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German Bank VPE Brings Cryptocurrency Trading to Institutional Investors

April 25, 2018

German bank VPE has partnered with Berlin-based fintech company ‎solarisBank to facilitate cryptocurrency trading for institutional ‎investors, like hedge and pension funds.‎ From the press release shared wi...

Binance Labs Leads $30 Million Fundraising for MobileCoin

April 25, 2018

MobileCoin, a privacy-centric cryptocurrency project, has recently secured $30 million in a Binance Labs-led fundraising event. Binance Labs is a blockchain startup incubator associated with the leading crypt...

Huobi Latest to Jump on EOS Wagon

April 24, 2018

Huobi Pro has announced that it is to campaign to become a block producer on the EOS blockchain, as the Cayman Islands-headquartered platform surges in value. Huobi Pro, originally from China, is the third b...

Head-on Collision: Will Tron Succeed in Dominating Ethereum?

April 23, 2018

Rivalry is a quite common phenomenon in the crypto-sphere, but this time it reached a new peak. Recently, two industry titans – Vitalik Buterin and Justin Sun – engaged in a battle to praise their own project...

Half of Russian ICO Money Went to Pyramid Schemes in 2017

April 23, 2018

The Russian Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain (RACIB) has announced that it intends to develop guidelines for initial coin offerings in Russia, hoping to distinguish between legitimate projects and...

Binance Signs Partnership with Ugandan Blockchain Organisation

April 23, 2018

The CEO of Binance has announced that the exchange is partnering with Crypto Savanna, a Ugandan blockchain innovation hub, to aid in the economic development of the east African country, according to a Twitte...

One More Accused in Centra Tech Fraud Investigation

April 22, 2018

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a press release regarding the investigation into Centra Tech, a company which raised $32 million through an allegedly fraudulent ICO. The release names Ra...

Venezuelans See Bitcoin as Alternative to Bolivar, Volumes Hit Record High

April 20, 2018

Recent data from VeneBloc‏ ‏pointed out that Venezuelans’ Bitcoin trading volume has ‎jumped to the equivalent of $1.009 million in bolivars on April 17. There seems to be ‎ever-increasing excitement about th...

Crypto Exchange ‘Huobi’ to Launch London Offices, Expand Beyond Asia

April 18, 2018

Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi has announced a plan to set up shop in London as it seeks to continue its expansion outside of Asia. Chern Chung, Huobi’s senior business development manager for Europe,...

Police Officers Arrested in India for Extorting Bitcoin

April 17, 2018

Nine police officers were arrested last week in the Indian state of Gujurat for kidnapping a man and extorting 200 bitcoins from him. The crime took place in February, according to a report in Quartz India. ...