Bitcoin veterans are jumping into the token economy with new licenses and custody options.
UK Watchdog Welcomes First Crypto Startups to Regulatory Sandbox
The U.K.’s financial regulator is allowing startups focused on blockchain and crypto assets into its regulatory sandbox for the first time.
Keeping Ethereum’s Promise: CryptoKitties Is Embracing Open-Source
By moving to open-source more of the CryptoKitties codebase, the ethereum-based startup is making its project more of a true decentralized app.
Crypto Tourism Is Growing – For Better or Worse
From luxury cruises to Middle East startup tours, crypto enthusiasts are traveling the world, but it’s not always seen in a positive light.
IOST Blockchain Incubator Launches With $50 Million Fund
Bluehill, a startup incubator for global blockchain projects, launched on Thursday after raising $50 million to support the IOST ecosystem.
Ethereum Accelerator to Offer Crypto Coders Resources and ‘Reality Check’
A blockchain company known as a hub of startups is expanding its reach, launching a new San Francisco-based startup accelerator.
Tron Bought BitTorrent And Crypto Won’t Stop Talking
The founder of a smaller cryptocurrency called Tron is acquiring BitTorrent for $120 million and social media is alight over the real reason “why.”
Binance Backs Malta Stock Exchange’s Startup Accelerator
The Malta Stock Exchange announced today that Binance is backing the exchange’s newly launched program to support fintech startups and entrepreneurs.
Surprise KYC: Investors in Tezos’ Troubled ICO Might Finally Be Fed Up
After infighting brought months of delays, Tezos investors finally seemed about to receive their crypto tokens. Then something unexpected happened…
Crypto Startup Wala Is Reaching Real Africans with Ethereum Micropayments
Wala is using microraiden for high volume, low-value transactions off-chain.
Secret ASICs for the People: Obelisk Reveals Plan to Fight Big Miners
Chip manufacturers are making ASICs in secret, argues David Vorick. He wants new coin projects do the same – and to give those chips to the community.
Ripple Smart Contracts Creator Targets Ethereum with New Tech Launch
Three years after Ripple shelved Codius, Stefan Thomas is bringing the smart contract platform back to life with his eyes set on disrupting Ethereum.
Public or Private? Blockchain Distinctions Are Falling Out of Fashion
“Convergence” means different things to different people in the blockchain space. But it’s a word that’s cropping up again and again.
How Hodl Hodl Is Building a Real Business With Bitcoin Smart Contracts
In an era where many startups are taking more complex transactions to other blockchains, Hodl Hodl is focused on making them work on the bitcoin.
Taking Back Power: An Upstart Government Plans to Tokenize Energy
The plan is to incentivize solar power generation by circumventing rules inhibiting its adoption made by Madrid.
Leadership Shifts to Usher in New Era for Monero Cryptocurrency
New leaders with ambitious business strategies are on the rise within monero, seeking “usability for ordinary people.”
Chinese Blockchain Complex Offers Startups Millions in Subsidies
A new blockchain industrial park in China aims to attract talented individuals and startups by offering millions of dollars-worth of subsidies.
2017 Saw ‘Exponential’ Blockchain Startup Growth, Says China’s IT Ministry
Forty percent of all Chinese blockchain startups emerged in 2017 alone, according to a new report published by China’s IT Ministry
Nokia Is Letting Consumers Monetize Their Data with Blockchain
The long-anticipated launch of Streamr’s real-time data platform was accompanied by two high-profile partnership announcements.
Circle Becomes ‘Bitcoin Unicorn’ With Bitmain-Backed Mega-Round
Bitmain is investing big in blockchain firm Circle as part of an ambitious bid to clean up one of the more gray aspects of the crypto economy.