Mike Novogratz’s Crypto Trading Desk Lost $136 Million in Nine Months
The bad year for traders at Mike Novogratz’s cryptocurrency merchant bank got even worse in the third quarter -- and that was before the market fell out of bed...
UAE Government to Strengthen Global Position in AI, Blockchain Technologies
The Second UAE Government Annual Meetings, held in Abu Dhabi, witnessed the launch of two national initiatives aimed at reinforcing the artificial intelligence, AI, and Blockchain sector to strengthen...
Bitcoin Gets a Thumbs Up From New York Stock Exchange’s Chairman
Bitcoin has plunged in price in the past year, but the CEO of one of the world’s biggest exchange operators isn’t deterred from entering the space.
Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of...
South Korea to Develop Blockchain Voting System
South Korea plans to develop a blockchain voting system, with trials starting next month in the private sector. The Ministry of Science and ICT, and the National Election Commission...
Bitfinex Announces Tether Neutrality and Launches New Stablecoin Pairs
Continuing our heritage of providing a neutral, coin-agnostic platform, from today Bitfinex users will be able to trade Tether-fiat directly on our platform through the addition of USDT/USD and...
Sirin Labs to Ship its First Blockchain-enabled Smartphone
Swiss-based Sirin Labs plans to ship its first blockchain-enabled smartphone on Thursday; the device will give users a secure method to access cryptocurrency exchanges, store their digital currency offline...
Leading Financial Services to Create Code of Conduct for CryptoAsset Markets
Ten industry-leading financial services and technology firms launched the Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) to establish a Code of Conduct (“Code”) for emerging digital asset markets. ADAM will...
Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Chooses Irisium’s Market Monitoring Platform
Irisium Ltd, a leading provider of market monitoring and analytics software for exchanges, regulators, buy-side and sell-side firms, and Bitstamp, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume in Europe,...
Vitalik Buterin Says IBM’s Corporate Blockchain is Missing the Point
Devcon, the annual Ethereum developers conference, was fairly subdued this year.
Compared to its previous installment in the resort town of Cancún, the gathering—held in Prague from Oct. 30 to...
Bitcoin Miner Margins Tighten, Hash Power Goes in Decline
Miner euphoria came to a screeching halt last week as the price of Bitcoin tumbled forcing a 20% decrease in the networks hashrate. In a best-case scenario, most miners...