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 · 3 days 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 · 4 days 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 · 6 days ago
CipherTrace: $3.1B may have been stolen through cryptocurrency exit scams and another $874M in misappropriated funds in 2019 Techmeme · 1 week 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 · 1 week 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 · 1 week 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 · 1 week 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 · 1 week 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 · 3 weeks 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 · 3 weeks 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 · 3 weeks 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 · 3 weeks 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 · 3 weeks 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 · 3 weeks ago
Robert A. Cohen, the SEC's Cyber Unit chief, will step down in August; Cohen had led several investigations into ICOs Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Berlin-based Fundament gets regulator's approval for $280M tokenized real-estate-backed bond offering on ethereum blockchain, which is open to retail investors Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Mercedes Benz parent company Daimler partners with blockchain company Riddle & Code to create a hardware crypto wallet for the auto industry Techmeme · 1 month ago
Amid mounting regulatory pressures in the US, Circle says its Poloniex exchange will service non-US customers, ~70% of its users, out of a new Bermuda office Techmeme · 1 month ago
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it was hacked for $32M in crypto assets, of which $23M belonged to its customers Techmeme · 1 month ago
Coinsquare, a Canadian crypto exchange, buys a controlling stake in payments software startup Just Cash to bring crypto transactions to non-bank ATMs in the US Techmeme · 2 months ago
Metronome says its MET tokens can now be moved between Ethereum and Ethereum Classic blockchains, a feature that started rolling out last week Techmeme · 2 months ago
Walmart China uses VeChainThor blockchain to show customers the path a food product took, from its source to the shelves, with 23 product lines listed now Techmeme · 2 months ago
CoinMarketCap acquihires the team of Hashtag Capital, which started as a crypto trading fund, to improve the easily faked volume-weighted crypto price estimates Techmeme · 2 months ago
TaTaTu, after raising $575M from royals and celebs in a private 2018 ICO for its blockchain-based Netflix-like service, now says it is not a blockchain business Techmeme · 2 months ago
Israeli crypto startup Orbs says it's working with the Trump administration on blockchain tech to manage economic aid and investments for the Palestinian people Techmeme · 2 months ago
Crypto exchange Kraken, a regulated platform for spot and futures trading, raises $13.5M from 2,263 participants in an online round at a $4B+ valuation Techmeme · 2 months ago
Report: QuadrigaCX CEO transferred customers' funds to his personal accounts on other cryptocurrency exchanges, effectively stealing $200M Techmeme · 2 months ago
FATF says its members, including US and EU countries, should adopt regulations within 12 months requiring crypto exchanges share customer info when moving funds Techmeme · 2 months ago
Microsoft and Salesforce have joined the Hyperledger blockchain consortium, an umbrella project for various business blockchains run by the Linux Foundation Techmeme · 2 months ago
Facebook announces an independent consortium, Libra Association, with 28 founding members including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, Lyft, Coinbase, and others Techmeme · 2 months ago
Sources: FINRA has stalled for months in responding to roughly 40 applications from companies needing licenses for dealing in crypto assets in US Techmeme · 2 months ago
Sources: as Stellar and others refused to partner and MobileCoin refused to sell, Facebook hired several dozen blockchain experts for several million/year each Techmeme · 2 months ago
Binance says it is setting up a US trading platform in partnership with FinCEN-registered BAM Trading Services, but offers no timeline for its launch Techmeme · 2 months ago
Blockchain-based mobile voting platform Voatz, which held a pilot program with 24 counties in West Virginia during the midterms, raises $7M Series A Techmeme · 3 months ago
SEC is suing Kik for allegedly running an unregistered securities sale when it launched an ICO for its kin token in 2017 Techmeme · 3 months ago
Chat app Kik launches a crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court fight with SEC over its 2017 ICO, says it's spent $5M so far and pledges $5M more in BTC Techmeme · 3 months ago
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is taking Sequoia Capital China back to court for allegedly harming his reputation after its case against him was dismissed Techmeme · 3 months ago
Dutch authorities seize the bitcoin transaction mixer bestmixer.io, accusing it of money laundering, say it is the first such takedown Techmeme · 3 months ago
Proxima Media, founded by Hollywood producer Ryan Kavanaugh, says it has raised $100M for Proxicoin, a token that enables fractional ownership of film projects Techmeme · 3 months ago
Coinbase says Coinbase Commerce, its app to help merchants easily accept crypto, has exceeded $50M in transactions since launching in February 2018 Techmeme · 3 months ago
Circle, which owns trading platform Poloniex, equity crowdfunding site SeedInvest, and the USDC stablecoin with Coinbase, lays off ~30 people, ~10% of its staff Techmeme · 3 months ago
Brian Armstrong says Coinbase Custody, which launched about a year ago, has $1B in assets under management, with 70 institutions using the service Techmeme · 3 months ago
Coinbase says it is expanding trading in the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC to 85 nations globally Techmeme · 3 months ago
Satoshi's Treasure scavenger hunt has 60K people signed up in less than a month, with teams as large as 600, searching for clues to access $1M worth of bitcoin Techmeme · 3 months ago
Binance says it discovered a "large scale security breach", with hackers withdrawing ~$41M in bitcoin and taking user API keys, 2FA codes, and potentially more Techmeme · 4 months ago
QEDIT, which uses zero-knowledge proofs to enhance the privacy of enterprise blockchains, raises $10M Series A from MizMaa Ventures, Ant Financial, others Techmeme · 4 months ago