KCN: COINBASE TO PURSUE DECENTRALIZED FORM OF IDENTIFICATION
KCN: COINBASE TO PURSUE DECENTRALIZED FORM OF IDENTIFICATION Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has acquired San Francisco-based startup Distributed Systems Inc., which works on decentralized identity solutions, according to an August 15 announcement. Distributed Systems will help the exchange…
KCN: COINBASE IS CREATING A NEW FEATURE
KCN: COINBASE IS CREATING A NEW FEATURE Bitcoin is gaining acceptance not only among consumers but also with retailers in countries all over the world. Data collected from coinmap.org reveals Romania is one example which has 47 vendors in 17…
KCN: TELEGRAM HAS RELEASED ITS FIRST CRYPTO-FRIENDLY FEATURE
KCN: TELEGRAM HAS RELEASED ITS FIRST CRYPTO-FRIENDLY FEATURE Payments and identity verification go hand-in-hand, making Passport a natural early offering from the company. Plus, disrupting the digital ID incumbents like Equifax, which keep data in centralized databases vulnerable to breach…
KCN: BINANCE ACQUIRED MOBILE ETHEREUM WALLET TRUST WALLET
KCN: BINANCE ACQUIRED MOBILE ETHEREUM WALLET TRUST WALLET Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has acquired mobile ethereum wallet Trust Wallet, the startups announced Tuesday. The acquisition will enable Binance to add a mobile wallet to its services, while Trust Wallet will be…
KCN: RIPPLE PARTNERS WITH MADONNA
KCN: RIPPLE PARTNERS WITH MADONNA Cryptocurrency payments startup Ripple is partnering with Madonna to raise funds for orphans in the African nation of Malawi. The legendary pop icon announced the fundraiser Monday as a way to celebrate her 60th birthday,…
COINBASE CO-FOUNDER BACKS BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP’S $3 MILLION SEED ROUND
COINBASE CO-FOUNDER BACKS BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP’S $3 MILLION SEED ROUND A startup that is developing a protocol based on the ethereum blockchain to allow users to validate information across different datasets has raised $3 million in seed funding. Called DIRT, the…
LEDGER REPORTEDLY ATTRACTS TECH GIANT INVESTORS AFTER SELLING OVER 1 MLN WALLETS IN 2017
LEDGER REPORTEDLY ATTRACTS TECH GIANT INVESTORS AFTER SELLING OVER 1 MLN WALLETS IN 2017 Ledger, one of the leading security-focused hardware wallet suppliers, has sold more than one million hardware crypto wallets in 2017, earning a profit of $29 million,…
R3 LAUNCHES CORDA ENTERPRISE WITH FIRST-EVER ‘BLOCKCHAIN FIREWALL’
R3 LAUNCHES CORDA ENTERPRISE WITH FIRST-EVER ‘BLOCKCHAIN FIREWALL’ More than a year in the making, Corda Enterprise has arrived. Announced Tuesday, blockchain startup R3 has released a paid version of its signature open-source Corda blockchain technology, one that offers added…
A16Z LEADS $45 MILLION RAISE FOR BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP OASIS LABS
A16Z LEADS $45 MILLION RAISE FOR BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP OASIS LABS Cloud computing startup Oasis Labs has successfully raised $45 million in a private token pre-sale to develop a blockchain platform aimed to rival Amazon Web Services. The sale, led by…
ETHEREUM IS IN THE MIDST OF GAS CRISIS, SOLUTIONS TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM
ETHEREUM IS IN THE MIDST OF GAS CRISIS, SOLUTIONS TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM The CEO said these great words of concern because the conditions on the network are changing and there is a big possibility that clients of the startup’s…