John McAfee’s recent detention in Spain caps off a few weeks where crypto news feeds have been dusted with reports of regulator enforcement actions and bans, arrests, and an exchange hack.Crypto news hasn’t looked like this in a while. The terrain of the crypto sector may once have...
In the lead up to its major network upgrade Stargate, Cosmos (ATOM) has announced a three-month-long bug bounty with double rewards to improve the software’s robustness prior to release. The key Stargate upgrade will complete the original roadmap laid out in the Cosmos Whitepaper and will include the first...
International accounting firm KPMG has unveiled its blockchain based Climate Accounting Infrastructure (CAI) solution to help organizations measure, report, and offset their greenhouse gas emissions.CAI uses blockchain to securely store environmental data in a financial system as part of organizations’ climate risk assessments and asset valuations. It aims...
Blockchain-based social network and commerce platform CoinLinked plans to raise $5 million in a regulated security token offering (STO). The California tech company will allow accredited U.S. investors (Reg D) and qualified non-U.S. investors (Reg S) to participate in the Series A funding round.Launched in May this year...
Today, paying for purchases in cryptocurrencies no longer seems like something out of the ordinary. Many online stores accept Bitcoin (BTC) and other coins along with traditional currencies, while in some cafes, cryptocurrency holders can even pay using point-of-sale terminals.However, there is one thing that distinguishes traditional financial...
Coincheck, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan, is expanding its push into non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, with a new partnership with the developer of CryptoKitties.According to an Oct. 6 announcement, Coincheck has partnered with Dapper Labs, which developed one of the world’s most popular decentralized applications launched on...
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 on Tendermint, will allow users to book, register, and pay for Viator’s 395,000 global activities and experiences, using local...
Customers of the world-famous car manufacturer will soon be able to claim blockchain tokens as rewards as part of a new membership scheme, called BMW Vantage.The Korea Times reported on Oct. 7 that BMW Korea is the first branch in BMW Group to run a trial of the...
Proof-of-stake blockchain NEM (XEM) is preparing for a token migration in December alongside the public launch of the Symbol (XYM) blockchain.Speaking to Cointelegraph, NEM Group CIO and NEM Ventures managing director, Dave Hodgson, revealed that Symbol will host at least two products at launch.Symbol will host the Wave...
DeFi failed to catch on eight years ago, according to comments from Yoni Assia, founder and CEO of financial platform eToro."I think that DeFi is super interesting," Assia said on Oct. 6 during a panel on crypto exchanges and venture investments, as part of the LA Blockchain Summit."We actually built...
