Wallets

Exchanges

Binance Acquires Anonymous Mobile Wallet for Ethereum Tokens

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has acquired the open-source and anonymous mobile ethereum wallet Trust Wallet, it was announced Tuesday. 

Business  ·  31 July 2018
Bitcoin

Blockstack’s First Business App Wants to Help Employees Earn More Crypto

Misthos' new multi-signature bitcoin wallet for businesses aims to empower workers and democratize the setting of wages.

Business  ·  30 July 2018
Wallets

Crypto Wallet to Replace Private Keys With Encrypted QR Codes

Decentralized crypto wallet SafeWallet is launching a new QR code-based user identification system to replace mnemonic phrases and private keys.

Business  ·  27 July 2018
Wallets

PBoC Filings Reveal Big Picture for Planned Digital Currency

The continuing efforts by China's central bank to build a fully-featured digital currency product are revealed in its many patent filings.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 June 2018
Exchanges

IDG Backs Crypto Wallet imToken with $10 Million Investment

China-based crypto wallet startup imToken announced on Thursday that it has closed a $10 million Series A round fully funded by IDG Capital.

Business  ·  31 May 2018
Exchanges

BitGo Courts Wall Street With New Bitcoin Custody Products

Following its acquisition of a qualified custodian, BitGo is unveiling a new product suite Sunday designed to appeal to institutional investors.

Business  ·  14 May 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Lightning Payments Are Slowly Becoming Less ‘Reckless’

With luck, the lightning network will become a part of everyday life no one has to think about. We're not there yet.

Tech  ·  9 May 2018
Wallets

Blockchain Acquires Startup for San Francisco Expansion

Crypto wallet startup Blockchain.info is opening a San Francisco office as part of its scaling plans.

Markets  ·  2 May 2018
Exchanges

Abra Adds 18 New Cryptos for Mobile Investing

Mobile wallet startup Abra has today announced it is expanding the number of cryptocurrencies it supports to 20 from just two currently.

Business  ·  15 March 2018
Wallets

SBI Bank’s Venture Arm Invests In Crypto Wallet Creator

SBI Holdings, the financial services arm of the SBI Group, has bought a 40 percent stake in cryptocurrency hardware wallet maker CoolBitX.

Business  ·  5 March 2018
Wallets

Singapore Airlines to Launch Blockchain-Based Loyalty Wallet

Singapore's largest airline operator is turning to blockchain technology to boost spending of its loyalty program air miles.

Business  ·  5 February 2018
BitGo

BitGo Scores $43 Million as Crypto Goes Corporate

The maker of multi-signature cryptocurrency wallets turned profitable this year, as the institutional user base it had long courted finally arrived.

Business  ·  11 December 2017
Ethereum

Brain Freeze? Parity Bug Continues With No Easy Solution in Sight

With $160 million in funds frozen on the ethereum blockchain, a search for solutions is ongoing – if not altogether promising so far.

Tech  ·  24 November 2017
Hard Forks

What’s Next for Bitcoin Cash? Stopping User Fund Loss

Bitcoin cash may be vying for the top spot in bitcoin software, but it's still working to correct fundamental usability problems.

Tech  ·  22 November 2017
Ethereum

Friends Don’t Let Friends Do Bad Crypto

Our duty to users doesn't end when they leave our site or app. Behaviors learned from us guide interactions with other services, writes Dan Elitzer.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 November 2017