Tagged: digital currency

July 28, 2017 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinsource, a bitcoin ATM network, announced on Thursday its bitcoin ATM installation in Oklahoma State. The company’s new market entrance came in the wake of repeated resident requests for access to bitcoin in Oklahoma City, now the 27th most populous city in the country. The… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

investFeed, a community-powered stock trading network, is set to commence its Token Generation Event (TGE) starting Sunday at 9 a.m. UTC. The fintech firm stated it will conduct the TGE for 15 days and a significant amount has already been committed from strategic investors. The… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 4:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dash, a payments-focused digital currency, announced on Wednesday it has officially been accepted by Apple as an approved cryptocurrency on the iTunes App Store. Speaking about the approval, CEO of Dash Core Ryan Taylor stated: “As Dash continues to expand our user base and ecosystem of services,… Read More

June 14, 2017 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital token company Compcoin announced on Wednesday it is officially kicking off its $45 million initial coin offering (ICO). According to the company, the ICO consists of 3 million Compcoin that are selling at $15 each, with an additional bonus for early investors. Compcoin describes… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 3:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dash, an alternative to bitcoin company, announced on Wednesday it is now live on the Panamanian-based broker and wallet Coinapult. The collaboration will allow individuals and businesses to easily and instantly buy and sell the digital asset against 20 national currencies. According to Dash, Coinapult’s partnership… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 9:39 pm By Jade Shi  |  

Gnosis, a decentralized prediction platform built on the Ethereum blockchain that uses crowdsourcing as a source for forecasting, has raised $12.5 million in its first initial coin offering. This initial auction broke records, as the company sold out of 250K Ethereum in twelve minutes, giving… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, healthcare tech startup, Patientory, announced the launch of its healthcare crypto-token currency. According to the company, the tokens will be used to power its network, which is described as a secure, closed loop distributed ledger system that connects all parties in the healthcare… Read More

April 10, 2017 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Hub Culture has announced the expansion of their HubID digital identity system. The company made the announcement at the Innovate Finance Global Summit that is taking place in London this week. Hub Culture is now activating new profile networks for merchants, businesses, virtual personas, etc…. Read More

April 8, 2017 @ 4:34 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Only a few weeks since the SEC denied two separate bitcoin ETF applications, there may be some good news coming out of Japan for supporters of Bitcoin. On April 1, a new law went into effect in Japan allowing for the country’s first officially recognized… Read More

October 1, 2016 @ 2:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

The advent of digital currencies and blockchain technology has engendered great consternation and interest from policy makers around the world. The concept of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies may be the next step in fiat currency. Having made the leap from barter to coins and then… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 10:49 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Founded in May 2014, the Philippine-based fintech startup  Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) initiated Boom Cash, an SMS-based wallet that allows a person to send and receive money digitally without an Internet connectivity. SCI co-founder and CEO John Bailon told Deal Street Asia that Boom Cash is the product of an internal hackathon,… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 10:28 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. claims that it launched Canada’s first R&D lab for blockchain technology. The lab’s first project will be the development of a platform with two core functions: handling the onboarding and client data management for financial crime systems using the blockchain and… Read More

October 22, 2015 @ 12:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In a Deloitte report entitled “Bitcoin at the crossroads,”  Managing Director Jon Watts opines that Bitcoin need not yet be regulated, offering three reasons why global policy makers and regulators may want to consider giving Bitcoin more time to develop. Regulation could in fact slow innovation, an innovation with a… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 1:10 pm By Lionel Slusny  |  

Today at the Singapore Crowdsourcing Week conference, were discussions about digital currencies and there relative advantages. These discussions touched upon how digital currencies fit with crowdfunding operations. The panel gathered; Alexis V Nicosia of Seedcoin, James Cox of Ripple and David Moscowitz of Coin Republic…. Read More