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Business-focused blockchain project VeChain succeeded in launching its Thor mainnet, with the VeChain blockchain going live at midnight UTC June 30, 2018. The launch marks the transition of VEN tokens from the ERC-20 standard to wholly unique tokens on their own blockchain as VET tokens, a move already endorsed by major exchanges. The launch of […]

Blockchain and virtual reality are arguably two of the most innovative inventions of this generation. Bringing the future to the present day, VR platform High Fidelity is creating a new virtual world powered by the EOS blockchain. Backed by Billionaire Mike Novogratz One of the earliest institutional investors to become a Bitcoin bull, Mike Novogratz […]

Despite positive announcements and regulatory development, the overall cryptocurrency market endured a multi-month downtrend since its peak last December 2017. On June 29, 2018, Bitcoin experienced a surge over $6,200 after spending much of the day around $5,800. June 29th is looking to be a volatile day for Bitcoin, as it is the quadruple end […]

SBI Holdings chairman and SBI Group CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, who oversee the second largest financial institution in Japan behind Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, said that crypto and blockchain technology will accelerate the country’s economy in the long run. Yoshitaka said: “We want to take blockchain beyond financial. There’s a lot of speculative demand around cryptocurrencies, […]

At the Blockchain Open Forum in Seoul, South Korea, China’s first crypto exchange BTCC CEO Bobby Lee said that investors in China are still trading cryptocurrencies even after the Chinese government imposed a ban on crypto trading in September 2017. Weird Regulatory State of Crypto in China The blockchain and cryptocurrency sector is in an […]

With the rise in popular interest, the cryptocurrency sector has seen several stablecoins emerge in decentralized and centralized forms. Backed by Coinbase and Peter Thiel, Reserve stablecoin is the latest addition to the digital asset marketplace. A Next-Gen Stablecoin Based in San Fransisco, Reserve stablecoin raised $5 million in its seed round from over 40 funds […]

Over the past week, Bitcoin dipped below $6,000 for the first time since October 2017. Now, the cryptocurrency market is up 5% over the past 24 hours and BTC appears to have found new support. At press time, 95 of 100 top cryptocurrencies are in the green.

As one of the earliest adopters of institutional digital assets trading, Susquehanna International Group, founded in 1987, has been ahead of the blockchain curve – actively trading cryptocurrencies for the past two years. Wall Street is Old News In contrast to traditional financial markets, cryptocurrency draws a worldwide, 24/7 audience of retail and institutional investors. As […]

The Indo-Aryan-speaking Rohingya people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are encountering the dire issue of persecution and ethnic cleansing. Fortunately, many individuals and groups are using blockchain technology to help refugees in innovative ways beyond just remittances. Who are the Rohingya People? The 3.5 million Rohingya people are a stateless, predominantly Muslim ethnic minority who’ve historically faced […]

Line, the second-largest chat messaging app in Southeast Asia and the most popular chat service in Japan, announced the impending launch of a new cryptocurrency exchange called BitBox. The new exchange, scheduled to go live in July 2018, follows an announcement issued in January by the chat giant heralding the creation of a new financial […]