Austin-based blockchain-as-a-service company Factom is partnering with FPT Software, an IT services company stationed in Vietnam. The two enterprises will work with each other to develop a new blockchain technology platform through Factom Harmony — a system that creates audit records regarding data, decisions, activities and events. The purpose of the platform is to digitize […]
A Washington state county has agreed to allow Bitmain subsidiary Ant Creek LLC to lease 10 acres of land with an option to buy.
Yahoo! Japan Corp has confirmed on Friday it will buy a minority stake in Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange BitARG in order to join the digital money industry. Yahoo! Japan Enters Cryptocurrency Space Through BitARG Yahoo! Japan Corp, a Japanese internet company originally formed as a joint venture between the American internet company Yahoo! and the Japanese […]
In another one of his famous bitcoin predictions that gets widespread news coverage, billionaire investor Tim Draper is now predicting that the price of bitcoin, which today traded at around $8,100, will rocket to $250,000 in four years. Draper, a founding partner in Draper Associates, made the prediction on April 12, 2018, at the Block […]
Long Blockchain’s stock price is in free fall following the announcement that its shares are set to be delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market. Shares for the ex-beverage producer (LBCC) — formerly known as Long Island Iced Tea — closed at $1.10 on Wednesday, representing a single-day decline of 37 percent and an 88 percent […]
BitGo co-founder and CTO Ben Davenport will step down from his position next week, he announced Friday.
Encouraging the progress of blockchain technology, one of the prominent cryptocurrency news outlets, Bitcoinist has announced the date for its upcoming Blockchaineum 2.0 conference. The conference, targeting Central Europe and rest of the world is scheduled to happen on May 23, 2018, in Budapest, Hungary. European nations are leading the blockchain revolution with their cryptocurrency […]
At a time when concerns over how big companies like Facebook, LinkedIn and Google are handling our data continue to grow, two blockchain-based apps have joined forces to offer productivity tools that give you full control over your own data. Graphite Docs, a decentralized alternative to Google G-suite, has integrated with decentralized messaging app Stealthy, […]
Tax firm Credit Karma reported that less than 1 in 250 users reported cryptocurrency gains or losses on their tax forms.
Mason County joins Chelan County in the U.S. state of Washington to place a moratorium on new applications for cryptocurrency mining operations. In a move to take time and evaluate the effect of energy-intensive crypto mining operations on local power resources, Mason County’s Public Utility District (PUD) has announced a moratorium on new cryptocurrency mining operations. […]