Global demand for blockchain engineers is up by 517 percent year-over-year, according to the report. The global demand for blockchain engineers is up by 517 percent year-over-year, according to a report released by recruitment company Hired on Feb. 28. The document also notes that the second-fastest growing software engineering role is security engineer, with 132 […]
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7,096 cases of suspected money laundering tied to crypto were reported to Japanese police in 2018. More than 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering tied to crypto were reported to Japanese police in 2018, a more than tenfold increase from the 669 cases over a nine month period during the previous year. The news was […]
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GIC was reportedly one of the investors to have helped raise $300 million for crypto exchange Coinbase in 2018. Singapore’s Government Investment Corporation (GIC) was reportedly one of the investors to have helped raise $300 million for major United States crypto wallet provider and exchange service Coinbase in 2018. Bloomberg reported the news on Feb. […]
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PwC has published guidance for financially distressed or insolvent businesses in the crypto sector. Big Four audit and consultancy firm PwC Hong Kong has published guidance for financially distressed or insolvent businesses in the crypto sector. The document, released February 2019, tackles the complexities specific to the nascent industry, in particular in regard to asset […]
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Fintech startup Figure, which was founded by SoFi founder Mike Cagney, has reportedly raised $65 million from major venture capital funds. A blockchain-based home equity loan platform, Figure, has raised $65 million from various major financial and venture capital firms, tech news site TechCrunch reports on Feb. 27. The firm, which was founded by SoFi […]
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Switzerland will host the Swiss Blockchain Hackathon in June 2019, with the partnership of major firms like PwC. Switzerland will host the Swiss Blockchain Hackathon later this year in a bid to help companies find real-life applications of blockchain technology, according to an announcement published on Feb. 27. The three-day event is reportedly organized by […]
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The chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority, Steven Maijoor, has supported new regulations for digital assets to help investors. The chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — the European Union-level financial markets supervisor — has said that he supports further regulations on digital assets, political news outlet Roll Call reported […]
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In-browser mining service Coinhive will discontinue its operations in March 2019, due to economic problems. Cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive is shutting down, as the project has reportedly become economically inviable. The team behind Coinhive the news in a blog post on Feb. 26. Per the announcement, the mining service will stop its operations on March […]
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Coinomi Wallet denied recent claims that its software sends wallet recovery seed phrases to Google’s remote spellchecker servers in unencrypted text. Coinomi Wallet denied recent claims that its software sends wallet recovery seed phrases to Google’s remote spell checker servers in plain (unencrypted) text. The company refuted the claims in an official statement published on […]
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More than 30 major crypto and finance companies, including R3 and Coinbase, have filed comments in response to the CFTC’s request on Ethereum. Several major crypto and traditional finance companies have replied to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) request on crypto asset mechanics as late as Feb. 25. The CFTC published its […]
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