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…

Fortune Magazine organized a blockchain panel during their Global Forum 2018 event. Alex Tapscott, Julie Sweet, and Christine Moy were invited as speakers. Fortune recently wrote an article regarding the advice that these people give to the business owner delegates attending the event. In that article, you can find a short video, but if you want…

The blockchain revolution promises to dramatically change how people live, yet much of the benefit will not be directly seen by the public. Institutions that provide products and services will soon become vastly more efficient as a result of distributed ledgers. Topping this list may be utility providers, most of which are developing plans to…

eToro, the global, multi-asset, investment platform with over ten million registered users, has today added the Binance Coin (BNB) to its product range. This brings the total number of cryptoassets available on eToro to thirteen. eToro is the first platform to offer BNB to investors and traders to buy or sell using fiat. BNB is a…

Welcome back to our weekly series covering the most interesting stories of the past week, carefully selected and presented by our staff. As always, here's the link to catch up with the previous week and our last list. And now, let us get to the headlines of this week, covering October 22nd to 29th. 23rd October…

The Iranian authorities continue to press ahead with their plans to develop a national cryptocurrency with the state-led project said to be in its final stages. The digital currency is based on Hyperledger's Fabric Platform technology, and has been developed by the Iranian technology company Informatics Services Corporation (ISC). The unnamed cryptocurrency will be issued by…

Crypto values may have declined substantially since the beginning of this year, but popular crypto exchanges have experienced explosive growth in activity and valuation. Coinbase is now the largest U.S. cryptocurrency company, with a valuation estimated at $8 billion. The exchange is now engaged in a series of moves intended to transform it into a…

Welcome back to our regular weekly series where we cover the winners of the continual competition to raise money, attract buyers or investors to a cryptocurrency or blockchain project. Every week we look at the trackers and give press coverage for projects that have fully completed their sales. If you are looking for projects to invest…