Australian-based blockchain company ShareRing has partnered with Tripadvisor experience marketplace Viator to allow users to pay for almost 400,000 tourism experiences with a variety of cryptocurrencies. The ShareRing platform, built…
Read moreBitcoin is one of the only sources of funding available for the “pirate” science site, Sci-Hub, which is quietly engaged in war against copyrights. Despite Bitcoin’s ability to disintermediate money…
Read moreEconomists at the Federal Reserve said an earlier version of Libra, the Facebook-linked stablecoin frequently targeted by lawmakers and central bankers as an economic wrecking ball, was unlikely to have…
Read moreSoftware firm BlackBerry and tech giant Intel have joined the fight against crypto-mining malware with the launch of a detection tool for Intel’s commercial PCs. Dubbed the the BlackBerry Optics…
Read moreXRP, the fourth-biggest digital asset by market value, has been left out of 2020’s rally in cryptocurrencies, marking the second straight year of underperformance compared with its larger and more…
Read moreCrypto trading platform CrossTower announced Monday that it had raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by European tech investor Gerard Lopez. CrossTower said its platform supports highly-active…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told crypto businesses it will need half a year to fully process applications before the hard deadline in January. The chief financial regulator announced…
Read moreNew Zealand police have seized NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in bank funds linked to Alexander Vinnik, a Russian alleged to have been the controller of the now-defunct BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange….
Read moreZhan Ketuan, the formerly-ousted Bitmain co-founder who returned to power earlier this month, is proposing a solution to end the firm’s internal war. In a letter Sunday, Zhan, who as…
Read moreSecuritize Japan became the first global token issuance platform to join the Japan Security Token Offering Association (JSTOA), the company announced Thursday. The Japanese subsidiary of U.S.-based Securitize, the company…
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