Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain will soon have a new chief executive officer, who will replace co-founders Wu Jihan and Zhan Ketuan, South China Morning Post reported. Sources familiar with the matter told the news outlet...

Concordium Foundation, a Swiss non-profit behind the ID/KYC blockchain network Concordium, has announced that former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ Europe Hans-Ole Jochumsen is joining its advisory board. Founded in 2018,...

Blockchain platform TRON has roped in former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supervisory attorney David Labhart as the companys first chief compliance officer. Labhart, a financial industry veteran, will...

Former Goldman Sachs partner and bitcoin enthusiast Mike Novogratz has increased his stake in Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. to nearly 80 percent, Bloomberg reported. Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital, a...

Overstock.coms blockchain subsidiary tZero has announced the appointment of Alan Konevsky as its Chief Legal Officer (CLO). Konevsky joins tZero from Mastercard where he served as the senior vice president, strategic...

Blockchain startup Digital Asset has announced that Blythe Masters, who was serving as the CEO since 2015, is now stepping down from her role. Founded in 2014, Digital Asset is a New York-based software company that...

Blockchain identity startup Civic has announced the appointment of former Apple executive Phillip Shoemaker as Executive Director of Identity.com. Announced in July 2018, Identity.com is a decentralized, open-source...

The Bitfury Group, a full-service blockchain technology company, has announced the addition of two new members to its advisory board. Annette Nazareth, a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

In response to the recent comments from Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Bank of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said that it is unlikely that cryptocurrencies will be...

Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, has lowered his year-end target for bitcoin price to $15,000 from $25,000, CNBC reported. Bitcoin price, which hit this years low at $5,188 on November 15 (Coinbase), is...

Bitcoin is the evil spawn of the financial crisis, a member of the European Central Banks (ECB) executive board said recently. Speaking at the Economics of Payments IX conference on November 15, Benot Curé,...

Bitcoin payments processor BitPay has announced that Rolf Haag is joining the company as the Head of Business Solutions. Haag, with close to 20 years of experience in financial technology, will be a valuable addition to...

Blockchain startup AlphaPoint has announced that former Cboe head of equity options Kapil Rathi is joining the company as Global Head of Trading Markets. Rathi, an industry veteran, will bring his extensive experience...

Blockchain startup Ripple has appointed former Google executive Amir Sarhangi as vice president of products, Reuters reported. Sarhangi was the co-founder and CEO of Jibe Mobile, which was later acquired by Google. As...

Blockchain-based audit tools can revolutionize audit assurance model, an official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said recently. Speaking at the Council of Institutional Investors 2018 Fall...