Token, a San Francisco and London-based open banking platform, raised $16.5m in funding from prominent tech funds including Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas, Octopus Ventures,…
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Video Startup YouNow Files With SEC to Give Away Crypto – CoinDesk
YouNow, a video platform that aims to reward active users with its own cryptocurrency, is taking a belt-and-suspenders approach to compliance. The New York-based startup has filed a Reg-A+ offering…
Decentralized Video Platform Built on Ethereum Raises $8 Million – CoinDesk
Livepeer, a decentralized video encoding platform built on the Ethereum network, announced it has received an $8 million Series A venture capital round lead by Northzone. Noticing the prodigious…
Breez Reveals Lightning-Powered Bitcoin Payments App for iPhone – CoinDesk
Breez, a non-custodial wallet and payment platform, is launching its services for the iPhone. This is the first payment project built on Neutrino, a bitcoin lightning network client, according…
Bakkt Reveals Bitcoin Futures Contract Details Ahead of July Test Date – CoinDesk
The Intercontinental Exchange’s pending bitcoin platform Bakkt plans to begin testing its two futures contracts on July 22 of this year. In a blog post that likened Bakkt’s launch…
Bad News For Ripple As Visa Enters Cross-Border Payments Market
Visa has launched a blockchain-based platform for cross-border payments between financial institutions. This sees it enter the increasingly crowded marketplace that Ripple has been trying to carve for itself. Visa’s Blockchain-Based…
Nasdaq’s Quandl Institutional Data Platform to Add Crypto Reference Prices – CoinDesk
A Nasdaq-owned financial data platform for institutional investors is adding cryptocurrency reference prices. Nasdaq’s Quandl platform will source its price information from cryptocurrency price and indices provider CryptoCompare. Based on CryptoCompare’s…
Fidelity, Tenaya Capital Fund Crypto-Security Firm Fireblocks – CoinDesk
Fireblocks, a platform for securing digital assets in transit, announced today $16 million in Series A funding from investment heavyweights including Cyberstarts, Tenaya Capital, and Eight Roads — the…
Russian Retailer Dixy Using Ethereum Tech to Streamline Trade Finance – CoinDesk
A new ethereum-based trade finance platform has been launched in Russia with the forth largest retail player in the country as a key participant. Following a six-month pilot phase,…
Block.One’s New Social Media Site Will Do Identity Checks for Every User – CoinDesk
Block.one is going to keep bots off its social media platform by checking the identity of every single user against a government ID, a source with direct knowledge of…