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FXOpen Becomes First Retail Forex Broker to Offer Ethereum Trading

May 4, 2016

While we have seen some retail forex brokers cancel their Bitcoin denominated CFDs recently, FXOpen is showing again its commitment to cryprocurrency traders by launching Ethereum-based pairs. The firm announ...

“Ethereum Alternative” Lisk Raises $6m to Win Over Dapps

March 27, 2016

You can tell something made it big in the tech world when you see people make money just by trying to emulate it. This was the case with bitcoin and now we can see it more and more with Ethereum as well. Lis...

Major Bitcoin Firms Invest $1m in RootStock to Take on Ethereum Threat

March 24, 2016

It seems that after the meteoric rise of Ethereum, Bitcoin supporters can no longer just try to deny its invitational approach to blockchain and the smart money has decided that if you can’t beat them, join t...

Elliptic Secures $5m Funding from Santander et al to Police Bitcoin

March 21, 2016

Blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic just announced a $5 million Series A funding round led by Paladin Capital Group, with participation from Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler, Digital Currency Group, an...

Beleaguered Venezuela Steps Up Anti Bitcoin Propaganda

March 17, 2016

Imagine you are part of a populist government whose far left socialist policies have led your country to such economic ruin that some ordinary citizens are now turning to cryptocurrencies to protect their rem...

Japan’s SBI Holdings Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium

March 14, 2016

The Japanese conglomerate SBI Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8473) announced today that it will be the latest firm to join the blockchain consortium led by R3 CEV LLC. As a group whose main operation channel is the int...

The Floor is set to Connect Israel’s Fintech Sector with the Rest of the World

March 1, 2016

Israel is set to get its own fintech hub with the launch of The Floor today in Tel Aviv. The initiative is headed by Gil Devora, Avi Cohen and Moises Cohen, and includes financial backing from the Pando Group...

Bitcoin Debit Card Provider E-Coin Rebrands as Wirex

February 25, 2016

Bitcoin debit card provider Wirex Limited announced today the launch of Wirex, a hybrid personal banking solution available to customers in more than 130 countries. At the same time, the rebranding will see t...

Secure Bitcoin Payments Integration Startup Simplex Raises $7m

February 8, 2016

Israel-based secure bitcoin payments provider Simplex has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round, the firm has announced. The main investors in the round were bitcoin mining firms Bitmain and Cumberlan...

CBOE Stock Exchange Ex-CEO Among Elliptic’s New Board of Advisors

February 3, 2016

Elliptic, the blockchain intelligence and security firm, today revealed the members of its new board of advisors: David Harris, Martine Niejadlik, Richard Brown and Nadav Rosenberg. The members bring expertis...