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In another example of blockchain technology’s prowess, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) revealed that it distributed 100 percent of the tickets for a recent football match solely using blockchain. UEFA’s Blockchain Success According to the official UEFA website, tickets for the UEFA Super Cup final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, held in Tallinn, […]

Cryptocurrency- and blockchain-focused investment fund Pantera Capital is aggressively pursuing its belief in the burgeoning asset class as it seeks a mammoth $175 million in investments from institutional investors for its third crypto venture. Pantera’s Cryptocurrency Push According to TechCrunch,  the technology-turned-blockchain investment group is forming its third investment fund in five years, following a $13 […]

SFOX, a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency prime broker, has successfully closed a $22.7 million funding round to build an institutional-grade asset management platform for the industry’s largest investors. As the former head of growth and business development at Airbnb, SFOX CEO Akbar Thobhani would appear to have struck a chord with some of the most influential […]

Binance will add another stamp to its passport book, having joined forces with Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange (LCX) to build a new fiat-to-cryptocurrency exchange in the European nation. The new Liechtenstein-based exchange, dubbed Binance LCX, will support trading between the euro, Swiss franc and “major” cryptocurrency pairs, according to a press release. Binance, which operates the world’s second-largest […]

Ripple has signed on three new exchange partners–Bittrex, Bitso and Coins.ph–to carry the xRapid digital asset in their respective regions. Dig this: As of right now @BittrexExchange, @Bitso and @coinsph are now official partners for xRapid transactions using #XRP. What does it mean? ?https://t.co/BIVhkpgCM2 — Cory Johnson (@CoryTV) August 16, 2018 Bittrex, Bitso and Coins.ph According to Ripple, […]

The cryptocurrency situation in Venezuela received a push on Tuesday, Aug. 14, after President Nicolás Maduro announced that the state-issued Petro token is legally a unit-of-account in the crisis-stricken country, ABC International reports. Maduro’s Giant Cryptocurrency Experiment Launched in February 2018, the oil-backed cryptocurrency Petro was developed by the Venezuelan government to evade U.S. and European […]

After its successful ICO (raising $13.5 mln USD in 10 days) in April 2018, the blockchain for enterprise enabler Unibright is now teaming up with out-of-the-box projects in the field of blockchain. The German-based company aiming to provide smart contracts to mainstream usage and NEM, an enterprise-grade blockchain platform, start a strategic partnership by adding […]

While cryptocurrency scams and lawsuits are usually based on “exit-scams” and outright frauds, Michael Terpin, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency investor, has filed a mammoth $224 million lawsuit against his telecom operator, citing the theft of digital tokens. AT&T’s Identity Gamble As reported by Reuters, Aug. 15, Terpin is holding telecommunications giant AT&T liable for gross negligence […]

With emerging regulations coming into place, institutional solutions to cryptocurrency investing are on the rise. Launched Aug. 15, U.S. investors are now able to invest in a fully-regulated Bitcoin ETN. Big Win for Bitcoin, Crypto Crowds Wall Street XBT Provider AB has released an exchange-traded note (ETN), called Bitcoin Tracker One, to U.S. investors, reports […]

Japanese messaging giant Line appears to be diving deeper into the world of cryptocurrency following its launch of a $10 million token venture fund. Line’s Third Foray into Crypto Tokyo-based Line has now become one of the first publicly traded companies to launch its own cryptocurrency investment fund, according to a press release. The news comes just […]