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Green Light: High Times Magazine Becomes First IPO to Accept Cryptocurrency

August 6, 2018

The initial public offering of High Times, a cannabis-focused news outlet, is accepting cryptocurrency as payment. This is the first time that investors have been able to buy a company’s shares in this way. ...

Crypto-Jacking Scheme Discovered in Brazil Could Spread Worldwide

August 5, 2018

Tens of thousands of internet routers across Brazil have been programmed to mine Monero for crypto-jackers, according to a Chicago-based IT security company called Trustwave. Preciso de ajuda Simon Kenin,...

CoinJar Launches Australia’s First Crypto Index Fund

August 3, 2018

CoinJar, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia, has announced the launch of “The CoinJar Digital Currency Fund.” The new product is an index fund targeting wholesale investor. In order to q...

The CFTC Granted $45 Million in Whistleblower Rewards Last Month

August 3, 2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a new series of whistleblower awards totalling over $45 million on Thursday, August 2. “The awards demonstrate the growing success of the CFTC’s Whist...

Binance Crypto Exchange Acquires Trust Wallet

August 1, 2018

In its first public acquisition, leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has acquired Trust Wallet. Having launched in November 2017 and grown rapidly since, Trust Wallet is an anonymous wallet for Ethereum ...

Malta is Blockchain Island

August 1, 2018

Though Malta has long been the igaming capital of Europe, it’s now a trailblazer in blockchain, cryptocurrencies and DLT too. Situated in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Sicily, lie the M...

Charlie Lee Signs on as Advisor to HTC’s Blockchain Smartphone, the ‘Exodus’

July 31, 2018

Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company HTC has announced that Litecoin creator Charlie Lee has signed on as an advisor for the company’s blockchain-based smartphone, the Exodus. Lee later confirmed his s...

Gibraltar Football Team to Pay Players in Cryptocurrency

July 30, 2018

A football team in Gibraltar has become the first in the world to offer its players payment in cryptocurrency, according to a report in the Guardian. The team is called Gibraltar United. It was formed in 194...

Binance Coin as Loan Collateral: Binance Labs Partners with Libra Credit

July 29, 2018

Binance Labs, a blockchain technology incubator owned by the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has signed a partnership with Libra Credit, a blockchain startup which is building a decentralised lending...

eToro Signs Sponsorship Deal with Eintracht Frankfurt

July 29, 2018

eToro has signed a partnership with a German football team called Eintracht Frankfurt, according to an Eintracht press release. https://twitter.com/spm_pl/status/1022850364016603138 Under the terms of the a...