Mark Cuban is the billionaire mogul who has made it abundantly clear that he sees cryptocurrency as nothing more than a scam. In a recent round of tirade against the industry, he directed his ire at Facebook Libra. He...
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is not a fan of cryptocurrencies as they are not money and suggested that Facebook may need a new banking charter if it plans to launch its cryptocurrency Libra. I am not a fan...
Tradewind, a fintech company digitizing precious metals using blockchain technology, has appointed former BNY Mellon executive Leon Shklar as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Founded in 2016, Tradewind allows...
David Marcus, the lead of Facebooks cryptocurrency project Libra, told policymakers that the social media giant is taking time to do this right. We understand that big ideas take time, that policymakers and others are...
Well-known American economist and blockchain critic Nouriel Roubini has called out BitMEX co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes to release the footage of a debate in which the professor claimed that he destroyed him. This...
The Craig Wright saga continues as the self-proclaimed bitcoin founder reportedly provided fabricated court documents to prove a trust deed with his plaintiffs, according to a tweet by trial lawyer Stephen...
Amid the political oppositions received by Facebook since revealing its Libra cryptocurrency project, the social media giants top executive David Marcus reiterated that the company will have no control of it. Facebook...
Binance.US, the forthcoming crypto exchange of Binance in partnership with BAM Trading Services, has onboarded former Ripple executive Catherine Coley as its new CEO. As per the announcement, Coley, who served as the...
Japanese online brokerage Monex Group has announced the resignation of Hiroshi Goto, a former executive director of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck. Monex Group is the operator of Coincheck exchange, which it acquired...
Craig Wright, who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin, said he is unable to comply with a federal court order that required him to provide a list of all his early Bitcoin addresses, according to Bloomberg. In addition,...
When it comes to Facebook Libra, the reactions have ranged from excited to alarmed. In the case of Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, however, his outlook is a bit more dismissive than most. He basically does not think that...
Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has appointed Michael Mosier, a former official from the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Department of Justice (DOJ), as its Chief Technical...
Bram Cohen, the creator of the peer-to-peer (P2P) BitTorrent protocol, has taken over as the chief executive officer of Chia Network, CoinDesk reported. Cohen left BitTorrent in August 2017 to found Chia a...
Square Crypto, a crypto-focused initiative announced by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has finally made its first hire. In a tweet, Square Crypto announced the appointment of former Google director Steve Lee. However,...
R3s former Director of Market Research Tim Swanson is joining UK-based blockchain builder Clearmatics as head of market intelligence, according to CoinDesk. As per the report, the blockchain analyst has been on...