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Alibaba Cloud Partners with Blockchain-Powered Internet of Things Startup

March 6, 2018

The cloud arm of Chinese web giant Alibaba Group has partnered ‎with Xiamen ZhongChuan IoT Industry Research Institute to accelerate the ‎ambitious development timeline of a new blockchain ‎designed specifica...

Square Planning to Add More Bitcoin Services on Cash App

March 5, 2018

San Francisco-based payment service app Square is planning to extend its support for Bitcoin and might facilitate consumer-to-merchant Bitcoin payments soon. The prospect was revealed by Jack Dorsey, CEO of ...

GCOX Signs Manny Pacquiao to Launch First Celebrity-Backed Token

March 5, 2018

Blockchain-based projects are getting more creative day-by-day, and as a huge sum of money is flowing into the nascent economy, many blockchain firms are approaching celebrities to tap their huge fan bases. ...

World’s First Equity Token – Gift Off

March 5, 2018

Gift Off is a UK based e-commerce site that operates giftoff.com, enabling users to buy digital gift cards using credit cards and bitcoin. Gift Off has just announced that they are going to do an equity tok...

Coinbase Now Fighting (Legal) War on Two Fronts

March 4, 2018

Coinbase is facing two class-action law suits, both filed on the 2nd of March. The first involves insider trading, according to Cointelegraph. The suit was filed by Jeffrey Berk, a Coinbase customer from Ari...

Bithumb to Bring Bitcoin ATMs and Kiosks to South Korea

March 4, 2018

Addressing the addiction of South Korean society to cryptocurrency, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Bithumb – is planning to bring Bitcoin ATMs and kiosks to the tiny peninsular nation, accord...

HSBC Plans Pilot Programs on Blockchain-Based Payment Services

March 1, 2018

The multinational banking giant HSBC is set to test blockchain technology in live transactions, reported the Global Trade Review (GTR). The bank has been involved in moulding and testing the nascent technolo...

More Than 1,200 Crypto-Related Scams Reported in Australia in 2017

February 28, 2018

Cryptocurrency-related scams are increasing at an alarming rate all over the world. In 2017 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Scamwatch service has received 1289 Bitcoin-relat...

China Scrutinizes Banks, E-Payment Accounts to Stamp out ‎Cryptocurrency Trading

February 28, 2018

China is escalating its clampdown on cryptocurrency trading in a bid ‎to finally quash the market completely. Beijing’s tougher stance will ‎target overseas platforms that offer exchange-like services ‎to mai...

Rakuten Goes All In on Crypto: to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency‎

February 27, 2018

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten on Tuesday said that it will launch its ‎own cryptocurrency, dubbed ‘Rakuten Coin’, allowing users to redeem ‎their points of the company’s existing loyalty program, Rakuten ...