Sony Financial Ventures is the latest investor in Securitize’s digital securities technology, joining Santander and MUFG. Digital securities company Securitize announced a strategic investment from Sony Financial Ventures, in a press release dated Feb. 4. The unspecified level of investment marks an extension of Securitize’s latest funding round, which saw Santander and MUFG lead a […]
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The Kleiman estate counsel has accused Craig Wright of abusing attorney client privilege to withhold documents and confuse trial proceedings. The counsel for the estate of Dave Kleiman has accused self-proclaimed “Satoshi Nakamoto” Craig Wright of abusing attorney client privilege to withhold documents and confuse trial proceedings. On Feb. 2, plaintiff Ira Kleiman — the […]
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In an interview with Yahoo! Finance, Lee suggested that technical achievements for BTC/USD paved the way for serious short-term gains. Bitcoin (BTC) is primed for average gains of almost 200% over the next six months, one of its best-known supporters has told mainstream media. Speaking to Yahoo! Finance on Feb. 4, Tom Lee, co-founder at […]
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The aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul industry — which handles a dizzying 25 billion parts a year — is turning to blockchain to tackle its difficulties. The aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry — which handles a dizzying 25 billion parts a year — is turning to blockchain to tackle its difficulties. Verdict magazine […]
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Cryptocurrency companies adopt features similar to legacy finance, offering better benefits to users. But will this help in the end? Cryptocurrency exchange Deribit recently published an analysis explaining that cryptocurrency companies are racing to adopt financial services known from legacy finance. The post points out that all crypto companies, exchanges included, will soon offer users […]
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Venture arms for Samsung and Salesforce invest in a second Series C funding round for blockchain startup Digital Asset. Venture arms for Salesforce and Samsung participated in a second Series C funding event for a startup called Digital Asset. After gathering $35 million in its first Series C raise that ended in December 2019, Digital […]
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Block.one announces an EOSIO blockchain competition, paying out $200,000 to the first person to solve a puzzle. Block.one announced a smart contract blockchain puzzle, touting a $200,000 prize for whoever figures it out. “In this challenge, participants must create an EOSIO Smart Contract which can store and invoke EVM (Solidity) Smart Contracts in a virtual […]
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All eyes are on Tesla stock price today as Bitcoin pulled back under $9,200 and appears to be entering a brief period of consolidation. Bitcoin’s price (BTC) action has been relatively uneventful, especially when compared against the explosive price action of last week when the digital asset stomped through the $9K barrier and rallied all […]
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Blockchain software company Consensys drops 14% more of its staff during a directional split. Blockchain software company Consensys let go of an additional chunk of its staff while splitting its focus in two separate directions. Consensys cut its employee base down by 14%, the company announced on Feb. 4, according to a Reuters brief. Headquartered […]
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Binance Launchpad announced the results of the first token sale of the year, WazirX. Binance Launchpad, as the name suggests, is Binance’s token launch platform, which has just announced WazirX’s token sale results. It is the first token sale of this year. According to a Feb. 4 press release from Binance, there were 10,000 winning […]
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