As a Brooklyn Nets player tokenizes his contract, are income share agreements poised to break out as one of crypto’s killer apps?
Data Provider Messari Closes $4 Million Funding Round
Messari’s funding round was led by Uncork Capital and joined by Coinbase Ventures and Balaji Srinivasan, among others.
Lock BTC, Get DAI: Lending Firm Bridges Bitcoin-DeFi Divide in Latin America
Ledn is partnering with MakerDAO to bring the ethereum-backed stablecoin DAI to more users in Latin America.
Ant Financial and Bayer to Jointly Develop Blockchain for Agriculture
Bayer Crop Science has agreed to work with Alibaba’s Ant Financial to develop a blockchain-based system for agricultural product monitoring.
Harbor Tokenizes Real Estate Funds Worth $100 Million on Ethereum
Harbor has created tokens on the ethereum blockchain representing the shares of four real estate funds worth $100 million.
Human-Trafficking Expert Urges US Congress to Regulate Crypto Miners
A former U.S. Treasury official urged Congress to regulate cryptocurrency miners in order to fight human trafficking.
Firearm Firm Wins Patent for Integrating Blockchain into ‘Black Box’ for Guns
A new solution adds a blockchain-based recording system to firearms.
I Was Reddit’s First (And Only) Cryptocurrency Engineer
Before his move to supporting Craig Wright’s bitcoin SV, Ryan X Charles describes his short-lived tenure at reddit and the trolls who made his life hell.
MPC Explained: The Bold New Vision for Securing Crypto Money
Cryptography advances are converging to help developers bring blockchain uses to their core decentralizing principles, writes Michael J. Casey.
Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features
An Egyptian web firm is building Dmail on Blockstack to bring bitcoin-friendly privacy tech to the Middle East.
At Blockchain Week, Maturity Is the Motto as Ethereum Organizations Push Toward 2.0 Upgrade
Improved relations between the Ethereum Foundation and ConsenSys point to a governance shift that could have major implications for the network’s goals.
My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More
The guy who coined the term “hodl” has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger.
Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords
The word “blockchain” isn’t used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?
The Blockchain Paradox
Blockchains offer potential solutions to deep-seated problems in society, but their own governance issues need to be solved first, writes Pindar Wong.
Polymath, Charles Hoskinson Team Up on Security Token Blockchain
Polymath is partnering with Charles Hoskinson to build a blockchain network specifically designed to support security tokens.
Ex-SoFI CEO’s Startup Closes $1 Billion Credit Line on a Blockchain
Figure Technologies, a fintech startup founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, has closed up to $1 billion “uncommitted” line of credit on a blockchain.
What’s Holding Back Bitcoin in Venezuela? This Group Is Investigating
The Open Money Initiative is bringing insights from Venezuela to help crypto startups make better tools for people in distressed economies.
Florincoin – the 2014 Altcoin You Don’t Remember – Is Attracting Real Users
An obscure cryptocurrency that first started getting noticed during the 2014 altcoin boom is showing itself a true diamond in the rough.
Buffet Calls Bitcoin a ‘Gambling Device’
Warren Buffet told reporters at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska that he still couldn’t support bitcoin.
DUST Adds Physical Products to the Blockchain
New diamond coatings promise to connect physical objects to blockchains. Now users of SAP’s cloud service can try it out.