Telegram says it will not integrate TON Blockchain and a Gram cryptocurrency wallet into its messenger app for now Techmeme · 1 week ago
Profile of Rune Christensen, the leader of MakerDAO, a decentralized finance project providing trustless loans, now backed by ~$312M worth of ethereum Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Hedera Hashgraph, which has raised $100M+ in 2018 ICO, asks investors to wait longer for purchased tokens, to help stabilize their cratering price Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Keybase CEO says an onslaught of spammers derailed an airdrop of Stellar coins for Keybase users, initially pitched as a ~$120M giveaway Techmeme · 1 month ago
Australian Securities Exchange is working with Digital Asset to convert part of its settlement process to blockchain, invests in the startup's $35M Series C Techmeme · 1 month ago
Cofounders of US bitcoin derivatives exchange LedgerX, CEO and COO Paul and Juthica Chou, placed on administrative leave by Ledger Holdings' board of directors Techmeme · 1 month ago
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appoints Republican Kelly Loeffler, CEO of Intercontinental Exchange subsidiary Bakkt, to the state's US Senate seat, starting Jan. 2020 Techmeme · 1 month ago
Korean crypto exchange Upbit confirms it has lost 342K of ether worth ~$49M, suspends deposits/withdrawals, says losses will be covered with its own assets Techmeme · 2 months ago
Protests in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Iran show bitcoin's limitations, as governments cut off internet, disrupting access to global exchanges and limiting liquidity Techmeme · 2 months ago
Brooklyn-based ICO promoter behind REcoin, charged by the SEC in 2017, is sentenced in federal court to 18 months for conspiring to commit securities fraud Techmeme · 2 months ago
Square says it processed $148M in Q3 bitcoin sales, up 244% YoY, for a profit of $2M, flat QoQ, and debuts new fee structure for Cash App bitcoin transactions Techmeme · 2 months ago
Microsoft unveils Azure Blockchain Tokens, a platform for minting enterprise-ready crypto tokens Techmeme · 2 months ago
Internal email to staff: Beijing-based bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has abruptly ousted co-founder and executive director Micree Ketuan Zhan Techmeme · 3 months ago
Following Xi Jinping's speech urging adoption of blockchain tech, the CPC releases a decentralized app for members to attest their loyalty on a blockchain Techmeme · 3 months ago
Sources: after SEC injunction, Telegram Open Network ICO investors extended the deadline for the TON token launch from the end of October to April 30 Techmeme · 3 months ago
SEC, CFTC, and FDIC join the Global Financial Innovation Network, an international alliance led by UK's FCA to coordinate policies on cryptocurrencies, more Techmeme · 3 months ago
After buying Poloniex in 2018 for $400M, Circle spins it out into Polo Digital Assets, backed by an unnamed Asian firm, says it won't serve US customers anymore Techmeme · 3 months ago
MediaLab, a holding company that owns the Whisper app, buys Kik messenger from Kik Interactive, which now focuses on development of Kin cryptocurrency Techmeme · 3 months ago
US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Largest’ Child Porn Site Hacker News · 3 months ago
China Construction Bank says its blockchain-based platform for factoring and forfaiting services has processed $53B+ in transactions since April 2018 Techmeme · 3 months ago
The IRS publishes its first guidance in five years for calculating taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings, clearing up how hard forks should be treated Techmeme · 3 months ago
At Devcon 5, Ethereum's premier conference, Ethereum's creators admit that the original blockchain was never meant to scale and discuss how to get to Eth 2 Techmeme · 3 months ago
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance creates a system of trusted reward tokens backed by Microsoft and Intel, to incentivize teamwork in consortiums of companies Techmeme · 3 months ago
Skale Labs, parent to Skale Network, which develops a scalable and elastic blockchain network, raises $17.1M from Arrington XRP Capital and others Techmeme · 4 months ago
Block.one settles with the SEC for $24M in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale; Block.one had raised ~$4.1B via ICO over a one-year period Techmeme · 4 months ago
Korean exchange Upbit says it is delisting six "privacy coins" including Monero, Dash, and Zcash following June's FATF guidance and a similar delisting by OKEx Techmeme · 4 months ago
Following JPMorgan's JPM Coin, Wells Fargo announces plans to pilot a US dollar-linked stablecoin for internal settlement beginning next year Techmeme · 4 months ago
Winklevoss' crypto exchange Gemini launches Gemini Custody, a custody service targeting financial institutions, with support for 18 cryptocurrencies Techmeme · 4 months ago
Filing: Blockstack raised $15.5M from its SEC-approved token offering under Reg A+, and another $7.6M in a separate token offering in Asia under Reg S Techmeme · 4 months ago
Binance launches a USD-backed stablecoin in the US in partnership with Paxos after receiving approval from NY regulators Techmeme · 4 months ago
Elliptic, which uses AI to trace and locate suspicious transactions on blockchains, raises $23M Series B led by Tokyo-based financial institution SBI Holdings Techmeme · 5 months ago
Source: judge rules Craig Wright must turn over half of his bitcoin holdings and IP from before 2014 to the estate of Dave Kleiman in $10B lawsuit filed in 2018 Techmeme · 5 months ago
Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain announces a partnership with BitPay to integrate BitPay's payment architecture into its wallet service Techmeme · 5 months ago
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten launches crypto exchange for trading in bitcoin, ether, and bitcoin cash, via an Android app, with no fees for making trades Techmeme · 5 months ago
IRS sends out letters warning taxpayers that data it received from crypto exchanges shows they owe taxes related to trades over the past several years Techmeme · 5 months ago
Bakkt says it plans to launch its physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts on Sept. 23, after getting approval from NY state's financial regulator Techmeme · 5 months ago
CipherTrace: $3.1B may have been stolen through cryptocurrency exit scams and another $874M in misappropriated funds in 2019 Techmeme · 5 months ago
Sources: Coinbase and Barclays end UK partnership, started in early 2018; Coinbase partners with ClearBank, which may have asked the exchange to drop Zcash Techmeme · 5 months ago
IBM is the first major tech company to back Hedera Hashgraph, which claims its distributed ledger tech is faster and more secure than current blockchains Techmeme · 5 months ago
Coinbase tells UK customers to convert their Zcash to other coins or move it to external wallets, otherwise it will automatically convert to pounds on Aug. 26 Techmeme · 5 months ago
District judge rules that Coinbase must face a negligence lawsuit from customers who bought bitcoin cash, following its allegedly botched listing in 2017 Techmeme · 5 months ago
Berlin-based Bitwala, which offers a crypto banking service with a built-in bitcoin wallet, debit card, and trading options, raises €13M Series A Techmeme · 6 months ago
Sources: Chinese importers in Russia buy ~$30M worth of tether, a USD pegged crypto coin, every day, to send large sums of money back home Techmeme · 6 months ago
US files ~$100M lawsuit against BTC-e crypto exchange and a co-owner for alleged crimes including conspiracy, money laundering, and unlawful money transactions Techmeme · 6 months ago
Coinbase's VP of Engineering Tim Wagner is leaving the exchange after just over a year at the company; two other senior engineering employees are also leaving Techmeme · 6 months ago
Bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain launches PIT, its first crypto exchange, which is based in London and able to trade up to 26 assets Techmeme · 6 months ago
Solana raises $20M Series A led by Multicoin Capital for its speed-focused blockchain, which, it says, processes 50K transactions/second on a 200-node testnet Techmeme · 6 months ago
Robert A. Cohen, the SEC's Cyber Unit chief, will step down in August; Cohen had led several investigations into ICOs Techmeme · 6 months ago