Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 244 of 298

Baidu Launches Blockchain-Based Stock Image Platform

April 12, 2018

In a bid to protect the intellectual rights of images, Chinese search giant Baidu on Wednesday launched a blockchain-based stock photography platform called Totem. Using the properties of blockchain technolo...

Winklevoss-Backed Gemini to Offer Block Trading Service to Crypto Whales

April 10, 2018

Winklevoss twins-founded cryptocurrency exchange Gemini on Monday announced that it is introducing block trading facility in a bid to cater to the increasing number of institutional traders trying to trade wi...

Bithumb Reports Exploding Profits in 2017

April 10, 2018

Bithumb, South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has reported that its profits rose by a factor of 171 in 2017, according to Coindesk Korea. Bithumb handles around $200 million in daily trading volume...

Reserve Bank of India Bars Banks from Cryptocurrency Transactions

April 5, 2018

India’s central bank has banned financial institutions from dealing with cryptocurrency exchanges, in what some Indian enthusiasts described a restrained first step towards imposing an outright ban on the vir...

The Birth of the Blockchain Smartphone: Sirin Labs Finds Manufacturer

April 5, 2018

After a $158 million ICO last December, Sirin Labs has chosen FIH Ltd., a subsidiary of Foxconn, to build its so-called ‘Finney’ blockchain smartphone. The Finney, which is essentially a mobile phone and cryp...

Self-Regulation in Crypto Rises as Governments Stumble Through Legislation

April 4, 2018

While some voices in the crypto community argue that regulating cryptocurrency defeats the purpose of crypto in the first place, many others see regulation as a positive thing for the industry in the long run...

SEC Calls Mayweather-Endorsed Firm Fraudulent, Owners Arrested

April 3, 2018

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the business operations of Centra Tech according to an official press release in which it refers to the company as a “fraudulent scheme”. The complaint is...

Terra Incognita: Africa’s Crypto Boom Is Just Getting Started

April 3, 2018

Africa is often a forgotten continent in the tech world. However, blockchain is set to boom in a big way across the landscape; in fact, it has already begun to. There is an increasing number of examples like...

Thai Ministry of Finance Announces 7% Tax on Crypto Trades; 15% on Returns

April 2, 2018

Cryptocurrency tax rates for trading and investing have been proposed by Thailand’s Ministry of Finance as part of a larger effort to appropriately regulate and tax the crypto industry within the country, acc...

Huobi Enters South Korean Market With 100 Coins on Offer

April 2, 2018

Huobi, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has entered the lucrative South Korean market with the launch of a new exchange, called Huobi Korea. The Singapore-headquartered company launc...