General News

February 13, 2018 @ 11:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Coinsource, reportedly the world’s largest Bitcoin ATM network, has expanded its services to the Northeast, unveiling 10 new machines in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.  The introduction, due to increasingly high-demand from Bitcoin users, comes two weeks after Coinsource made the pivot from using… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 11:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Augmate,  a B2B enterprise company specializing in wearable devices, has received a grant from BitcoinLatina to promote blockchain development in Latin America. BitcoinLatina provides blockchain solutions to scale Latin American consumer, enterprise, government, military, and university services and distributed applications. Its grant, which comes in… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 8:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Datawallet, a C2B blockchain-based data exchange, is participating in the Kochava OnXCHNG program, a partnership program for the industry’s open source blockchain framework for the digital advertising ecosystem, XCHNG. Last week Datawallet announced that its DXT token sale sold out after reaching its $40 million USD… Read More

February 11, 2018 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

FinTech4Good Blockchain Incubator will be Launched concurrent with the DC Digital Asset Investment Forum (DAIF) on Feb.20th, 2018, in Washington, DC. Organized by FinTech4Good, this will be the second forum of FinTech4Good’s DAIF global series in the year of 2018, after the successful launch of… Read More

February 9, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, mortgage giant Quicken Loans announced it has formed a partnership with Airbnb to provide new home financing options by enabling the property rental company’s hosts to use rental income on a primary residence to refinance their mortgages. Jay Farner, Quicken Loans CEO, stated;… Read More

February 9, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Magma Partners, an early stage venture capital firm with offices in the U.S. and Latin America, announced earlier this week the first close of its second $15M fund to continue supporting the growth of U.S. incorporated startups with technology and sales teams based in Latin… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 10:04 pm By Luvleen Sidhu  |  

Banking is and has been overdue for a makeover. For the most part, the majority of the banking industry is still antiquated but thanks to technological advances in the last couple of years, this is starting to change. I remember not so long ago standing in… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  CoinDesk, a leading global digital media company focused on crypto assets and blockchain, released its Q4 State of Blockchain Report, a respected authority on blockchain trends research and analysis. The quarterly report comes on the heels of one of the busiest quarters in the… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

SingularityNET is developing a blockchain powered platform that serves as a decentralized, open market for AI service and products. The protocol is designed to facilitate AI discovery and allow anyone to find the AI services or products they need, purchase them, and then implement them… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 1:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Coinbase has launched the Coinbase Open Source Fund from which we’ll be donating $2500 each month to open source projects. According to its blog, Coinbase also began “as a humble Rails project” and has relied  on open source software to build its systems and products. “As… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 1:43 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Kochava Labs SEZC, a research and development subsidiary of Kochava Inc., is proud to announce four new advisors to XCHNG, the open source blockchain framework for the digital advertising ecosystem: David Weild IV, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Weild & Co., Inc. and former Vice… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 12:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and services, has established a strategic relationship with blockchain developer CG Blockchain. Through this relationship, FactSet clients will have access to CG Blockchain investment products through its BCT Fundstore. CG Blockchain’s current and future clients will… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 12:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Dash, (DASH), a digital currency for payments, today announced its partnership with Bitrefill, reportedly the largest cryptocurrency top-up prepaid phone company, reaching over 160 countries and supporting 600 operators worldwide, including Verizon Wireless, TMobile and AT&T. The partnership will allow Dash customers to pay for their… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 6:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has announced that Paul Smee has been appointed as new Chair of the organization. Smee replaces longtime Chair Christine Farnish who is stepping down after a five-year term. The P2PFA said the transition comes at a time when… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 7:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company Tech Bureau noted that that Japan’s first online bank, Japan Net Bank, Limited is testing blockchain technology integrations using mijin and Hyperledger and has initiated a proof-of-concept project to evaluate to utilize the cryptocurrencies for paperless contract administration, scheduled to be… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 7:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Goji, a UK direct lending investment manager and platform,  has partnered with Prestige-Prime group, a specialist alternative investment lender, to launch an ISA-eligible Renewables Lending Bond which aims to provide financial advisers and wealth managers with an opportunity to earn a steady return from a… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 4:07 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Datawallet, a leading C2B blockchain-based data exchange, announced that its DXT token sale has sold out after reaching its goal of $40 million USD. The pre-sale, which started on January 22, 2018, was available to Datawallet’s earliest supporters on a first-come-first-served basis, with the final… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 2:17 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Envisioning itself as the “go-to platform for building new partnerships, finding love or jobs and building new products” with the assistance of the community, Tel Aviv- based Matchpool has launched a new social platform seeking and sourcing crypto from the crowd called fund0x.  The cryptocurrency-only site… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we reported this past weekend, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, is queued up to hold a hearing on virtual currencies or cryptocurrencies. What makes this hearing interesting is the fact the two witnesses are the leading regulators in the cryptocurrency… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Boustead Securities, a California-based investment banking firm that advises clients on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, and restructuring assignments in a wide array of industries, geographies and transactions, and its affiliate, FinTech Clearing, announced it has appointed Robert Maley as its new senior managing… Read More