Mall of America to Showcase Winklevoss-Backed Crypto Payments
New retail technologies, including crypto payments app Flexa, will be on display at a McKinsey-organized store at America's largest mall.
View ArticleInstaDApp DeFi Site Raises $2.4 Million From Prominent Crypto Investors
The fourth-largest dapp in DeFi, InstaDApp, is now backed by Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, Coinbase Ventures and others.
View ArticlePantera Leads $5 Million Round for Decentralized Derivatives Market
A protocol built to put financial middlemen out of business has secured a $5 million seed round from Pantera, Ripple's Xpring, Hashed and others.
View ArticleWhat Tezos and Bitcoin Have in Common
At this week's TQuorum conference, the shared values of the Tezos community were on display.
View ArticleAlgo Capital Loses Crypto Funds After CTO’s Phone Is Hacked
Algo Capital, an investment firm focused on the Algorand ecosystem, lost a few million in bitcoin and ALGO tokens after its CTO's phone was hacked.
View ArticlePolychain, Bitmain Back $10.7 Million SAFT for Encryption Startup NuCypher
NuCypher has raised $10.7 million in a SAFT with Polychain, Bitmain and others. It's also launched the testnet for its suite of encryption services.
View ArticleFor Non-Profits Working With Facebook, Libra Isn’t Such a Crazy Idea
If their missions aren't served by Libra, Women's World Banking and Mercy Corps say they'll let it be known – loudly.
View ArticleYouNow Sees Strong Revenue Growth After SEC Approves Token Distribution
"The SEC allows me to say that you have a potential upside in this network," said YouNow CEO Adi Sideman.
View ArticleVisa, Mastercard, eBay, Stripe Follow PayPal in Quitting Facebook’s Libra...
Visa, Mastercard, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago and PayPal have all withdrawn from the Libra Association now.
View ArticlePeter Thiel Backs $200 Million Valuation for Renewable Bitcoin Mining in the US
A vertically integrated startup has raised $30 million to bring bitcoin mining back to the U.S.
View ArticleWhat Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Said in His Defense of ‘Free Expression’
No mention of Libra.
View ArticleTrump Administration Popped 2017 Bitcoin Bubble, Ex-CFTC Chair Says
"We saw a bubble building and we thought the best way to address it was to allow the market to interact with it," said Christopher Giancarlo.
View ArticleGhoulish NFTs Will Haunt the Blockchain This Halloween
'Tis the season for spooky digital collectibles.
View ArticleLivepeer Prepares to Unlock New Way for GPU Miners to Earn Crypto
By the end of this year, GPU miners could have a fresh new way to earn crypto – using the idle processing capacity of their chips.
View ArticleThis Startup’s Upgrade Code Can Be Used by Any Bitcoin-Based Blockchain
Nexus says an upgrade that brings smart-contract functionality to its blockchain can also be used by any other bitcoin-based chain.
View ArticleStellar’s Foundation Just Destroyed Half the Supply of Its Lumens Cryptocurrency
The Stellar Development Foundation has burned 55 billion of its XLM tokens, over half the cryptocurrency's supply, CEO Denelle Dixon announced.
View Article‘Party Starters’: Stellar Event Sees Frank Discussion of Crypto Market Makers
Market making may be discussed in hush tones, but according to a handful of startup founders, the service is money well spent.
View ArticleSquare’s Cash App Now Charging Fees for Bitcoin Purchases
Square's Cash App has started charging fees of as much as 1.76 percent on bitcoin purchases, sources have pointed out to CoinDesk.
View ArticleStellar’s Plan to Win Global Payments: Play Nice With the Finance Cops
Stellar's first-ever conference in Mexico City gathered entrepreneurs eager to lean into global financial regulations.
View ArticleA Mysterious Airdrop Called EIDOS Is Clogging EOS to Make a Point
Maximum transactions: How a project called EIDOS is congesting the EOS blockchain.
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