Multi-industry consulting firm Treliant has brought Michael Saxon onboard as its new senior director. Saxon will work to grow the company’s blockchain and cryptocurrency advisory services for the company’s expanding list of clients. Saxon Is the Man for the Job Saxon has worked as a consultant for the past several years in the blockchain space. Not only has he advised many up-and-coming firms, but he has also led several new projects that have pushed the digital currency...
Read More »Sino-Global Experiences Management Shifts So It Can Focus on Crypto
Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. Is looking to expand its growth in the cryptocurrency market. To do this, the company is experiencing some solid changes in management. Sino-Global Is Shifting Towards Crypto For example, Sino-Global chairman and chief executive officer Lei Cao has stepped down from his latter role with the company. Having been with the company for roughly 20 years, he will remain chairman of Sino-Global, but will not serve in an executive capacity. The...
Read More »Jay Clayton: The SEC “Cares” About Securities. That’s Why It’s Involved in Crypto.
As the former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman, Jay Clayton oversaw the financial agency for approximately four years. He came down hard on the industry many times, and initiated penalties to companies that claimed their securities were mere “tokens” or “coins” that the SEC held no jurisdiction over. Jay Clayton On the Future of Crypto However, despite this hardcore attitude, Clayton is quite positive about the future of crypto. He thinks that blockchain...
Read More »The Poly Network Has Gotten All Its Money Back
The strange and crazy circumstances surrounding the recent hacking of the Poly Network have reached an odd, yet definitive conclusion. The Poly Network Is Rich Again! Not long ago, the Poly Network – which hosts several blockchains including those of Ethereum, Binance and of course, Poly – stated that it was the victim of a hack that saw more than $610 million in digital funds practically vanish overnight. The company halted all withdrawals and deposits and said in a...
Read More »Poly Network Offers Its Recent Hacker a Job with the Company
Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News reported a story that the Poly Network had been hacked. The organization lost more than $610 million in digital funds at the hands of a hacker who claimed in a future Q&A session that he was only doing it “for fun.” The Poly Network May Employ Its Hacker In a strange twist, the hacker ultimately returned more than half of the stolen money, saying that he was never about the riches but rather that he was interested in taking advantage...
Read More »Poly Network Hacked, Loses $610 Million in Crypto Funds Only to Get Half of It Back
The Poly Network – which hosts several blockchains such as Binance, Ethereum and Polygon – has been hacked, resulting in more than $610 million worth of cryptocurrency being stolen. This is the largest decentralized network attack in the history of the cryptocurrency space. The Poly Network Is the Latest Crypto Hack Victim In a recent Q&A session regarding the event, a participant spoke out and claimed to be the person behind the attack. In the session, the...
Read More »Blockchain Firm Chainalysis Just Got Its Hands On a Ton of New Money
Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has closed a new funding round that garnered the company an additional $100 million from various investors. The enterprise is now valued at a whopping $2 billion, which is double what the company was valued at just a few months ago. Chainalysis Closes Its $100 Million Funding Round The funding round was headed by Paradigm, a crypto-centered venture capital firm. Money also came from the likes of Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff, who saw...
Read More »Daniel Gouldman: Everyone Focuses So Much on BTC They Forget About Blockchain
Everyone has been making a huge deal out of bitcoin these past several months. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has surged in price, reaching a new all-time high just a few weeks ago of $61,000 per unit. However, according to Daniel Gouldman – CEO and co-founder of blockchain firm Ternio – people have the wrong idea, and by focusing too much on bitcoin, they are focusing on just one aspect of what is arguably a much larger arena. Gouldman: Blockchain...
Read More »Christie’s Auction House Says “Yes” to ETH Payments for Art Pieces
Who would have ever thought that the world of blockchain technology and the world of art would ever collide? The past few years have shown that digital artists can, indeed, make a nice living with blockchain’s help, and now Christie’s Auction House is looking to get in on the action.Christie’s Auction House Views ETH with PositivityThe company has recently stated that all art pieces put up for sale or auction in the future can be paid for with Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by...
Read More »Blockchain Firm Valour Welcomes Former Bank Head Diana Biggs as Newest Executive
As banks and bitcoin begin to merge, so do their ideologies and the brains behind them. Over the past few years, we have seen many standard banking executives make the transition to the crypto space. We have also seen many banks begin to offer cryptocurrency-related services, and now Diana Biggs is looking to ensure this trend continues.Diana Biggs Joins the Ranks of ValourBiggs is an early bitcoin thought leader. She is now joining the ranks of Valour, a blockchain company in Switzerland...
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