ACINQ, one of the three main Lightning Network development firms, has secured $8 million in a Series A led by Idinvest Partners, with participation from Serena and Bpifrance, state-owned French investment firm. As per a...

Instant messaging app Telegram has finally acknowledged its involvement in the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain in public, as it mentioned both TON and GRAMS, the platforms native token, in the terms of service (ToS)...

CoinFLEX, a Seychelles-based firm launched earlier this year, is offering derivatives that payout based on the possibility Libra will launch by the end of 2020. Dubbed as Libra Initial Futures Offering (IFO), a...

Jennifer Robertson, the widow of QuadrigaCXs founder Gerald Cotton, is returning about CAD $12 million ($9 million) of assets to EY Canada, the firms bankruptcy trustee, as part of a voluntary settlement. I have now...

Renowned cybersecurity expert and cryptocurrency enthusiast John McAfee has rolled out a decentralized exchange (DEX) running on the Ethereum blockchain. As per an announcement, McAfee DEX, which requires no name, no...

Bitfinex, Tether, and others are facing a class-action lawsuit, accusing them of cryptocurrency market manipulation, harming traders, and benefiting themselves. The plaintiffs describe a sophisticated scheme that...

Encryption startup NuCypher has raised $10.67 million via a simple agreement of future tokens (SAFT) Series 2 sale, ahead of its mainnet launch. The funding round was led by venture capital firm Polychain Capital and...

Post-trade financial service firm Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has confirmed that it would delay the launching of its blockchain-based post-trade platform for derivatives by several months, to avoid...

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the governing body of the New York Stock Exchange, has carried out the first block trade of Bakkt Bitcoin futures contracts. As per a press release, the first Bakkt Bitcoin futures trade...

Digital payments firm PayPal becomes the first company to withdraw from the Libra Association, the 28-member firm that will oversee Facebooks upcoming Libra cryptocurrency. Speaking to CoinDesk, a company spokesperson...