Seattle Crypto News

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CryptoSlate obtained an update on Strix Leviathan, a Seattle-based crypto hedge fund, The team has been in business since 2018 and exclusively trades the crypto markets using proprietary trading tools and algorithms. Strix Leviathan’s Fund, which operates a systematic investment approach by taking long and short directional positions in the cryptocurrency markets. The Fund’s system […]

Unikrn, a Seattle-based e-sports platform, has agreed to pay a $6 million fine to settle a complaint by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that said it raised $31 million by selling unregistered securities, according to a release. $6 million fine agreed The firm previously boasted celebrity investors like Ashton Kutcher and Mark Cuban, and […]

Coffee fanatics across America can now track their Starbucks bean purchases right to the farms they grew in. And so can farmers, who can similarly verify their beans ended up in the right place. Starbucks goes the blockchain way Seattle-based Starbucks, one of the biggest coffee chains on the planet, is deploying its blockchain-based tagging […]

Strix Leviathan, a quantitative investment management firm, has launched its proprietary trading platform called Octopus. The platform is a product of more than two years of work, offering its users an enterprise-grade portfolio management system specifically tailored for cryptocurrencies. Strix’s new trading platform uses advanced algorithmic trading strategies Minimizing human judgment in crypto investing is […]

Despite the global lockdown and reduced business activities, the cryptocurrency investment space continues to see larger deals. Today, Seattle-based Bitcoin exchange and ATM operator Coinme announced a $10 million Series A raise lead by Pantera Capital, as per a press release shared with CryptoSlate. 3,500 locations and counting The $10 million fundraise was led by […]

StormX, a gamified microtask platform that allows users to earn cryptocurrencies, has announced the launch of its rewards program. In a press release shared with CryptoSlate, the company said that STORM token holders will be able to earn up to 87.5 percent back on their purchases, alongside a 21 percent cash back when buying from […]

TF Blockchain, one of the leading blockchain and fintech conferences in the Pacific Northwest, recently announced that it postponed its conference due to the coronavirus outbreak. In a press release shared with CryptoSlate, the organizers said that instead, they will be live streaming interviews with some top names in crypto. To date, TF Blockchain has […]

Career dotcom entrepreneur and serial bootstrapper Jesse Proudman is the co-founder of Strix Leviathan, a quantitative hedge fund that’s beating the market through software and systematic investing. Like so many entrepreneurs, Proudman may have found his initial concept as a reward for past struggles. Before his last company Blue Box was acquired by IBM in […]

Square, Inc, Pantera Capital, and Digital Currency Group announced a $14 million Series A financing round into Transparent Systems, a Seattle-based startup with similar ambitions to Ripple. This is in addition to the $8 million in seed financing Transparent Systems received from Vulcan Capital in July 2018. Transparent Systems said it wants to compete with […]

“Enterprise-first” blockchain platform Dragonchain clocked a peak performance of 15,000 transactions per second in a 24-hour performance demonstration Thursday, as reported by the company’s official Twitter account. The test occurred on its live, production network. Dragonchain said that a quarter of a billion transactions were fully processed within the 24-hour window, making for an average […]

Dragonchain announced the official introduction of a social media platform that incentivizes users for the creation and evaluation of quality content. A social media platform without bad actors Dragonchain is a technology firm that offers blockchain as a service. Its hybrid blockchain platform combines high performance and ease of use, which allows enterprises to build […]

Seattle-based cryptocurrency tax analysis firm ZenLedger has raised $3.35 million in a seed round after processing more than $1 billion crypto transactions. ZenLedger’s investors include Vestigo Venture, Castle Island Ventures, Gumi Cryptos, Unblock Ventures (Line Messenger), and Migration Capital. Following the release of the first cryptocurrency tax guideline by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in […]

StormX has ventured into the eCommerce space with the launch of its second product, StormShop, a rewards platform allowing users to shop online and claim up to 30 percent back in crypto from brands including Microsoft, Macy’s, and Groupon. The Seattle-based startup debuted in 2014 with its crypto rewards microtask platform, Storm Play, which has […]

TF Blockchain is set to hold its fourth sold-out conference in Seattle on Thursday, Nov. 14, where it will host some of the biggest names both in tech and the crypto industry, including high-level executives from Amazon, Samsung, Coinstar and IBM. The conference, which will keep it small with only 200 tickets put on sale, […]

Kristy-Leigh Minehan, the author of ProgPOW, stepped down as CTO of Core Scientific to focus on ensuring the disputed algorithm gets implemented on Ethereum. Core Scientific loses its CTO, ProgPOW gains a leader Hours ago, Kristy-Leigh Minehan announced she was stepping down as CTO to focus on ensuring the ProgPOW algorithm is implemented on Ethereum. […]

Coinme, the world’s largest Bitcoin ATM network, secured $1.5 million from Ripple’s Xpring fund. The investment could suggest that XRP will soon get listed on Coinme’s network of over 2,600 kiosks. Coinme, through its partnership with Coinstar, hosts the world’s largest Bitcoin ATM network with over 2,600 kiosks across the United States. Today, the startup […]

We interviewed Tim Coulter, the founder and CEO of Truffle, an Ethereum development environment, testing framework, and asset pipeline. On August 2nd, at the Microsoft Campus outside of Seattle, the company will host its second annual TruffleCon, an event dedicated to ETH developers. Before blockchain, Coulter built a career specializing in software testing and developer support, […]