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Trading

More Than Half of ICOs Fail Within 4 Months, Study Suggests

A new study suggests that, while many ICOs become inactive soon after launch, there are rewards for investors willing to take a risk.

Markets  ·  10 July 2018
Regulation

PBoC Will ‘Crush’ Foreign ICOs Targeting Chinese Investors: Official

Pan Gongsheng, a vice governor of the People's Bank of China, has once more issued strong statements on initial coin offerings.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 July 2018
China

Crypto Tycoon Resigns From Blockchain Fund After Alleged Defamation

Li Xiaolai, a Chinese crypto investor, has resigned from a $1 billion blockchain fund following an online spat that led to a defamation lawsuit.

Markets  ·  10 July 2018
Investments

Czech Investment Bank Raising $100 Million for Blockchain Fund

Prague-based Benson Oak has announced it is raising $100 million to launch an investment fund with a focus on blockchain startups in Israel.

Markets  ·  10 July 2018
YouTube

YouTube Accused of Negligence in BitConnect Fraud Lawsuit

The drama around the shutdown of the controversial BitConnect's lending and exchange platform continues.

Markets  ·  9 July 2018
Europe

UK Watchdog Welcomes First Crypto Startups to Regulatory Sandbox

The U.K.'s financial regulator is allowing startups focused on blockchain and crypto assets into its regulatory sandbox for the first time.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 July 2018
Supply Chain

Metals Exchange Forms Blockchain Group to Modernize Minerals Industry

A Switzerland-based trading platform for metal concentrates is forming a blockchain consortium to streamline mineral industry supply chains.

Business  ·  9 July 2018
Hacking

1 Million Computers Hacked to Mine $2 Million-Worth of Cryptos

Hackers reportedly reaped more than $2 million in different cryptocurrencies after spreading malware across computers in China.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 July 2018
Cryptocurrency

FINRA Wants to Know All About Member Firms’ Crypto Activities

The U.S. financial self-regulatory body is asking member firms to submit every detail of their existing or future activities in cryptocurrency.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 July 2018
China

Cloud Provider Xunlei Launches Blockchain File System

Xunlei Limited announced that it has launched a distributed file system called ThunderChain File System (TCFS) for its blockchain platform.

Business  ·  6 July 2018
Blockchain

Facebook Has a New Director of Engineering for Blockchain

Facebook is getting even more serious about blockchain, appointing a new director of engineering to focus on the technology.

Business  ·  6 July 2018
Exchanges

Swiss Stock Exchange to Tokenize Securities With New DLT Platform

Switzerland's principal stock exchange will build a blockchain-based platform to tokenize traditional securities for further trading and settlement.

Business  ·  6 July 2018
Bitcoin

The EU’s Biggest ETF Firm Expands Into Crypto Products

Europe's largest trader of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is entering the crypto world.

Business  ·  5 July 2018
Cryptocurrency Exchange

Bittrex and Invest.com Partner on New Crypto Trading Platform

Bittrex and invest.com announced that they will partner to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform under the invest.com brand name.

Business  ·  5 July 2018
EOS

Block.one Appoints Former Jefferies Asia CEO to Lead VC Arm

Block.one, the company behind the EOS blockchain, has just hired a former Jefferies Group LLC executive to lead its $1 billion venture capital arm.

Markets  ·  5 July 2018