Tagged: cryptocurrency

January 26, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California fintech Integral announced this week that it has expanded its market data offering for cryptocurrencies to include 14 major cryptocurrencies connecting to all major exchange sources across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. While sharing details about the expansion, Harpal Sandhu, CEO of Integral, stated: “An accurate, stable, and reliable reference… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, multi-billionaire, television personality, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, announced that the NBA team would be accepting Bitcoin as a method of payment during the 2018-2019 basketball season. Cuban revealed the exciting news when he was asked by Mavericks fans… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 11:35 am By Erin Hobey  |  

French cryptocurrency and blockchain security company Ledger nabbed a $75 million (EUR 61 million) Series B round, led by Draper Esprit. The investment funds will enable the company to scale up its operations as demand for its security products increases. While the round was led by… Read More

January 15, 2018 @ 2:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

International payments company Moorwand and global issuer processer GPS announced on Monday they have joined forces to launch the UPayCard branded prepaid card solution to the UK market. According to the companies, UPayCard is a global multi-currency service for businesses and consumers. It is the first… Read More

January 4, 2018 @ 12:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Qtum, a blockchain application platform, has partnered with Baofeng, a Chinese video portal, to help achieve the world’s first Blockchain Consensus Network (BCN) and build the most decentralized blockchain node network. With the help of Baofeng, Qtum will run 50,000 full network nodes and reportedly claim the… Read More

January 4, 2018 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Prasos, a Bitcoin broker seeking to make Bitcoin investing mainstream, completed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor by securing more than €2.5 million in funding. The company launched the funding round in November seeking a minimum of €750,000. Now, CEO of Prasos, Henry… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pundi X, a cryptocurrency point-of-sale (“POS”) solutions provider for retail stores, announced on Tuesday it is launching three working products before its public token sales on January 21st. According to the company, these POS devices can help the retail store owners to convert crypto to fiat, crypto… Read More

December 30, 2017 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share Ripple’s insight on the blockchain industry, CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse sat down with Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson to discuss the San Francisco-based fintech company’s bet on cryptocurrency’s technology. Founded in 2012, Ripple notably provides global financial settlement solutions to enable the world… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, cryptocurrency platform Dash announced it has appointed former American Express Senior Manager, Bradley Zastrow, as its new Director of Global Business Development. While sharing details about Zastrow’s appointment, CEO of Dash, Ryan Taylor, stated: “Bradley joins Dash from American Express where he has… Read More

December 28, 2017 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Deputy Minister Alexei Moiseev announced that the Russian Finance Ministry has reportedly suggested collecting taxes on mining of cryptocurrencies. This tax will be introduced through a new draft law, which was announced earlier this week. According to Russian media outlet, TASS, while sharing details… Read More

December 27, 2017 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin wallet Bread announced over the weekend its crowdsale completely sold out. The company launched the round on December 23rd with $12 million secured through its presale and a total of $32 million raised. The crowdsale was capped at the $20 million, which was achieved within 90… Read More

December 21, 2017 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fit Pay, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NXT-ID, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTD) announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with Cascade FinTech to develop a platform that gives cryptocurrency holders the ability to use the value of their currency to make purchases at millions of… Read More

December 21, 2017 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Atlas Cloud Enterprises Inc. (CSE:AKE) (XFRA:A49), a Canada-based growth-oriented, CSE-listed company focusing on the business of providing co-location and backup/redundancy IT, telecom equipment and cloud computing, announced on Thursday it has acquired MKH Electric City Holdings LLC, a Washington State company that owns a 6,600-sq…. Read More

December 18, 2017 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Datawallet, a California-based C2B blockchain-based data exchange, announced on Monday its new app is now available for download on iPhone and Android. Users are now able to register within the new app, link multiple data sources, and begin to pre-earn Datawallet’s DXT cryptocurrency in advance… Read More

December 16, 2017 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Globe online real estate marketplace Wealth Migrate announced on Friday the launch of its new WEALTHE Coin, which is described as a digital currency that was created to democratize access to wealth through international commercial and residential real estate ownership. While sharing more details about… Read More

December 15, 2017 @ 7:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a feedback statement on distributed ledger technology (DLT) or Blockchain.  The document comes following an earlier discussion paper published in April designed to commence a dialogue between interested parties and the regulator. The FCA has now responded to received… Read More

December 14, 2017 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

ASIA Innovations Group (AIG), announced on Thursday the close of gift blockchain platform GIFTO’s public token sale within one minute of opening. The company is now claiming it to be the fastest token sale ever in Asia. According to AIG, the public token sale opened at… Read More

December 13, 2017 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitwise announced on Tuesday it is launching its Cryptocurrency Index Fund called the Bitwise HOLD 10 Private Index Fund. This news comes just after the company secured $4 million during its latest seed funding round, which received institutional backing from Khosla Ventures via Keith Rabois, General Catalyst via Hemant Taneja, Blockchain… Read More

December 7, 2017 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Mexican Senate passed a new bill that was designed to regulate fintech companies and cryptocurrency throughout the country. As previously reported, Mexico’s President, Enrique Peña Nieto declared in September that an initiative will be submitted to regulate and provide a legal framework for fintech… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, peer-to-peer lending platform Crowd For Angels reportedly announced the launch of its £50 million bond investment opportunity. This news comes less than a year after Crowd for Angels launched its first crowd bonds, which are described as specially created secured, high-interest products act are… Read More