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Tokensoft, a digital securities platform for enterprises and financial institutions, has used blockchain tech to distribute equity to investors in a $4 million funding round. The seed round, which commenced in July 2018, was co-led by Base10 and e.ventures, with Coinbase Ventures and Fidelity-affiliate Avon Ventures also participating. The investors receive a digital representation of […]
Major cryptoasset exchange Coinbase claims that although most of its users initially favor bitcoin (BTC), the vast majority also go on to trade altcoins and other digital assets. In a blog post, the platform claimed, “Among customers with at least five purchases, 60% start with bitcoin but just 24% stick exclusively to BTC.” It means that 60% of BTC […]
The market sentiment cut its string of gradual, week-per-week growth. After four weeks of minor upward movements, and last week’s break into the 5-6 score level with a sentscore of 5.27, this Monday the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins dropped slightly to 5.2/10, as measured by crypto market sentiment […]
Banking giant JPMorgan has offered mixed signals when it comes to their thoughts on cryptocurrencies, with the bank’s CEO frequently bashing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, despite offering their own intra-bank digital asset dubbed JPM Coin that is built upon the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Now, it appears the JPMorgan could be dipping its toes into the […]
After three months since the initial announcement, the challenge to get one million developer to build on Ethereum (ETH) is now officially on. Last October, as reported, at the Devcon 5 conference held by the Ethereum Foundation, Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of blockchain company ConsenSys, announced the mission to get 1 million developers on this platform by […]
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the standards group where finance and other industries explore private versions of ethereum technology, has launched a testing ground to bring about certified, branded and harmonized business uses by the end of 2020. The EEA TestNet will operate as a pre-certification sandbox, where forks of ethereum can be standardized according […]
Crypto lending startup BlockFi now supports litecoin and dollar-backed stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) on its platform, enabling users to earn interest on, trade and receive loans backed by the assets. The initial annual percentage yield on the assets will be 8.6 percent for USDC and 3.78 percent for litecoin. In 2020, the company aims to […]
2019 has been a historic year for cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Global state leaders such as President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and the President of the United States Donald Trump have made public statements addressing the dynamics of this revolutionary tech. Traditional tech companies such as messaging app giant Telegram and social media giant Facebook have made bold promises […]
Warner Music is collaborating with Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, to create a new blockchain called Flow. According to a story in Forbes Thursday, Dapper Labs has garnered $11 million in funding for the project, including investment from Warner. The round is led by Andreessen Horowitz, with other major venture firms like Union Square Ventures, […]
Yesterday’s crypto market carnage saw over $20 billion in USD value wiped out from the total crypto market capitalization. The dump affected nearly all crypto assets, including Ethereum, EOS, and Litecoin – even Bitcoin, which has maintained support despite altcoins collapsing around it. But new data shows that it may have been altcoins collapsing that dragged down Bitcoin. A side-by-side comparison […]