A report has found that equity fundraising has dramatically overtaken ICOs as the leading for leading source of capital for blockchain companies. A report published by research firm CB Insights has found that equity funding has dramatically overtaken initial coin offerings (ICOs) as the dominant means of finance in the blockchain space. While the largely […]
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Holding funds to receive rewards while contributing to the operations of a blockchain might be the answer to today’s mining problems. For a tech that was supposed to be democratic and distributed in order to free financial systems from the grip of government-influenced banks and return control of the money supply to the people, cryptocurrencies […]
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security named “blockchain managers” as “essential critical infrastructure” amid the coronavirus lockdown. A memorandum published by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has named “blockchain managers” among the nation’s “essential critical infrastructure” workers. On March 19, the DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a memo emphasizing […]
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Experts weigh in on how blockchain ID can restore self-sovereign identity both online and in the physical world. Although some people in life do an extremely convincing job of indicating otherwise, all humans have an identity. This identity comes in many forms, and as modern life has progressed, the ways in which people can identify […]
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Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has revealed plans to invest in Indian cryptocurrency startups. Billionaire investor and the winner of thousands of Bitcoins (BTC) in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2014 Silk Road auctions, Tim Draper, has set his sights on India’s nascent cryptocurrency industry. On March 22, the venture capitalist tweeted that the Supreme […]
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SkyWeaver, a collectible card game featuring Ethereum-based in-game items, has launched its final season in closed-beta. SkyWeaver, the forthcoming free-to-play blockchain-based card game from Horizon Blockchain Games, has opened its final closed-beta season. On March 21, Horizon announced that season 0 of SkyWeaver had commenced. The season will be live until the launch of SkyWeaver’s […]
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As Facebook’s Libra members flock to the competing Celo Alliance project, Cointelegraph unpacks its goals and specs to figure out why. Several members of the Facebook-backed Libra Project have announced their alliance with a rival stablecoin project known as Celo. Since the middle of March, members that have joined the Celo Alliance for Prosperity include, […]
Continue ReadingCointelegraph spoke to the CEO of Attestiv on his company’s recent $2M raise, deep-fakes, and the role of blockchain in combating fake news. On March 18, Attestiv, a firm combating digital fraud and deep-fakes using blockchain technology, announced that it had secured funds exceeding $2 million in a seed offering. Cointelegraph recently spoke to Attestiv’s […]
Continue ReadingAs Bitcoin price recovers from Black Thursday, is the worse behind us? Or is there more pain ahead as the global economy comes to grips with the coronavirus? Bitcoin (BTC) price has started to show strength in its recovery since the black Thursday selloff this past week, but is this something we can expect to […]
Continue ReadingTSB Games, the firm behind VR game The Sandbox, announced a partnership with second-layer scaling solution Matic. TSB Games, the firm behind VR game The Sandbox, announced a partnership with second-layer scaling solution Matic. According to a March 19 announcement, Matic will allow the decentralized application (DApp) to carry out faster transactions and create a […]
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