San Francisco News

OKCoin announces Hong Fang as its new CEO, as former CEO Tim Byun moves into a government relations role.

Kraken donated 17.5 Bitcoin to San Francisco’s anarchist hackerspace Noisebridge to keep the space running.

Cryptocurrency lending and borrowing firm Dharma has released a closed beta for its new platform, which is based on the Compound protocol.

VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger says he believes Bitcoin is bad for humanity, citing its environmental impact and purported illicit use.

Cryptocurrency lending platform Dharma has put a moratorium on new deposits and loans, adding that they are still hard at work on their product.

Justin Sun has posted a video from San Francisco to disprove reports that he was prevented from leaving China due to an ongoing investigation.

Market research by Grand View Research suggests that digital tech, including blockchain, is driving the growth of global transportation management systems.

Billionaire Henry Kravis has invested in former employee Ben Forman’s new company focused on blockchain and cryptocurrency investments.

ETC Labs says it will enable interoperability between the Ethereum and Ethereum Classic blockchains.

Square has just made bitcoin deposits available to the general public on its Cash App.

Coinbase Custody announced immediate support for mainnet KIN tokens.

Major U.S.-based crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase forecasted its 2018 revenue to be 60% higher than its alleged actual total.

Proof of Capital, a new blockchain VC fund backed by an HTC exec, is held in fiat currency, as opposed to token-based investments.

Blockchain-based lending firm Dharma Labs raised $7 million from big investors including Coinbase Ventures.

U.S.-based blockchain firm TokenSoft has rolled out its Knox Wallet for storing digital securities and other digital assets.