Blockchain

Singapore-based blockchain startup Clear just raised $13 million in a Series A round of venture funding. Multinational financial services giant Fidelity facilitated the fundraise. Specifically, its investment arm, Eight Roads (formerly Fidelity Ventures), led the round. It makes sense that Clear went with Fidelity to help it raise venture capital.“Eight Roads is the investment arm that looks at strategic areas for Fidelity,” Clear’s co-founder and executive chairman Eran Haggiag told...

DeFi not only attracts major talent and interest but also large sums of money in the form of digital assets. The number of companies in this sphere is constantly growing but let’s look at the most prominent of them.There’s no time like the present to talk about DeFi.Short for “decentralized finance,” this buzzword simply refers to making conventional financial services (like loans or credit) available via cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. It’s a niche within the cryptocurrency niche,...

With nearly $10.6M of player winnings in a bit more than a year, the Fairspin casino is driving forward blockchain innovations in iGaming. The Fairspin blockchain casino entered the crypto and gaming spaces in late 2018 and claimed to be the ultimately transparent casino with gaming stats secured and exposed to everyone by smart contracts.A lot has changed since then. In 2019, the casino (formerly known as Fairplay) underwent a big upgrade that included an extended license from Curacao...

Place/Date: - February 7th, 2020 at 10:09 am UTC · 3 min read Source: MnI In the digitalised era, under the increasing influence of blockchain technology, various Southeast Asian countries are holding positive attitudes to blockchain, with respective supporting policies, leading to a popularisation of blockchain technology in the business and public sectors. According to CVSource, the data sources in June 2019 shows that the blockchain industry in Southeast Asia has a relatively high...

Bitcoin price shot 4% on Thursday to surpass $9800 levels along with a sudden spike in the Open Interest. The community is enthusiastic about the upcoming Bitcoin halving event, however, the coronavirus outbreak in China is severely hurting the region’s mining business.In the last three days since February 5, Bitcoin price has added over $500 to its price taking it closer to $10,000 levels. On Thursday, February 6, BTC price surged above $9800 with nearly 4% gains. Moreover, with this move,...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 808. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Bitcoin kurz vor 10k und Tezos (XTZ) Rallye, Tron Gründer Justin Sun Charity Lunch mit Warren Buffet & Coinmerce.io mit neuem Design und über 140 Kryptos. 1.) Tezos (XTZ) setzt Rallye fort – Bitcoin-Kurs steht vor der 10.000 US-Dollar Markehttps://bitcoin-kurier.de/tezos-xtz-setzt-rallye-fort-bitcoin-kurs-steht-vor-der-10-000-us-dollar-marke/ 2.) Tron Founder...

While a digital asset may look like a security at first, it could potentially become decentralized enough in the following years to no longer resemble a security. Bearing this principle in mind, SEC commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a safe harbor period for token sales.The official at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Hester Peirce, named “CryptoMom” by the crypto community, suggested a so-called ‘safe harbor’ for all upcoming token projects. Her opinion is that this could...

Elizabeth Stark, CEO de Lightning Labs, a annoncé lundi une levée de fonds de 10 millions de dollars pour le développement de LND (implémentation du protocole Lightning) et de l’écosystème Lightning. Elle a également annoncé la sortie de la version bêta de Lightning Loop, une solution (payante) permettant aux utilisateurs de transférer facilement des btc entre la blockchain Bitcoin et le réseau Lightning sans avoir à confier leurs fonds à...

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has publicly announced her proposal for a safe harbor for cryptocurrency token sales within the United States.Often referred to as “Crypto Mom”, Hester Peirce was first appointed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in early 2018 and has been a strong advocate for crypto ever since. And while this isn’t the first time that she has spoken up about creating a safe harbor for crypto, today’s announcement is the first formal attempt at creating the...

One of the most heavily commented meetings in the cryptocurrency community finally took place. According to a recent report, Tron CEO Justin Sun had dinner with the legendary American investor – Warren Buffett, where they discussed digital assets and blockchain technology.Justin Sun Meets Warren BuffettIn the summer of 2019, one of the hottest topics in the community surrounded Justin Sun. He won a charity lunch with one of the most successful traditional market investors, Warren Buffett,...