Use Cases & Verticals

Exchanges

Crypto Assets on Winklevoss Gemini Exchange Are Now Insured

Crypto exchange Gemini announced Wednesday it had gained insurance for all of its custodied digital assets.

Business  ·  3 October 2018
Banking

Ripple Grapples With Its $21 Billion ‘Gorilla’: Crypto Asset Adoption

Ripple's "800-pound gorilla" in the room is whether financial institutions will actually use cryptocurrencies in cross-border payments.

Business  ·  3 October 2018
Regulation

St. Louis Fed VP: A Private Crypto Could Solve the ‘Triffin Dilemma’

An economist with the St. Louis Federal Reserve said that cryptocurrencies could solve a problem faced by global currency reserves like the dollar.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 October 2018
Banks

Ripple Event Reveal: 3 Companies Are Now Using XRP for Real Payments

During Ripple's annual Swell conference, CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced three firms that will use XRP in commercial cross-border payments.

Business  ·  1 October 2018
ConsenSys

ConsenSys Invests $6.5 Million in Former R3 Exec’s Blockchain Startup

ConsenSys invested $6.5 million into DrumG, the blockchain startup founded by former R3 official Tim Grant.

Business  ·  1 October 2018
Crime

WSJ Investigation Alleges $88 Million Laundered Through 46 Crypto Exchanges

The Wall Street Journal claimed Friday that 46 crypto exchanges were used to launder nearly $90 million – with $9 million going through ShapeShift.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 September 2018
Regulation

US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Clarify ICO Regulations

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are asking SEC chair Jay Clayton to provide clarity on when token sales are classified as securities.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 September 2018
Tron

BitTorrent to Integrate Tron Tokens in New Incentive Model

BitTorrent users will soon be able to receive Tron's tokens as rewards for maintaining files online for extended periods of time.

Business  ·  28 September 2018
Payments

LINE Announces 5 Dapps in Push to Build Its Token Economy

LINE announced it would introduce a number of dapps in the coming weeks as part of an overarching effort to build up its own token economy.

Business  ·  28 September 2018
India

Dell Eyes Blockchain Investment to Boost Business Growth

Dell subsidiary Dell EMC is looking into blockchain technology as a way to draw more customers to its server business.

Business  ·  27 September 2018
Ether

Crypto Money Market Compound Lets You HODL and Earn

Compound, a crypto money market, launched today on ethereum. Now hodlers can earn interest on their crypto.

Business  ·  27 September 2018
Banking

How I Lost My Faith in Private Blockchains

It remains to be proven if permissioned blockchains provide a real business benefit at all. Take it from one who used to advise banks on them.

Business  ·  27 September 2018
Insurance

IBM Expands Blockchain Partnership With Insurance Broker Marsh

Professional services firm Marsh is launching a commercial insurance verification program on a blockchain in partnership with IBM.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 September 2018
Supply Chain

US Dairy Farmers to Trial Blockchain in Bid to Track Milk Products

The Dairy Farmers of America will trial a blockchain platform to track milk products, the company announced Tuesday.

Business  ·  26 September 2018
Regulation

A Major Regulatory Effort Is Brewing to Revive the US ICO Market

More than 80 representatives from a variety of cryptocurrency projects and companies spent four hours calling for clarity around ICOs and tokens.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 September 2018