While the SEC is pondering whether to grant the existence of a Bitcoin ETF, it is not wasting time in charging the cryptocurrency industry, where appropriate. The financial regulator has fined the blockchain company Block.one for unregistered ICO. The fine was $24 million. According to the SEC, the ICO raised billions of dollars in digital…
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Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain protocol, a high performance blockchain platform for decentralized applications, has just announced that venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel has invested in the company, along with other notable investors, Bitmain, Louis Bacon, and Alan Howard. This round follows an earlier round led by Christian Angermayer, Lansdowne Investment Company Ltd,…
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Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain software protocol and seller of the EOS Token, a top-five cryptocurrency by market cap at approximately US$8 billion, has announced that former Jefferies Asia CEO Mike Alexander has joined as CEO of its US$1 billion EOS VC venture capital arm, effective today. Based in Hong Kong, Mike Alexander will…
Read moreBlock.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain software and seller of the EOS token, a top-five cryptocurrency by market cap at approximately US$12.4 billion, announced that it has named Rob Jesudason as its Group President and Chief Operating Officer. Jesudason will be a member of Block.one’s Board of Directors and be responsible for scaling the group’s…
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Block.one, creators of the EOS.io blockchain, today announced a collaboration with Bancor to simplify token creation and exchange. EOS.io is an open-source platform designed to support Decentralized Autonomous Communities (DACs) and allow for the mainstream adoption of blockchain technology, while the Bancor Protocol enables users to easily convert between tokens. Through this collaboration, the Bancor…
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