Wilshire Phoenix, a New York-based investment and advisory firm, has announced its partnership with Coinbase Custody as it gears up to launch a new institutional fund by the end of 2018. WP will launch a fund in...

Blockchain startup ConsenSys has acquired Planetary Resources, a space company, through an asset-purchase transaction. Founded in 2009, Planetary Resources was focused on providing resources for people and products in...

Crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger has announced its expansion to Hong Kong and the appointment of Benjamin Soong as the Head of Asia Pacific (APAC). Soong will bring his extensive experience in sales, business...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it has raised $300 million in a Series E funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Asif Hirji, President and COO, Coinbase, made the announcement via the...

CMC Markets, a UK-based financial derivatives dealer, has announced that it has expanded its cryptocurrency spread betting and contracts for difference (CFDs) offering to include three additional coins: bitcoin cash (BCH),...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, which suffered a major hack in January this year, has announced that it has resumed new account registrations and enabled deposits and purchases in some cryptocurrencies. Coincheck...

Sirin Labs is going to launch its much-awaited FINNEY blockchain smartphone on Thursday, 29 November, in Barcelona, The Independent reported. The Swiss firm raised $157 million in its initial coin offering (ICO) last...

StarkWare Industries, an Israeli blockchain startup, has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm. Paradigm was co-founded by Matt Huang, formerly a partner at Sequoia, and Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of...

Leading crypto exchange Bitstamp has just confirmed its acquisition by NXMH, a Belgium-based investment company. ANNOUNCING: Bitstamp was acquired by Belgium-based investment company NXMH. Our team, leadership and...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reportedly laid off over a dozen of its employees. In a report, Yahoo Finance said that the company, with a headcount of around 550 employees, has cut a handful of staffers...

Leading bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain.com has announced the launch of a new crypto hardware wallet, built in collaboration with Ledger. Dubbed Lockbox, the wallet will allow its users to check their balance and...

Nasdaq has been awarded a patent for using blockchain technology to secure and distribute information. The patent was released this week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), CoinDesk reported. It describes...

Medici Ventures, the wholly-owned blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com, has announced $6 million Series A investment in crypto social network Minds. In addition to the investment, Overstock.com founder and CEO Patrick...

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, is expanding its Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering to major global markets including South East Asia, the US and Europe, Information Age reported. According...

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to establish Coinbase Custody Trust Company. The DFS, which has approved eleven charters or licenses for...