting and management services for the Texas facility and will work with Bitmain to expand the capacity and to ensure… Read More

October 21, 2019 @ 9:10 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A plaintiff called Seth Shapiro is suing telco giant AT&T (NYSE:T) for its role in allegedly allowing hackers to access his cellphone on four occasions and enable the theft of $1.8 million USD in cryptocurrencies from his crypto exchange accounts. SIM-swapping is a type of hack… Read More

October 21, 2019 @ 6:24 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has called Facebook’s go at issuing a cryptocurrency for in-app payments, Libra, “a neat idea that’ll never happen.” Dimon made the comments last Friday while speaking on a panel with Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman. The two were featured at a conference… Read More

October 19, 2019 @ 1:51 am By Cali Haan  |  

Dr. Matthias Lehmann, chair for civil law, private international law and international business law at the University of Bonn, has published a paper proposing localized legal solutions to problems posed by transnational distributed ledgers (DLT) and blockchains like Bitcoin. According to a blog post regarding… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 5:25 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission and Morehouse College are co-hosting a panel discussion for the general public on October 24th in Atlanta. From 4 to 7 pm, panelists and attendees will address and hear about, “strategies to attract investment capital to minority businesses.” The… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 3:39 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent a letter to NYSE Arca stating it is reviewing its rejection of the company’s request to bring a Bitcoin “Bitwise” ETF to market. While the Commission reviews its decision, the rejection has been stayed. The letter… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 10:29 am By Cali Haan  |  

Coindesk is reporting that Terry Gou, who founded electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn in 1976, told attendees at Taiwan’s technology association AGM in Taipei October 3rd that he thinks the country should welcome Facebook’s Libra with open arms. “I know (Facebook CEO Mark) Zuckerberg pretty well, and… Read More

October 17, 2019 @ 8:32 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Telegram, makers of the popular mobile messaging app Telegram, have sent an email to GRAM token investors asking for a six-month extension on the launch of TON, a blockchain network financed by the company’s $1.7 billion USD 2018 token sale. The request for an extension… Read More

October 17, 2019 @ 8:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

VC firm Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures (NMFV) is allocating $20 million USD to fund female-founded start-ups. According to the company, since its launch in 2017, Northwestern Mutual has invested in 18 startups and deployed $50 million in capital. As well: “In May this year, it… Read More

October 17, 2019 @ 10:56 am By Cali Haan  |  

Seamico Securities, which has been awaiting the green light to fire up an ICO portal called SE Digital inThailand, says it has been informed by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission that it may, “initiate its business.” As per a letter hosted on the Seamico… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 10:36 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The latest Financial Times coverage is casting further doubt on the profitability and integrity of operations at the German payments giant Wirecard. (WDI.DE) Wirecard, for its part, has countered that FT journalists are engaging in collusion with short sellers to devalue the company. In response… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 10:06 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Two hundred-fifty investigators, thirty speakers gathering and other attendees at the OffshoreAlert Conference on financial intelligence and investigations in London November 11th and 12th will have a chance to examine the role tethers played in creating “the largest bubble in human history,” the Bitcoin/crypto bubble… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 8:42 pm By Cali Haan  |  

FAT Brands (NASDAQ:FAT), the parent company of restaurant chains Fatburger, Bonanza Steakhouse, Ponderosa Steakhouse, Buffalo’s Cafe, Elevation Burger and Hurricane Grill & Wings, reportedly plans to sell $30 million USD in bonds tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain network. According to Asset-Backed Alert, FAT Brands is… Read More

October 15, 2019 @ 12:52 am By Cali Haan  |  

West Virginia’s Secretary of State, Mac Warner, disclosed in a speech and press release October 2nd that someone tried to hack into a blockchain-based voting system provided to the state by a company called Voatz. The system was being trialed as a means of allowing… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 10:59 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Letters from US lawmakers to members of the Libra Association asking them to, “carefully consider how your companies will manage risks before proceeding,” as backers of a Facebook cryptocurrency called “Libra” may have spurned last week’s corporate exodus from the project. On Friday, October 11th, Visa,… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 10:26 pm By Cali Haan  |  

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told Andrew Ross Sorkin at CNBC’s Squawk Box October 14th that initial backers of Facebook’s proposed in-app cryptocurrency project, Libra, probably realized the company was, “not ready….(and) not up to par” when they announced they were leaving the project in… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 3:46 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A letter from a spokesperson for Telegram regarding the SEC’s emergency action to halt the sale of GRAM tokens to US investors has been making the rounds in the crypto media and on forums. In the the letter, “Shyam” states that Telegram, maker of a… Read More

October 12, 2019 @ 5:01 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Perth Mint, a large “precious metals enterprise” in Australia, has announced it will be issuing, “the first digital gold token on a public blockchain-backed…1:1 by GoldPass certificates issued by The Perth Mint…” The release regarding this product does not state when the tokens will become… Read More