Use Cases & Verticals

Bitcoin

Survey: Nearly 80% of Americans Have Heard of Bitcoin

A YouGov survey of roughly 1,200 Americans found that 48 percent of millennials are interested in using cryptocurrencies as a primary form of payment.

Business  ·  6 September 2018
Bitcoin

High Times Now Says It’s Accepting Crypto Payments For Its IPO

Despite previously telling the SEC it would not accept cryptocurrencies, High Times is accepting both bitcoin and ethereum for its IPO.

Business  ·  5 September 2018
News

XYZ: Ethereum Is Getting Another Popular Domain Name

The Ethereum Name Service has added support for .xyz domains, meaning users can now claim the URL for their wallets or other products on ethereum.

Business  ·  5 September 2018
Exchanges

Ripio Rolls Out Crypto-Powered Loans Across Latin America

Ripio is driving mainstream adoption among the unbanked of South America, offering crypto loans in Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil.

Business  ·  5 September 2018
Investments

Civic to Spend $43 Million In Tokens to Boost User Numbers

Civic needs a network of users, so it's offering free KYC for business partners and funding the effort with its reserve of tokens.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 September 2018
Exchanges

Crypto Wallet Abra Opens Door to More European Users

Crypto wallet provider Abra is integrating SEPA payments, allowing European customers to directly deposit funds.

Business  ·  4 September 2018
Cryptojacking

Firefox Plans to Block Crypto Mining Malware in Future Releases

Mozilla Firefox intends to add a function to block cryptomining scripts on websites by default in one of its upcoming releases.

Business  ·  31 August 2018
News

PwC Creates Digital Skills Program to Boost Internal Blockchain Expertise

Consultancy firm PwC is kicking off a new program aimed at improving the expertise of its employees on new technologies like blockchain.

Business  ·  31 August 2018
Regulation

OECD Event to Examine the Potential Impact of Blockchain

The intergovernmental economic organization plans to host an international conference on blockchain in September, its first ever.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 August 2018
Crime

Crypto Mining Attacks Soar in First Half of 2018

Instances of crypto-mining malware jumped by almost 1,000 percent in the year up to June 2018, according to a Trend Micro report.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 August 2018
Investments

$102 Million: A16z, Polychain Back Blockchain Project Dfinity’s Funding Round

A16z crypto and Polychain Capital lead a $102 million funding round for decentralized cloud foundation Dfinity.

Business  ·  29 August 2018
Tron

Tron Now Owns a Stake In BitTorrent Founder’s New Crypto Project

The peer-to-peer sharing company now owned by Tron's founder has a small stake in a soon-to-be-launched cryptocurrency protocol.

Business  ·  29 August 2018
Filecoin

Filecoin Looks to Mid-2019 for Blockchain Storage Network Launch

Blockchain storage startup Filecoin announced it would launch its mainnet sometime near the middle of next year.

Business  ·  28 August 2018
Startups

AP Inks Deal With Blockchain Media Startup Civil

The Associated Press is partnering with blockchain journalism startup Civil to license articles for different newsrooms.

Business  ·  28 August 2018
Coinbase

Coinbase Survey Shows 18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency

Students who want to change the world are attracted to blockchain education, a professor says.

Business  ·  28 August 2018