The November 5 deadline set by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in relation to public comments on nine Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals has passed with the Commission now focused on ending their review process and coming to a final decision. Under Review The SEC had originally rejected the proposals back in August citing…

Welcome back to our weekly series where we cover the most important news that happened in the blockchain world. This article goes from October 30th all the way to November 7th, so a couple of days longer than usual. A lot of important events happened this past week, so let's get right to the point. October 30th…

Blockchain started laying its name as a technology of choice when institutional money started coming. But beyond this, blockchain-based companies are now investing in and acquiring mainstream companies and giving these companies a touch of the decentralized world. The new one on the block to be acquired by a blockchain company is Planetary Resources, a…

The year 2018 was marked by boom in popularity of the blockchain technology. In a brief time thousands of startups have gathered billions of dollars for developing decentralized applications (dapps) that promise to bring disruptive changes in all fields of the economy. But the disruptive potential of the new technology goes far further into the areas of political…

A long standing dispute within the Bitcoin Cash community has failed to reach a compromise, setting the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency up for a contested hard fork, which is due to take place on the 15th of this month. This latest development is a setback for Bitcoin Cash, as it reflects the difficulties the crypto…

GoodDollar experiment to research how to reduce wealth inequality using blockchain GoodDollar is an open source community project eToro announces $1m in funding and calls for more ‘brains, ambassadors and funders’ to join the experiment Global, multi-asset, investment platform eToro today announces the launch of the GoodDollar experiment with $1 million in funding…

Attendees at Europe’s largest tech event not only have the chance to enjoy four days of inspiring talks, shared insights, and new connections, they can also go home with free crypto. This year’s Web Summit conference sees over 69,000 attendees from 159 countries gathered in Lisbon to hear over 1,200 speakers.  With 1,800 start-ups, 1,500 tech…

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) started with a boom – helping finance many blockchain and cryptocurrency startups, bringing investors to decentralized applications, but also attracting many fraudulent actors. One of the first and most common standards for ICO tokens is the Ethereum based ERC-20 token format, and to clean scams and other fraudulent activities from the…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce continues to focus on the initial coin offering (ICO) method of fundraising as it allows innovative enterprises to generate much-needed capital, however, the organization is calling for further guidance and possible regulation. The business lobbying group has reiterated some of the principles outlined at the launch of its FinTech Innovation Initiative…

Interest in crypto investment among the mainstream public continues to grow, as cryptocurrency becomes better understood and blockchain development matures. Over the past several months the public has assumed that traditional financial institutions would soon integrate crypto into their services. Recently, however, these players have demonstrated hesitation about making such a move. Although no single…