Tagged: cryptocurrency

May 24, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

European Tour professional golfer, Scott Jamieson, announced this week that he is being sponsored by a digital currency company. The deal with LIFElabs.io is effective immediately and will see the athlete raise the profile of its digital currency, LIFEtoken and support its numerous charitable initiatives around the globe. Founded in 2017,… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Caspian, the full-stack crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform for institutional and sophisticated investors, announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with BitMEX (Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange) a bitcoin peer-to-peer trading platform, in order to further support and facilitate institutional investment’s move into crypto… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 7:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Earlier this week Digital challenger bank Revolut asked customers to help name its new and exclusive metal card. Now the maverick platform has moved again from metal to crypto: Revolut customers can buy, hold and sell two more cryptocurrencies instantly within the app. In December last year,… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Covesting, a fintech startup that is building a comprehensive cryptocurrency exchange and trading infrastructure, announced on Wednesday it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, an open source blockchain initiative. Founded in 2017, Covesting is a cryptocurrency exchange and a trading platform that offers a complete and… Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase announced earlier this week the launch of its new product offerings for institutions, which are designed to meet the demand to trade and invest in cryptocurrency. The company reported that over the past few months more than 100 hedge funds have announced plans to… Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 12:36 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Indorse, a blockchain-powered social network for professionals, has partnered with ICOCrunch, an independent research platform that showcases ICO projects. Through this partnership, Indorse will help ICOCrunch add an “additional layer of legitimacy” to projects on the platform. Once a project has been verified through Indorse,… Read More

May 14, 2018 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo announced on Monday the New York State Department of Financial Services has authorized Gemini Trust Company, LLC to offer the custody services and trading of Zcash, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash, emerging cryptocurrencies, on its virtual currency exchange, which is… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, global blockchain asset financial service provider Huobi Group announced its plans to expand into Europe with new offices in London opening later this year. As previously reported, Huobi Group was founded in 2013 and has become a leading global digital asset financial service provider in… Read More

April 30, 2018 @ 9:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday UNICEF Australia announced it has turned to cryptocurrency for online fundraising through its new website, The Hopepage, which notably allows Australians to provide help and hope to vulnerable children by simply opening the page while they are online. According to the nonprofit, when users are… Read More

April 28, 2018 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bermuda’s premier and minister of finance David Burt announced on Friday he has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Burt revealed in the announcement:  “The Binance Group is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and an international… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 12:24 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Augmate expanded its initial coin offering onto Crowdfunder, reportedly the first ICO on the crowdfunding site, and a milestone for both companies. The offering, structured as a security token in a nod to recent Securities and Exchange Commission guidance on ICOs, gives investors a chance… Read More

April 20, 2018 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

StartEngine, a full stack crowdfunding platform listing Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg A+ offerings, announced on Friday it has partnered with technology-driven trust company PrimeTrust to create what they believe is the first ever regulation crowdfunding crypto escrow. According to the duo, the crypto escrow will allow… Read More

April 16, 2018 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earn.com, a platform that gives users cryptocurrencies for doing tasks such as replying to emails, announced on Monday it is being acquired by digital wallet and crypto exchange, Coinbase. As part of the acquisition, Earn’s Co-Founder and CEO, Balaji Srinivasan, will join Coinbase and assume the role… Read More

April 16, 2018 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pundi X (CURRENCY: PXS), a multi-cryptocurrency point-of-sale (POS) solutions provider for retail stores,  announce, on Monday it has launched a new buy-back program for company holdings in NPXS tokens following a reported unanticipated demand for its technology. Pundi X CEO and co-founder, Zac Cheah, claimed that the… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 11:21 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Coinsource, claiming the world’s largest Bitcoin ATM network title, will expand into the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Coinsource will install 20 machines across the District of Columbia and Maryland after receiving significant demand from Bitcoin users and local merchants. This installation caps follows a successful… Read More

April 11, 2018 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Galileo, a U.S.-based payments processors and program management firm, announced on Wednesday the launch of its Galileo Cryptocurrency API to bridge the gap between cryptocurrencies and mainstream payments. According to Galileo, the cryptocurrency solution enables customers to seamlessly deposit funds denominated in cryptocurrencies to their accounts,… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Codex, a decentralized title registry for the $2 trillion arts and collectibles (A&C) asset class, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with ConsenSys to host a live charity auction at Ethereal Summit, which will take place in New York City on May 11th and… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Intrinio, a U.S.-based fintech company that provides financial data, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with CryptoQuote, a provider of accurate and timely cryptocurrency data APIs, to distribute real-time cryptocurrency data through Intrinio’s fintech marketplace. According to Intrinio, users on the fintech marketplace… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 2:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Crypto fever continues…. According to a recent Bloomberg Technology post, George Soros and his $26 billion family office is now preparing to trade cryptocurrencies, shifting from his January World Economic Forum assessment that digital assets were a “bubble. Adam Fisher, who oversees macro investing at New York-based Soros… Read More

April 7, 2018 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitfinex, a digital asset trading platform that offers state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers, announced on Saturday the introduction of twelve new token listings to its trading platform. According to Bitfinex, the newly introduced token listings have a combined market capitalization of… Read More