Tokens

Investments

This $575 Million ICO With Royal Backing Is So Crazy, It Might Be Real

A video-on-demand service that shares ad revenues with viewers and creators has raised more than half a billion bucks in a private token sale.

Markets  ·  21 June 2018
Investments

Quantstamp Defends QSP, Says Dollars, Ether Accepted Out of ‘Necessity’

A smart contract auditing startup is trying to quell a community uproar a week after token-holders began raising concerns about the project.

Markets  ·  15 June 2018
Ethereum

Felines to Futbol: NFTs Are Crypto’s Hottest New Buzzword

The crypto industry is buzzing about NFTs, non-fungible tokens, because it's clear CryptoKitties and its clones just might make the tech mainstream.

Tech  ·  15 June 2018
Markets

The EOS Blockchain Is Now Officially Live

EOS holders elected their first set of block producers, so the hotly anticipated blockchain is now live.

Tech  ·  14 June 2018
Investments

Mystery Startup Tells the SEC It’s Raising a $180 Million ICO

A little-known company in Estonia is looking to raise as much as $180 million in a SAFT sale, public records show.

Markets  ·  12 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
Binance

Binance, NEO Lead $12 Million Investment In AngelList Crypto Spin-Off Republic

A platform for managing token sales, spun out of the famed investment platform AngelList, has raised funds from a notable cast of investors.

Business  ·  8 June 2018
Ethereum

FOAM and the Dream to Map the World on Ethereum

CryptoKitties meets Pokemon Go? That's FOAM's initial goal, but the team thinks its decentralized location-tracking tech has more serious potential.

Tech  ·  7 June 2018
Markets

Where’s EOS? Rival Groups Now Competing to Launch Official Blockchain

There are now two EOS blockchains being tested by rival groups. And while that might be worrisome, the groups say they'll work together in the end.

Markets  ·  7 June 2018
EOS

Days After Launch, the EOS Blockchain Still Isn’t Live

Longer than hours, but maybe less than days – that's about the best estimate for when the EOS blockchain, years in the making, will finally launch.

Tech  ·  4 June 2018
ICOs

The SEC Just Appointed Its First-Ever Crypto Czar

One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's leading officials on the cryptocurrency and token sale front just got a promotion.

Markets  ·  4 June 2018
ICOs

Crypto and Twitter: A Toxic Combination, A Troubling Future

Cryptocurrencies may offer solutions to a host of big problems, but for now, they're making issues with social media echo chambers worse.

Tech  ·  4 June 2018
Tokens

Save the World? Blockchain’s Big Dreams Come Back to Earth in DC

"It's about being demand driven instead of supply driven."

Business  ·  2 June 2018
Investments

Disillusioned Token Investors Demand Real Talk About Risk

Investors who are passionate about blockchain technology are growing frustrated with a lack of tangible progress on risk management at token projects.

Business  ·  31 May 2018
Investments

Headphones Maker Monster Is Quietly Planning A $300 Million ICO

A longstanding company in the consumer products business wants to fund its own distribution service with a giant ICO, hoping to lure peers to join it.

Markets  ·  30 May 2018