Coinbase is definitely going all-in the cryptocurrency game, as it continues to expand its current portfolio. The latest addition, however, has sparked some conversation as to why the exchange has decided to list one of the most experimental coins out there - ZRX, or simple, 0x. The coin was added on October 16th, across the…
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tZERO, the blockchain-meets-Wall-Street subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK), has just announced it has completed the issuance of preferred tZERO security tokens. Tokens were issued to investors who had fully funded signed agreements for future equity (SAFEs) prior to the August 6, 2018 close of the company’s Security Token Offering (STO). tZERO raised $134 million from…
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Cointelegraph just reported that a young man from Russia is currently facing court allegations, as he illegally mined Bitcoin through state-owned servers. Reportedly, the man is from Kurgan, a Siberian city. The "theft" was reported by the local office of Russia’s Federal Security Service or FSB. The breach, however, occurred not only in his region,…
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CryptoCompare, the global cryptocurrency market data provider, has today published the ‘Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report’. The taxonomy provides retail and institutional investors, regulators and the industry as a whole with an independent classification of cryptoassets, based on the depth, breadth and scope of CryptoCompare’s global datasets. More than 1,000 different cryptoassets have emerged in the last…
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Peer-to-peer security token trading platform DSTOQ and data-secure identity verification system Blockpass have announced a joint mission to bring the compliant tokenized security and equity token trading to a global user-base. The new partnership is set to streamline security tokenization for businesses everywhere, all while making the investment process safer for anyone interested in purchasing…
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CoolBitX, maker of the first mobile hardware wallet, has just announced that the CoolWallet S now allows users to add any ERC20 Tokens, and manage them directly on the CoolBitX native app. Previously, ERC20 Token storage options were limited, and users risked losing their investments to hacks. Over $11 million in ERC20 Tokens was stolen…
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Fidelity Investments, one of the biggest US financial companies in the world, managing around $7 trillion in client assets, is now launching a completely new company that will only handle cryptocurrencies for their clients. The new entity, called Fidelity Digital Asset Services, will handle cryptocurrency trades and help institutional investors with their digital asset businesses.…
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Since the commencement of 2018, cryptocurrencies have begun to enter the mainstream of the finance world, with such major announcements as the commencement of trading in Bitcoin futures on the CBOE, Nomura Holdings announcing a foray into cryptocurrency storage and security solutions, ICE (owner of the New York Stock Exchange) announcing the formation of a…
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ScoutChain, a blockchain-based recruitment platform, has just announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Block Crafter, an expert in blockchain acceleration, on October 4th. This partnership will promote collaboration between ScoutChain and Block Crafters with the goal of transforming the recruitment system and paradigm. ScoutChain is currently developing a recruitment system and culture…
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Hackers are reportedly selling hacked Facebook accounts, and the sensitive data in them, through the dark web. Estimation shows that the stolen data is currently worth anywhere between $120 and $600 million. Individual Facebook accounts are now sold for anything between $3 and $12 per account, and people wishing to obtain those can pay in…
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