11/15/2021 10:18:34 PM Taproot, bitcoin’s long-anticipated upgrade, has activated By Sarah Wolter At 5:15 UTC (00:15 EST) on Sunday, Nov. 14, Taproot, the long-anticipated Bitcoin upgrade, activated at block 709,632, opening the door...
9/28/2021 1:13:56 PM Yellow Card raises $15m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter South Africa based Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange raised $15m in Series A funding led by Valar Ventures, Third Prime and Castle...
5/18/2018 3:24:16 AM Buyer beware: hundreds of Bitcoin wannabes show hallmarks of fraud By Sean Lippel In a review of documents produced for 1,450 initial coin offerings, the WSJ found 271 (nearly 20%) with red flags that include...
12/5/2017 4:43:45 PM Revolut merges mobile banking with cryptocurrency trading By Sean Lippel The $90m-funded digital first bank is trying to erase the divide between merging traditional banking and cryptocurrency by letting its...
10/6/2017 1:42:23 PM New crypto index to launch with backing from AngelList founder By Sean Lippel Bitwise Asset Management is launching the Hold 10, a new passively managed index that will hold and weight the top 10 cyrptocurrencies by...
9/21/2017 2:47:24 PM Bitcoin is likely to split again in November By Sean Lippel One faction of the community is pushing for another network upgrade in November to scale, and given the lack of consensus on the move,...
9/20/2017 3:29:55 PM Google "accepts" Bitcoin with payment API update By Sean Lippel In theory, the new functionality allows anyone that uses Google's Payment Request API to now accept bitcoin in their online stores.
9/18/2017 1:17:01 PM World Banks can't ignore the bitcoin boom By Sean Lippel The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) believes central banks will need to figure out whether to issue a digital currency of their...
9/14/2017 1:30:35 PM The first of China’s top bitcoin exchanges has announced it will suspend trading By Sean Lippel BTC China, one of China's top three exchanges, has officially announced that it will stop trading for China-based customers from...
9/12/2017 6:50:03 PM China banned fundraising through ICOs, but wants firms to research blockchain By Sean Lippel Senior Chinese government officials says the ban was only to stop illegal fundraising and pyramid schemes, but should not stop firms from...
9/12/2017 6:46:37 PM Jamie Dimon says bitcoin is a fraud By Sean Lippel While most other Wall Street veterans are embracing the cyptocurrency, the JP Morgan CEO says bitcoin is "worse than tulip bulbs and it...
9/8/2017 9:20:49 PM Bitcoin price tanks after report China may shut down exchanges By Sean Lippel After rising back from its 20% drop on the ICO ban, crypto prices are plummeted again after local outlet Caixin reports that China is now...
9/8/2017 9:08:15 PM China bans ICOs for being full of fraud and pyramid schemes By Sean Lippel The wild, wild west of fundraising is coming to an end in China after the PBOC issued a notice which forbids not just ICOs but exchanges...
7/27/2017 10:41:37 PM Bankers ditch fat salaries to chase digital currency riches By Sean Lippel Have we hit "peak" cyrpto? Bloomberg highlights the story of a former tech banker that has left behind his former career to raise a $50m...
7/20/2017 4:11:54 PM Ethereum co-founder says crypto coin market is a ticking time bomb By Sean Lippel Charles Hoskinson, who helped develop ethereum and now runs tech research firm IOHK, is part of a growing chorus of blockchain watchers...