VC Trade, the crypto exchange launched by SBI Holdings, is integrating new tech to help it comply with new international KYC standards.
Overstock’s tZERO Patents Tech for Recording Trades on Public Blockchains
Security token trading platform tZERO has been awarded a U.S. patent for a method of recording trading data on public blockchains.
Cosmos Will Have 3 Coding Languages. Here’s Why That Matters for Ethereum
Ethereum rival Cosmos will offer users the choice of coding in at least three different programming languages for smart-contract development.
Ethereum Foundation Director’s New Role to Help Business Use Public Blockchain
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has appointed the executive director of the Ethereum Foundation to help drive its new “Mainnet Initiative.”
A Battle Between Bitcoin Wallets Has Big Implications for Privacy
Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai announced last Thursday that its primary competitor, Wasabi Wallet, is the target of an ongoing network attack.
Litecoin Just Halved Its Crypto Rewards for Miners
Litecoin, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, has just reduced its block reward for miners by half.
Mastercard Is Building a Team to Develop Crypto, Wallet Projects
Payments giant Mastercard is seeking to hire several blockchain execs to lead cryptocurrency and digital wallet projects.
AWS Backs $100,000 Competition to ‘Change the Face of Blockchain’
Amazon Web Services, the Ethereum Foundation and others hope to help solve a key problem for blockchains via a new competition.
Walmart Wants to Patent a Stablecoin That Looks a Lot Like Facebook Libra
Retail giant Walmart has applied for a cryptocurrency patent that bears some similarities to the Libra token proposed by Facebook in mid-June.
Coders Are Trying to Connect Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to Ethereum
Blockade Games says it has successfully bridged the two networks by sending a bitcoin lightning transaction to trigger an ethereum smart contract.
Zooko Wilcox Pushes for New Developer Fund to Support Zcash
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has called for the creation of a new “Dev Fund” to support the operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.
‘Building’ Bitcoin’s Software Just Got a Bit More Trustless
There’s a bit less trust now needed when developers compile the software at the heart of bitcoin.
What the Next 4 Years of Ethereum Look Like
Ethereum celebrated its fourth birthday yesterday. Here’s what insiders had to say about the blockchain’s next four.
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Adds Wallet App from Blockchain Phone Rival Pundi X
The blockchain smartphone makers are working together to boost crypto adoption, with Pundi X’s wallet being added to the Galaxy S10’s options.
Multicoin Leads $20 Million Round for Speed-Focused Solana Blockchain
Claiming it can handle many more transactions per second than existing blockchains, Solana has raised capital to ramp up development.
Lightning Labs Designs Monitoring Tool for ‘Layer 2’ Bitcoin Network
The lightning network, seen as the future of bitcoin payments, is now a bit easier to monitor. This Wednesday, Lightning Labs released a new network analysis tool dubbed “Lndmon” that bitcoin lightning network users can use to pull up data about the state of their node and the rest of the network. The offering features […]
MIT Fellow Accuses Facebook of ‘Lifting’ His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency
MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year.
What It’s Like to Review Bitcoin’s Code
CoinDesk dives deep into the complex process of reviewing code for the Bitcoin Core software.
Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin’s ‘Notoriously Unreliable’ Testnet
Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin’s test network.
Korea’s Biggest Credit Card Firm Wins Patent for Blockchain Credit System
Shinhan Card has been granted a patent for a blockchain payment system that could reportedly do away with physical credit cards.