Former employees of cryptocurrency mining and manufacturing giant Bitmain who focused on bitcoin cash development are planning a new startup that will offer crypto financing-related services, CoinDesk has learned. According to two sources with knowledge of the matter, the former…
Seventy-three percent of U.K. consumers don’t know what a cryptocurrency is or are unable to define it, according to a new survey from the country’s financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Announced Thursday, the research indicates that those who are…
Kraken, one of the largest U.S.-based crypto exchanges with daily volume of around $100 million, has hired a Hollywood veteran to be its first chief marketing officer. Matt Mason spent the last four years as the studio head of 1-800-N0TH1NG, described on…
Children’s non-profit organization UNICEF is in talks with the government of Kyrgyzstan to leverage blockchain technology to provide Internet access to every school in the country. “We are at the early stages of exploring a blockchain-based solution for the Project…
ConsenSys-backed media startup Civil finally launched its CVL token today after months of delay. Many independent newsroom employees and Civil Media partners will now receive the token compensation packages they were promised in 2018, Civil Media CEO Matthew Iles told…
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is about to conduct a pilot for a blockchain-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) in preparation for its planned full rollout as a legal tender, possibly in 2020. For the initiative, the ECCB late last…
A Canadian judge has granted troubled exchange QuadrigaCX a bit more breathing room as it searches for nearly $140 million in missing cryptocurrencies. Judge Michael Wood, of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, said he was satisfied that a stay of…
TrustToken has announced a new partnership that it says will allow traders using its regulated stablecoin, TrueUSD (TUSD), to have a “real-time” view of the U.S. dollars backing the token. For the effort, the San Francisco-based firm has teamed up…
Cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi has launched a crypto deposit account that provides compound interest. Announcing the news on Tuesday, the firm said that the BlockFi Interest Account (BIA) is now live and offers customers an annual interest rate of 6 percent,…
Tether is gearing up to launch its controversial stablecoin as a native token on the Tron blockchain. For the effort, Tether is partnering with the Tron Foundation to launch the dollar-pegged USDT stablecoin as a TRC-20 token, the companies announced Monday.…