Startups

Ethereum

Ethereum Accelerator to Offer Crypto Coders Resources and ‘Reality Check’

A blockchain company known as a hub of startups is expanding its reach, launching a new San Francisco-based startup accelerator.

Business  ·  21 June 2018
Acquisitions

Tron Bought BitTorrent And Crypto Won’t Stop Talking About It

The founder of a smaller cryptocurrency called Tron is acquiring BitTorrent for $120 million and social media is alight over the real reason "why."

Business  ·  19 June 2018
Exchanges

Binance Backs Malta Stock Exchange’s Startup Accelerator

The Malta Stock Exchange announced today that Binance is backing the exchange's newly launched program to support fintech startups and entrepreneurs.

Business  ·  18 June 2018
Regulation

Surprise KYC: Investors in Tezos’ Troubled ICO Might Finally Be Fed Up

After infighting brought months of delays, Tezos investors finally seemed about to receive their crypto tokens. Then something unexpected happened...

Policy & regulation  ·  13 June 2018
Ethereum

Crypto Startup Wala Is Reaching Africans with Ethereum Micropayments

South Africa startup Wala is using microraiden for high volume, low-value, off-chain ethereum transactions. And people are using it in the thousands.

Business  ·  11 June 2018
Mining

Secret ASICs for the People: Obelisk Reveals Plan to Fight Big Miners

Chip manufacturers are making ASICs in secret, argues David Vorick. He wants new coin projects do the same – and to give those chips to the community.

Business  ·  6 June 2018
Ethereum

Ripple Smart Contracts Creator Targets Ethereum with New Tech Launch

Three years after Ripple shelved Codius, Stefan Thomas is bringing the smart contract platform back to life with his eyes set on disrupting Ethereum.

Business  ·  6 June 2018
Regulation

Public or Private? Blockchain Distinctions Are Falling Out of Fashion

"Convergence" means different things to different people in the blockchain space. But it's a word that's cropping up again and again.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 June 2018
Bitcoin

How Hodl Hodl Is Building a Real Business With Bitcoin Smart Contracts

In an era where many startups are taking more complex transactions to other blockchains, Hodl Hodl is focused on making them work on bitcoin.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 June 2018
Europe

Taking Back Power: An Upstart Government Plans to Tokenize Energy

The plan is to incentivize solar power generation by circumventing rules inhibiting its adoption made by Madrid.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 June 2018
Monero

Leadership Shifts to Usher in New Era for Monero Cryptocurrency

New leaders with ambitious business strategies are on the rise within monero, seeking "usability for ordinary people."

Business  ·  27 May 2018
China

Chinese Blockchain Complex Offers Startups Millions in Subsidies

A new blockchain industrial park in China aims to attract talented individuals and startups by offering millions of dollars-worth of subsidies.

Markets  ·  25 May 2018
China

China’s IT Ministry: 2017 Saw ‘Exponential’ Blockchain Growth

Forty percent of all Chinese blockchain startups emerged in 2017 alone, according to a new report published by China's IT Ministry

Business  ·  21 May 2018
Ethereum

Nokia Is Letting Consumers Monetize Their Data with Blockchain

The long-anticipated launch of Streamr's real-time data platform was accompanied by two high-profile partnership announcements.

Business  ·  16 May 2018
Bitmain

Circle Becomes ‘Bitcoin Unicorn’ with Bitmain-Backed Mega-Round

Bitmain is investing big in blockchain firm Circle as part of an ambitious bid to clean up one of the more gray aspects of the crypto economy.

Business  ·  15 May 2018