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ShipChain Blockchain Firm Slapped with Cease-and-Desist Order in South Carolina

May 25, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Ethereum, Finance, News, Regulation

Regulatory authorities in the United States are not relenting in their efforts to sanitize the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In one such operation, the South Carolina Attorney General’s office has issued a cease-and-desist order to ShipChain for running afoul of its statutes by selling unregistered securities. Operation Securities Sweep Per the notice...

Lightspeed Ventures Set to Launch a Crypto Investment Fund

May 23, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Business, Finance, News

Lightspeed Venture Partners is set to become the latest addition to Silicon Valley’s growing interest in blockchain endeavors. The top-tier VC firm is now explicitly investigating how to create a new cryptocurrency investment project. Lightspeed has a specific focus on investments centered on enterprise technology, consumer, and cleantech markets. As...

Placeholder VC Puts Money on Decred to Rival Bitcoin

May 22, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, Finance, News, Tech

Digital currency investment capital firm Placeholder VC has invested in Decred, a digital currency that works on the hybrid of proof of work and proof of stake consensus. Chris Burniske, who was the author of cryptocurrency valuation book ‘Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond’ is a partner...

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New Cryptocurrency Will Grow the Economy by Making it Easy to Print Your Own Money

May 22, 2018 by Guest Post at ICO/IEO, Press Releases

Driven by debt and unpopular taxation, the American and French revolutions changed the course of human history. Today, a quieter but nonetheless equally transformative revolution is taking place as more people around the world are starting to use digital cryptocurrencies. But while cryptos let you hedge against the value of...

Ark ETF Sells Most of Its Bitcoin Due to Poor Performance and Regulation

May 21, 2018 by contributor at Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

Bitcoin’s rise as an investment tool, which often supersedes its popularity as a digital means of payment, has resulted in the creation of several digital currency financial products. Among them is a feature of the traditional financial markets, the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which allows investors to track and invest...

What is EOS and is it a Good Investment?

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia’s CFO Quits To Join EOS VC Firm

May 21, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Finance, News

The chief financial officer of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Rob Jesudason, is resigning to join a blockchain startup based in Hong Kong known as Block.one as the chief operating officer and president. Block.one is the startup backing the EOS (EOS) virtual currency which is currently the fifth largest in...

Bitcoin Miner Puts Billboard Outside Buffett’s Office

May 21, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, News

Bitcoin skeptic Warren Buffet is goaded by Mining firm that put in place a billboard saying “Maybe you’re wrong about bitcoin.” Bitcoin came into the scene in 2009 and since then, and it has continued to grow steadily. With its highs and lows, it is getting new converts daily which...

CFTC Chairman to Senators on Bitcoin: “We owe it to this new generation to respect their interest”

Consensus 2018: U.S. Authorities Poised to Regulate the Cryptocurrency Industry Without Killing Innovation

May 18, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Commentary, Finance, News, Regulation, Tech

United States regulators present at the Consensus 2018 conference have made it clear that they are trying as much as they can to sanitize the crypto space by formulating policies that would protect investors and boost growth in the nascent digital currency ecosystem. The SEC and ICOs Highly reputable officials...

USDT Killer? Circle Announces USDC and Raises $110 Mn in Series E Funding

USDT Killer? Circle Announces USDC and Raises $110 Million in Series E Funding

May 17, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Business, Finance, News

Bitmain has led a $110 million investment in Circle Internet Financial, in a funding round that values the company at $3 billion. Circle has also announced plans to launch USDC, a stable coin pegged to USD. Circle Bitmain Partnership The investment is the largest ever raised by a cryptocurrency or...

Texas Regulator Issues Emergency Cease-and-Desist to Houston-based Crypto Firm

May 17, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Business, Crime, Finance, News, Regulation

On May 15, 2018, the Texas State Securities Board entered into an emergency cease-and-desist order against cryptocurrency investment firm Wind Wide Coin for illegal, deceptive, and fraudulent behavior. Blowing in the Wind Wide Coin Scam The Houston-based firm was illegally offering a securitized cryptocurrency program while engaging in misleading practices....

AITrading Introduces ERC-20 Token for New Wealth Management Platform

May 16, 2018 by Guest Post at ICO/IEO

AITrading is holding a crowdsale to build a platform based on blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to aid experienced and novice traders alike, as well as banks, brokers, and third-party providers. An ERC-20 token will be offered to investors, AITT, which will fund the ecosystem and act as...

Coinbase to Offer Custodial Service for Institutional Investors

Coinbase Announces the Launch of New Products for Institutional Investors

May 16, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

The cryptocurrency market is expanding every day with new developments popping up from time to time. The market has in recent times, welcomed more sophisticated institutional participants. More traditional financial institutions, companies, business organizations, have embraced cryptocurrency and many use it as one of the payment options. Coinbase, a digital...

Billionaire Investor Draper Says Bitcoin Is Most Secure Place to Store Money

May 15, 2018 by Joseph Young at Bitcoin, Commentary, Crime, Finance, News, Tech

On CNBC’s Closing Bell, billionaire investor Tim Draper, who has funded some of the most successful technology companies to date such as SpaceX, Tesla, and Uber, stated that bitcoin is the most secure place to store money due in part to the gaps in security of banking systems which major...

Curing the Real Estate Website Headache

May 14, 2018 by Guest Post at Altcoins, Business, News, Tech

All real estate websites are not created equal. With 43 percent of homebuyers starting their home search online and 92 percent of them using the internet is some way, agents must find a way to compete on a high level. Real estate agents aren’t typically technology people, and their lack...

Statue of Liverty with a Bitcoin Torch illuminating New York

Legal Bitcoin Advisory Opens in New York to Guide New Investors

May 12, 2018 by contributor at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, Tech

Pierre Rochard, the self-proclaimed “bitcoin maximalist,” is often overlooked due to his notorious tweets against alternate currency fans. The accountant turned software engineer does feel, however, it’s hollow to call out bitcoin maximalists as “ignorant” to other currencies and disagrees with the fact that this group feels only one coin...

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