French Commerce Court Likens Bitcoin to Currency in Recent RulingA French commerce court treated Bitcoin as currency during a recent trial between two cryptocurrency firms.Mar 6, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
Nike Explores Blockchain for Supply Chain Data CollectionAlabama’s Auburn University successfully completed a pilot in partnership with Nike, Macy’s and Kohl’s using Hyperledger to upload supply chain data onto the blockchain.Mar 6, 2020Samuel Haig
Reserve Bank of India to Appeal Supreme Court’s Crypto DecisionThe Reserve Bank of India will contest the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn its ban on banks dealing with cryptocurrency businesses.Mar 6, 2020Jack Martin
CryptoKitties Developers Launch Playground for DevelopersThe team behind CryptoKitties, Dapper Labs, has launched an interactive interface for developers to experiment with building smart contracts on the Flow blockchain.Mar 6, 2020Samuel Haig
Reginald Fowler Pleads Not Guilty to New Crypto Capital ChargesReginald Fowler has pleaded not guilty to a fresh charge of wire fraud for his alleged operation of shadow banking company Crypto Capital.Mar 6, 2020Samuel Haig
Japan’s National Police: 537 Arrests for Money Laundering in 2019The National Police Agency of Japan is reporting a record high of 537 cases involving money laundering.Mar 6, 2020Turner Wright
Red Swan and Polymath Tokenize $2.2 Billion of High End Real EstateReal estate marketplace Red Swan has partnered with security token firm Polymath to tokenize $2.2 billion in assets including apartments and a hemp farm.Mar 6, 2020Samuel Haig
Trident Crypto Fund Data Breach: 266,000 Passwords StolenIn a major privacy breach, the usernames and passwords of more than a quarter of a million Trident Crypto Fund customers have been stolen and published.Mar 6, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
The History of the Bitter Debate Over Ethereum’s ProgPoWThe Ethereum community is still engaged in bitter debates on ProgPoW and ASIC resistance, which some believe exposed the ‘suboptimal’ nature of its governance.Mar 6, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
The Steem Takeover and the Coming Proof-of-Stake CrisisThe recent incidents with Steem show a critical vulnerability in proof-of-stake algorithms that might affect all cryptocurrencies and exchanges.Mar 6, 2020Joël Valenzuela
Vitalik Buterin Sees Future in Decentralized Privacy CurrencyVitalik Buterin says that currency digitization is inevitable and believes decentralized privacy currency would be more appealing to people than state-controlled digital currencies.Mar 5, 2020Ting Peng
The US Dollar Could Fall Out of Favor If It Doesn't Go Digital, ING Economist SaysCBDC’s and currencies such as Facebook’s Libra could force the U.S. to adapt to save its spot as the world’s leading currency, ING economist Carlo Cocuzzo explained.Mar 5, 2020Benjamin Pirus
Brazilian Ministry of Education Proposes Issuing Diplomas on the BlockchainBrazil opens up to the possibility of implementing Blockchain technology to issue university diplomas and prevent fraud.Mar 5, 2020Felipe Erazo
Legendary Soccer Player Turned Face of BTC Pyramid Detained With Fake PassportLegendary soccer player Ronadinho Gaúcho, now under investigation for involvement in Bitcoin pyramid schemes, was detained with falsified passports.Mar 5, 2020Cassio Gusson
Sheila Warren: Blockchain Awareness Growing — but Still Needs 3 ThingsWEF Head of Blockchain Sheila Warren explains the potential of blockchain technology and how it can change the world — but notes we are not there yet due to three things.Mar 5, 2020Rachel Wolfson
Chainalysis: Only 1% of $1 Trillion Transacted in Crypto in 2019 Was IllicitAccording to Chainanalysis’ latest report, there were over $1 trillion worth of crypto transactions in 2019 with only 1.1% percent of them being illicit.Mar 5, 2020Michael Kapilkov
Riot Reports 147% Monthly Growth In Average Daily Run Rate of BTC MinedNasdaq-listed cryptocurrency mining firm Riot Blockchain has demonstrated a remarkable monthly growth in BTC mined in February.Mar 5, 2020Ana Alexandre
Coronavirus Will Send Bitcoin Price to $100,000 in 2020 — Max KeiserBullish as ever, Max Keiser believes that a sky-high Bitcoin price will come this year purely as a result of coronavirus’ impact on the fiat economy.Mar 5, 2020William Suberg
New York Power Plant Mines $50,000 of Bitcoin a DayA New York power plant turns to Bitcoin mining in a bid to increase its profitability, adding $50,000 to daily revenues.Mar 5, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
India Back in the Race: Landmark Judgment to Fuel Crypto AdoptionWith the Indian apex court repealing the RBI’s crypto ban, experts now believe that the S.E Asian country’s economy is set to surge.Mar 5, 2020Shiraz Jagati
Fungible Tokens Turn Monopoly Money Into CryptocurrencyEmerging technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies have created an opportunity to match the gaming industry with the real-life property market.Mar 5, 2020Joel Comm
Toxic Twitter Tribalism: The Fuel Powering the Crypto Rocket?‘Toxygen’ for innovation: examining meme warfare’s effect on blockchain development.Mar 5, 2020Stefan Stankovic
ConsenSys-Backed Crypto News Outlet Decrypt to Launch Reward Token in Q2 2020Decrypt, a major industry publication funded by ConsenSys, plans to launch an Ethereum-based token to reward users for engaging with its content.Mar 5, 2020Helen Partz
Canaan Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Dubious Practices During IPORosen Law Firm has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of investors in ASIC producer Canaan’s IPO.Mar 5, 2020Ana Alexandre
‘100+ Events’ Imply $100K Bitcoin by 2022, Says Market Analyst PlanBBitcoin reclaiming $9,000 proves cause for celebration as the stock-to-flow model creator continues to fend off concerns that his outlook is too optimistic.Mar 5, 2020William Suberg
Developer Predicts Litecoin Mimblewimble Testnet Launch by SeptemberDavid Burkett, a developer working on Litecoin and Grin, has predicted that Litecoin will launch its MimbleWimble testnet before the end of summer.Mar 5, 2020Samuel Haig
Diving Into Three of Africa’s Emerging Fintech EconomiesAfrica has enormous potential for developing a sustainable fintech industry. Here is the analysis of the three flagship economics in Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana.Mar 5, 2020Chris Cleverly
Jack Dorsey's Square Publicly Launches Grants for Bitcoin DevelopmentSquare Crypto is now revealing the criteria for its grants program that funds Bitcoin developers working on improving its privacy, usability, scalability and other features.Mar 5, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
HSBC: Blockchain Platform Will Keep Trade Finance Smooth Despite CoronavirusA blockchain trade finance platform developed by eight major banks, among them HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Citi, is now ready for commercial launch in Singapore in Q2 2020.Mar 5, 2020Marie Huillet
Indian Crypto Exchanges Resume Fiat Services 24 Hours After Supreme Court RulingTop Indian exchanges Unocoin and WazirX have resumed fiat deposits less than a day after the Supreme Court quashed restrictions on banks’ services to crypto firms in the country.Mar 5, 2020Marie Huillet