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On May 7th, Microsoft announced the Azure Blockchain Service, a tool that helps developers and companies create, deploy, and manage blockchain networks. This service, which is currently in public preview, is a continuation of Microsoft’s goal to provide platform-as-a-service tools for blockchain technology. At the Build, Microsoft’s marquee developer conference that occurred in Seattle on May 7th, […]

A new website, Got Satoshi, claims to know the true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The reveal is scheduled to happen today, on May 14, during the annual Consensus conference in New York. Probably created as a publicity stunt, the person behind the website got more than he bargained for when the wrath and […]

Cryptocurrency exchange BitOasis is on track to receive a license to operate in the Middle East after being granted in-principle approval (IPA) from the U.A.E’s financial regulator. The Dubai-based platform, which launched in 2015, announced today that it had received approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) at the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) […]

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and co-founder of Ethereum, is partnering with Polymath as the co-architect of “Polymesh”—a blockchain that aims to become “layer one” for security tokens, as first reported by Forbes contributor Rachel Wolfson at Consensus 2019. According to Trevor Koverko, the co-founder of Polymath, Polymesh is a blockchain that is looking […]

Over the last three weeks, Bitcoin decoupled from the overall crypto market, with the coin’s market cap over 60 percent. In fact, at the time of press, Bitcoin’s dominance is 60.15 percent. Yet, some traders expect major altcoins to begin breaking out to counteract the rise in BTC’s dominance. Technical analysis of the top five […]

As of today, cryptocurrency is now accepted as payments at tens of thousands of merchants in the U.S. on the Flexa network. Top brands such as Whole Foods, Baskin Robbins, Lowe’s, and Nordstrom will now accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Gemini Dollar. Flexa network is establishing new payments infrastructure for crypto. The payments network […]

Bakkt, an institutional cryptocurrency trading platform led by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), expects their bitcoin futures to be listed on federally regulated futures exchanges in July. The institutional crypto trading platform Bakkt will be conducting the first user tests of its bitcoin futures live on federally regulated futures exchanges. “We’ll be working with our customers […]

eBay could be about to enter the crypto world. If advertisements at the Consensus conference in New York are true, the e-commerce giant could be adopting crypto payments in the immediate future. “Virtual Currency. It’s happening on eBay” Although there has not been an official announcement, the news would allow eBay’s 180 million active buyers […]

According to Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer (CTO) of Bitfinex, the crypto exchange has completed fundraising of $1 billion in tether (USDT). Ardoino said: “Bitfinex is able to raise 1b USDt in 10 days, in a private sale. Private companies, giants in our industry and outside, made investments for > 100m each. A legion […]

In 2013, cryptocurrency investors, enthusiasts, financial regulators and the crypto community witnessed the largest bitcoin exchange in the world, Mt. Gox, collapse. New York regulators decided they needed to step in and ensure that kind of thing did not happen in their state. Two years later, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) […]