#Platform News

GateHub Issues Update on $10 Million XRP Hack

June 13, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoins, Platform, wallet

GateHub has issued an update on the efforts to recover from the hack suffered earlier in June 2019. Hackers managed to steal about $10 million worth of XRP tokens from the cryptocurrency wallet platform. Apart from exchanges proper, bad actors continue to assail virtual currency custody providers in a bid...

Zilliqa’s Mainnet Token Swap is Finally Here

April 30, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Platform

After the mainnet launch in January 2019, Zilliqa (ZIL) is finally swapping ERC-20 tokens for its native blockchain token. Exchange support is live and phase one is complete with the likes of Binance and Upbit having successfully migrated tokens. All token swaps are being done on exchanges and the Moonlet...

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London Block Exchange Insolvent since 2018: Staff, Developers, and Creditors Owed Large Amounts

April 29, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Blockchain, Business, Exchange, News, Platform

Peter McCormack, the host of the What Bitcoin Did podcast, has alleged that London Block Exchange (LBX) has been insolvent since Autumn 2018. The staff has not been paid since December 2018, creditors are owed millions of GBP, and the employee pension deductions never reached the pension fund as they...

Russia’s Gazprom Integrates Blockchain Technology for Gas Supply

April 6, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Finance, News, Platform

Gazprom, a leading oil and gas company run by the Russian government, has announced the completion of a blockchain pilot that would enable the firm to use the nascent technology for recording gas contract details, reports local news source, Vestifinance on April 4, 2019. Gazprom Integrate Blockchain Technology Per sources...

Golem Introduces Open-Source Knowledge Portal

April 3, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Development, News, Platform

On April 2, 2019, blockchain project Golem introduced a new documentation platform that would vastly help lower the barriers of entry for people looking to get into the project. Razing the Entry Barriers Golem is a blockchain-powered project that allows users to monetize their idle CPU and GPU power in...

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Boost for Institutional Crypto Adoption as Coincheck Launches Bitcoin OTC Trading Desk

April 1, 2019 by Tom Nyarunda at Adoption, Business, Exchange, Finance, News, Platform

Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange announced on April 1, 2019, that it is launching a Bitcoin over-the-counter (OTC) desk for institutional investors. The new service enables large-scale players to buy and sell large amounts of cryptocurrencies swiftly. Initially Accepting Bitcoin The Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange reported via a blog post that institutional investors...

Unpacking the Economic Internet with Fetch.AI CTO Toby Simpson

March 29, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, Interviews, Platform

In the following interview, BTCManager caught up with Fetch.AI’s CTO Toby Simpson to get a better understanding of their project to empower IoT devices with economic agency. Things like a Tesla sports car, a dishwasher, a smartphone, and the predicted 20 billion devices that will exist in our world by...

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Free Virtual Workshop to Be Hosted By OpenNode and Blockstack

March 26, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Blockchain, Development, News, Platform

Great news for Dapp developers as OpenNode and Blockstack have announced on March 25, 2019, that they are teaming up to offer a free virtual workshop for interested participants. Learn the Ropes A lot of strides are being made in the progression of blockchain education such as with the Blockchain...

Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland to Supervise Cryptocurrency Exchange LocalBitcoins

March 26, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin, Business, News, Platform, Regulation

On March 25, 2019, international peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange platform LocalBitcoins announced through a blog post that it would soon come under the purview of the anti-money laundering (AML) law supervised by the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) of Finland. Legal Status in Finland Come November Countries the world over are...

An ICO That Never Launched Is now Trying its Luck on eBay

March 26, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Finance, ICO, News, Platform

An ICO project that ended up failing to launch is now being sold on eBay to anyone willing to pay $60,000 and make something out of it, as noted by Financial Times on March 25, 2019. An ICO for Sale Ivan Kumar, the mastermind behind the initial venture, is now...

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