Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks has announced his resignation from the company, citing "strategic differences" as a main reason for stepping down. This marks an abrupt change of plans after just weeks ago he had been promoted to co-CEO alongside Binance's current CEO Changpeng Zhao; something that was hailed by...
Amazon has not been one to shy away from innovation, as they have recently hinted that cryptocurrencies may soon be accepted. The company is looking to expand their payment options by allowing Bitcoin for purchases, as they are hiring a digital currency and blockchain product lead This move will appeal...
Square is looking to create a new business dedicated to DeFi aka "decentralized finance" applications. The projects will rely on smart contracts that are executed without the need for third parties like banks or other financial entities in order to conduct transactions of any kind, including lending and borrowing money...
Cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has announced the launch of their new marketplace for Non Fungible Tokens, where users can buy and sell unique digital works of art. The creators will be able to take advantage of an economy that is booming in recent times with billions worth being exchanged across a...
The prominent figure in IT world, Facebook CEO – Mark Zuckerberg recently made comments on how blockchain based authentication system for user data can eliminate usage of the third-party systems. In an interview with Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain on Feb. 20, Zuckerberg quoted that use case involving a blockchain system...
Korea’s major energy sector company KEPCO to launch Blockchain based environment-friendly Micro Grid. As published on the official press release, the company is reportedly working on ‘KEPCO Open MG Project’. Along with blockchain company intends to harness other innovative technologies for the purported “Open MG” project. Essentially, the building...
Columbia University one of the leading universities in New York city has now collaborated with IBM to Launch Blockchain Accelerator Program for Startups. According to a Press Release By IBM, the tech giant announced on Monday that this Accelerator Program will offer support to entrepreneurs and blockchain network founders. A...
A Chinese Blockchain firm, Xunlei has published its Q3 financial report where they have mentioned having an increase of revenue up to $45.3 Million in 2018. The Firm has started since 2013, According to their data published they compare from Q3 of 2016 to 2017 where there was an...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made a recent announcement on filing security charges on two well-known ICO startups. Namely CarrierEQ Inc., also known as Airfox, and Paragon Coin Inc who made their debut in the crypto industry via crowdfunding process in the last year. The two ICOs were...
The Japans’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) had held a meeting to plan regulation on cryptocurrency wallets and its services. Some months back we had seen that the FSA of Japan is going to tighten the rules and regulations for crypto exchanges. This was due to the number of hacks...
With Bitcoin Cash(BCH) hard fork approaching closer, Bitfinex has announced to introduce ‘Chain Split Tokens’. This strategy is perhaps essentially to mitigate market fluctuation, says crypto exchange. Its evident that the fork will result in Bitcoin Cash ABC and Bitcoin Cash SV and also the market might witness a...
