UK hedge fund reportedly plans to invest $84M in crypto
The firm’s co-founder Alan Howard already has a personal stake in One River Digital Asset Management's crypto ventures. Brevan Howard,...
Month: April 2021
Gold-as-a-currency: Kinesis launches blockchain-backed monetary system in Indonesia
In partnership with the Indonesian government, Kinesis is using blockchain technology to deliver gold-based financial services to the population. Kinesis,...
Balancer (BAL) price soars to new all-time high: What’s driving the rally?
BAL, the token of the popular automated market maker Balancer, has reached an all-time high due to two major catalysts....
Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal: Major Payment Companies and Crypto
Cryptocurrency has rapidly attracted the attention of mainstream companies. One of the year's most significant trends has concerned the three...
Blackrock CEO says crypto ‘may become a great asset class’ but is no substitute for currency
Larry Fink said he hadn't been seeing great institutional demand for crypto within Blackrock's circles. Despite the successful rollout of...
MIT Crypto Professor Gary Gensler Confirmed as New SEC Chairman
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now has a new chairman, Gary Gensler. President Joe Biden’s pick, the MIT...
Crypto-First Trading App SimpleFX to Introduce Staking
PRESS RELEASE. SimpleFX, one of the world’s leading trading apps with both crypto and fiat accounts is going to invite...
200-Year-Old American Wine Shop Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies
Nearly every day now a new company is announcing the acceptance of cryptocurrencies in some form or another. Now one...
A cure for copyright ills? NFTs promise to empower creative economies
NFTs are not an immediate solution to all IP rights issues, but eventually they can give creators more power than...
Chainlink releases new whitepaper in a shift toward smart contract computations
In its new vision, Chainlink would allow anyone to deploy an arbitrary executable on its network. Chainlink (LINK) has unveiled...
Miami commissioner wants to let residents pay taxes in Bitcoin
A new resolution would establish a task force to study crypto in Miami-Dade county's public administration. A Miami-Dade County commissioner...
One of Europe’s largest investment banks issues security token on Tezos
Société Générale continues its crypto and blockchain experimentation by issuing a tokenized security on the Tezos network. European financial behemoth...
Client malfunction brings down Ethereum’s most popular block explorer
Etherscan and OpenEthereum are stuck on one block shortly after Berlin hard fork. The OpenEthereum client for Ethereum, formerly known...
Chinese investors reboot Iranian Bitcoin mining facility
A Chinese–Iranian Bitcoin mining facility is set to resume operations after being forced to shut down earlier in the year....
Experts debate whether NFTs really need blockchain
Crypto YouTuber EllioTrades and law professor Edmund Schuster debated the value of NFTs and the role of blockchain in digital...
