Leading crypto exchange Binance makes its first public acquisition, buying Ethereum and ERC20 mobile wallet Trust Wallet. Major crypto exchange…
Month: July 2018
Asset Management Firm Northern Trust to Start Crypto Custody Business
Chicago-based asset management firm Northern Trust Corp. is looking to begin a custody service for digital assets such as cryptocurrencies.…
Why Tokenization Is Still a Chimera: Expert Take
Does the on-chain tokenization of real assets and private equities bring more advantages or more problems? In our Expert Takes,…
Forrester Research: 90% of Blockchain Initiatives by US Firms Will Never Become Operational
According to the U.S. market research firm Forrester Research, 2018 will become “the year of reckoning for blockchain initiatives.” About…
Nobel Prize Winning Economist Paul Krugman Expresses Skepticism About Crypto, Predicts Collapse
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman calls himself a “crypto skeptic” in a New York Times opinion piece. Nobel Prize…
Former US President Bill Clinton to Give Keynote Speech at Ripple’s Fall Tech Conference
Former US President Bill Clinton will give a keynote and Q&A at Ripple’s fall Swell conference. Ripple’s global payments tech…
KPMG Report: US Blockchain Investment in 2018 to Date has Outstripped 2017’s Total
Fresh analysis from “big four” auditor KPMG shows that U.S. blockchain investment in in the first half of 2018 has…
Audit Firm to Build a Bug Prediction Market for Smart Contracts
sponsored The Bug Prediction Market will be launched in the second half of 2019. Audit experts will be able to…
Will Blockchain Protect the World Economy from Financial Crises?
Ex-VP at J.P. Morgan Chase said that blockchain could have prevented the 2008 financial crisis. And he is not the…
Former Pershing Exec Jeff Horowitz Joins Coinbase as Chief Compliance Officer
Crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase has hired former Wall Street exec and banking regulator Jeff Horowitz as its new Chief…