Blockchain is hitting the road as Honda and GM link on a project tied to electric vehicles and smart grids. Separately, South Korea is launching an identity service based on blockchain.
A new blockchain association has been created to promote the adoption of the technology across the European Union. The group — the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) — officially launched on April 3 in Brussels and includes SWIFT, IBM, Ripple and around 100 other companies...
A beer vending machine that accepts cryptocurrency payment is now available for preorder. Decentralized identity startup Civic debuted a $15,000 machine that can verify a user’s age, as well as accept payment via crypto. “We’re merging identity and payment into one transaction,” Civic’s Titus Capilnean...
Kraken has bought a trading startup called Crypto Facilities in a deal described as a “nine-figure” acquisition, CoinDesk reported. Through the deal, users of Kraken will be able to use a unified trading interface to open positions and trade spot. Kraken CEO Jesse Powell told...
June 28, 2022
Former U.S. Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks said recently that evaluating cryptocurrencies based on their capacity to serve as surrogates for the U.S. dollar is the wrong way to look at them, CNBC reported Tuesday (June 28). Brooks, who now is CEO of Netherlands-based bitcoin mining company Bitfury, told CNBC it makes more […]
April 05, 2019
A new blockchain association has been created to promote the adoption of the technology across the European Union. The group — the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) — officially launched...
February 05, 2019
Kraken has bought a trading startup called Crypto Facilities in a deal described as a “nine-figure” acquisition, CoinDesk reported. Through the deal, users of Kraken will be able to use...
October 23, 2014
Shortly after BitFury Capital announced an undisclosed investment in digital currency merchant processor GoCoin, GoCoin CEO Steve Beauregard said that his Bitcoin operation will make B2B payments recruiting a top...
