Bitcoin Broker River Financial Announces $5.7M Seed RoundThe San Francisco-based Bitcoin financial services firm announced it had raised $5.7M in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital.Jun 18, 2020Turner Wright
BTC Investors Bullish Even as Bitcoin Price Is Below $10K — On-Chain DataBitcoin price is pinned below $10K but on-chain data and market correlations show investors remain bullish.Jun 18, 2020António Madeira
Zoom Will Offer End-to-End Encryption to All UsersThe video conference app will launch its end-to-end encryption in July 2020 in a beta stage for both free and paid users.Jun 18, 2020Felipe Erazo
77% of Bitcoin Volume Is Generated by Boomers for This Bitcoin BrokerBaby boomers are responsible for the 77% of volume growth for a San Franciscan Bitcoin broker.Jun 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
Fed Chair on CBDC: ‘We Need to Understand It First and Best’ — But Is He Too Late?The Fed is looking at issuing a central bank digital currency, but can’t point to any concrete progress.Jun 17, 2020Kollen Post
Civic to Launch Vaccination-Proofing Tool on Apple & Google App StoresCivic Technologies’s new app will act as both a vaccination proofing tool and a wallet for crypto.Jun 17, 2020Ting Peng
Well-Known Ransomware Gang Strikes Three Companies in the US and CanadaREvil’s ransomware group begins campaign of leaking sensitive data from three companies.Jun 17, 2020Felipe Erazo
Price Analysis 6/17: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, ADA, CROBitcoin price is struggling to overtake $9.6K even as Federal Reserve policy appears to be driving new investors into BTC.Jun 17, 2020Rakesh Upadhyay
Decred Co-Founder: CBDCs Can Facilitate Crony CapitalismCo-founder of Decred believes that the CBDCs could create greater information asymmetries that would benefit ruling elites.Jun 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
Online Fantasy Sports Company Recognizes Ransomware Attack in SEC FilingDraftKing reveals that a ransomware attack was behind the latest cybersecurity incident of SBTech.Jun 17, 2020Felipe Erazo
Vitalik: Ethereum Supply Is 40M Lower Than Originally ExpectedVitalik Buterin pointed out that 40 million fewer Ether has been mined today than was envisioned five years ago.Jun 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
BlackBerry Partners With Intel to Launch a Cryptojacking Detection SystemBlackBerry releases crypto mining and cryptojacking detection software focused on computers running Windows 10.Jun 17, 2020Felipe Erazo
Akon’s Crypto City Moves Ahead Awarding $6B Construction ContractA U.S. engineering firm awarded singer and entrepreneur Akon with a $6 billion contract to build a crypto city in Senegal.Jun 17, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
New Head of US Bank Regulator Talks Bringing Crypto to DC With CointelegraphNew acting head of U.S. bank regulator talks about innovation expands financial inclusion and the government’s role in building frameworks for crypto.Jun 17, 2020Kollen Post
Ubisoft Launches Blockchain-Based Collectables to Support UNICEFThe gaming giant released blockchain-based Rabbids tokens that will gather funds for UNICEF.Jun 17, 2020Felipe Erazo
Telegram Founder Chastises Facebook & Instagram for Allowing Scams to ThriveTelegram founder Pavel Durov admonishes Facebook and Instagram for generating ad revenue from scams that are being promoted from his name.Jun 17, 2020Michael Kapilkov
Expert: News of Chinese Banks’ Crypto Crackdown Greatly ExaggeratedLast Monday, Chinese media reported that police in Guangdong froze thousands of bank accounts belonging to over-the-counter traders.Jun 17, 2020Hisashi Oki
Decentralized Tech Can Protect Activists From Social Media CrackdownsAs protests against police brutality continue in the U.S., privacy advocates warn of the risks posed by centralized social media platforms.Jun 17, 2020Jonathan DeYoung
After Raising $20M in 2017, ATBCoin Claims It Can’t Afford a $250,000 SettlementATBCoin has claimed that it is unable to pay a $250,000 settlement to a lawsuit over its $20 million ICO, prompting calls from the plaintiffs for the court to enforce the agreement.Jun 17, 2020Samuel Haig
“XRP is Not a Security” Says Ex-CFTC Chairman, Now Paid by RippleChris Giancarlo, who as CFTC chairman decreed that both Bitcoin and Ether were not securities, has argued the same for XRP. However he is now at a law firm providing counsel to Ripple, calling the impartiality of such claims into question.Jun 17, 2020Jack Martin
How Cryptocurrency Can Help in Paying Universal Basic IncomeThe utopian idea of universal basic income — which has been with humanity for at least half a millenia — can become real with digital currency.Jun 17, 2020Alex Axelrod
Crypto-Ransomware Attacks Are Spreading Like a Hacking WildfireWith ransomware attacks up 200% in the last two years, Cointelegraph looks at some of the methods bad actors are employing and how to avoid them.Jun 17, 2020Will Heasman
Agents of Influence: He Who Controls The Blockchain, Controls The CryptoverseBitcoin and Ethereum are decentralized protocols. But how do they defend against the inevitability of human nature, if we accept that it is the destiny of some to lead, and the fate of others to be led?Jun 17, 2020Andrew Singer
South Korea’s Finance Minister Confirms Plan to Tax CryptocurrencyAlthough scant on details, South Korea’s finance minister has confirmed that taxes will be imposed on cryptocurrency in the country.Jun 17, 2020Jack Martin
Alleged Ponzi Scheme Sent the $5 Million in Ether Gas FeesThe origin of the abnormal Ether transactions that paid more than $5 million in gas fees seems to be Korean “exchange” GoodCycle.Jun 17, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Bitcoin Whales Sell Bitcoin on Quiet Exchanges for ‘Attention,’ Says AnalystExchanges’ fund flow ratio casts the spotlight on whale behavior after selling pressure sends BTC/USD below $9,000.Jun 17, 2020William Suberg
WEF Hopes to Stamp Out Corruption With Colombian Blockchain TrialThe World Economic Forum looks at blockchain as a solution against foul play in government processes.Jun 17, 2020Benjamin Pirus
Binance to Launch UK Trading Platform for Institutional and Retail InvestorsBinance will launch a new digital asset trading platform in 2020 in the United Kingdom to serve its increasing institutional clientele.Jun 17, 2020Mohammad Musharraf
Layer 2 Will Make Bitcoin as Easy to Use as the Dollar, Says Kraken CEOKraken CEO Jesse Powell told Bloomberg in a recent interview that Bitcoin would surpass gold as a store of value in the long term.Jun 17, 2020Jack Martin
Bitcoin Difficulty Sees Two-Year Record Surge as Hash Rate Mimics 2017A giant 14.95% advance makes analysts confident as miners appear to balance increased costs to retain profitability.Jun 17, 2020William Suberg