Esports has been the fastest-growing sport on the planet in recent years by players and viewership, and blockchain and cryptocurrencies could be the catalyst that drives this hot new industry fully into the mainstream, a new report from Macquarie Research predicts. While it’s debatable whether or not consider competitive videogaming should be considered a “sport” along […]

Messaging app Telegram is finishing up the biggest digital token sale in history, hoping to raise $2.55 billion. Valuing it requires unusual computational gymnastics like pondering illegal weapons sales. That’s according to Aaron Brown, a former managing director at renowned quantitative investment firm AQR Capital Management LLC. He owns Bitcoin, so digital currencies don’t scare […]

With the success of cryptocurrency titans like BTC, ETH and LTC, there is no doubt in the fact that cryptocurrencies are not just a trend that will fade away into obscurity any time soon. Instead, they are the future that will surely be deciding the manner in which we conduct our trade for years to […]

Google is banning ads for cryptocurrencies and binary options from June. The search giant is also cracking down on adverts for other financial products such as CFDs, spread bets, and foreign exchange products. Facebook has also banned cryptocurrency adverts. Google’s crackdown comes amid sustained pressure on the tech giant over its advertising and content policing. […]

As of today, Tokyo-based Coincheck has begun distributing reparations to users impacted by the infamous late January theft of some $530 million in NEM. With an announcement on its website today, Coincheck has begun reimbursing funds – in JPY – to the account balances of users who held NEM at the time of the theft on January […]

We had the pleasure of sitting down to talk with Bethereum CEO, Giacomo Tognoni, about his company’s upcoming ICO. Bethereum is a decentralized social betting platform that allows individuals the opportunity to bet friends or colleagues using smart contracts. Users are able to customize their own bets using Bether tokens and the results aren’t able […]

John Oliver gave a crash course on cryptocurrency and blockchain on Sunday night’s “Last Week Tonight.” He introduced the subject as “everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about computers.” Oliver compared cryptocurrencies to a $15,000 Beanie Baby before focusing on the variety of potential uses for the blockchain technology […]

South Korean-based crypto exchange Bithumb has announced plans to supply kiosks to restaurants and cafes with an option for customers to pay for their food orders with their Bithumb crypto holdings, local news outlet Zdnetreported March 7. The kiosk brand, called Touch B, is the result of a February partnership between Bithumb and kiosk manufacturers Unos Space, Tros […]

Landmark Title Assurance Agency, an affiliate of Title Security of Arizona, is part of an agreement signed with RealBlock, to incorporate blockchain technology into its day to day operations. Title Security of Arizona, a Tucson based company, announced it had signed with RealBlock, last week.  According to Title Security’s CEO, Tommy Sullivan, “RealBlock will take […]

Multiversum, the new innovative fourth generation blockchain technology platform has raised $2.9million in just 8 days in its Pre ICO. The hard cap for the Pre ICO is 60MLN$ and it will run for a further 22 days until 31/3/2018 A spokesperson for the company indicated that they were very happy with the results so […]