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Max Yakubowski has a Ph.D. in Linguistics and Anthropology, with a focus in innovative technology and its cultural and social influence. He joins Cointelegraph after working as a freelance copywriter and blogger.
SFOX, a U.S. cryptocurrency dealer for large-scale investors, has raised $22.7 million in a Series A funding round.
The UEFA has used a blockchain-based mobile phone app for ticket distribution for their Super Cup soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator launches new division in China, announcing former Baidu COO and blockchain bull Qi Lu as its Founding CEO.
Coinbase Index Fund announces it is reducing its annual management fee from 2 to 1 percent, as well as adding Ethereum Classic.
The Tezos Foundation will support four big research institutions “in their efforts to advance the Tezos protocol and ecosystem.”
U.S. television and satellite provider DISH has moved to the BitPay payments service and added a Bitcoin Cash payment option.
Singapore-based Golden Gate Ventures will launch a $10 million global fund for blockchain and cryptocurrency companies.
The Bank of China is to increase investments in technological development, with blockchain among top priority areas, local news reports.
According to ICORating research for the second quarter of 2018, the amount of funds raised through ICOs has more than doubled.
A new report from KB Financial Group says that only around 2 percent of South Korean assets holders would like to invest in cryptocurrencies.
A new global alliance has been established by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to promote fintech collaboration.
Maerki Baumann has become the second Swiss bank to accept cryptocurrency assets, following Hypothekarbank Lenzburg.
West Virginia military personnel serving abroad will have the option to vote on a blockchain-based mobile app in this fall’s midterm elections.
Leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is set to reopen services for a limited number of coins after a massive hack earlier in June.
Cryptocurrencies are not “real money,” but blockchain tech is worth experimenting with, said a Dutch Central Bank executive.
