Startups

Ethereum

ConsenSys May Finally Fix Its ‘Chaotic’ Employee Equity Situation

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin is responding to employee complaints about how shares in the ethereum venture studio are doled out, sources say.

Business  ·  11 July 2019
Startups

Amazon, Deloitte, Fidelity Partner With IDEO CoLab on Blockchain Accelerator

The new blockchain accelerator is aiming to boost 12 promising startups this year.

Business  ·  11 July 2019
Startups

Binance Labs–Backed Startup Boosting Blockchain Speeds Raises $3 Million

Marlin Protocol, which offers relayer networks to make blockchains faster, has raised $3 million from Binance Labs, Arrington XRP Capital and others.

Markets  ·  10 July 2019
Exchanges

ShapeShift’s New Platform Aims to Make Crypto Self-Custody as Easy as Coinbase

ShapeShift’s new one-stop shop for non-custodial crypto management is launching out of private beta today.

Business  ·  8 July 2019
Bitcoin

Casa Launches Lightning Node Mobile App for Bitcoin Newbies

Casa's new wallet aims to help aspiring cypherpunks graduate from getting their first bitcoin to running their own lightning node.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 July 2019
Germany

Deutsche Börse’s Xetra Exchange Lists First Blockchain Firm

The Deutsche Börse-operated trading venue has just listed a Forbes top-10 blockchain company to watch.

Business  ·  1 July 2019
Europe

A Wannabe Netflix Raised $575 Million on Ethereum – Then Ditched Crypto

From yachting with Selena Gomez to doling out TaTaTu tokens to movie stars, one producer's road to Hollywood was paved with ICO excess.

Business  ·  28 June 2019
Facebook

What Indonesia Reveals About Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Ambitions

Facebook’s omnipresence in Indonesia raises questions about how Libra will impact retail users.

Business  ·  26 June 2019
Bitcoin

Tim Draper Is Bullish On Argentina’s Blockchain Tech Potential

Draper bet the Argentinian president that bitcoin would overtake the peso. Draper might be right.

Markets  ·  26 June 2019
Bitcoin

Lightning Labs Mobile App Gets 2,000 Downloads in 24 Hours

The new mainstream-friendly mobile wallet from Lightning Labs saw 2,000 downloads on Day 1. Next up for the company: merchant services.

Business  ·  20 June 2019
Regulation

Stonewalled by FINRA, Up to 40 Crypto Securities Wait in Limbo for Launch

Wall Street watchdog FINRA has sat for as long as 12 months on roughly 40 broker-dealer applications by blockchain startups.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 June 2019
Bitcoin

A Protocol for Issuing Tokens Launches on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

The first protocol for issuing tokens via bitcoin’s lightning network is aimed to rival ethereum's ERC-20. But that's a tall order.

Business  ·  14 June 2019
Ethereum

Marketing Chief Amanda Gutterman Is Latest Exec to Leave ConsenSys

CMO Amanda Gutterman is the third executive departure from ConsenSys since early May.

Business  ·  13 June 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Startup Bitrefill Raises $2 Million Funding for Global Expansion

The lightning-centric bitcoin startup plans to use this funding to expand services to almost every country in the world by 2020.

Business  ·  13 June 2019
Startups

Nash Prepares to Launch Beta Version of Decentralized Exchange

After the relative success of their Chrome extension, Nash is getting ready to unveil their exchange and mobile products.

Business  ·  12 June 2019