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Alternative investment firm North Capital announced that it has launched a new Ethereum investment fund called Proof Ethereum LCC that aims to capitalize on the growth of the Ethereum blockchain and the increase in the value of ether. Proof Ethereum…

In June, U.S. authorities charged a British businessman with fraud, alleging that he was the mastermind behind a fraudulent scheme, deceiving investors through a fake trading platform called Bitcoin Store. Bitcoin Store was thought to have been “an easy-to-use and…

TUI Group, a German multinational travel agency, and the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, is adopting blockchain technology into its booking, reservation, and payment systems. In the past, TUI lost ground to competitors by not adapting…

Ethereum classic has emerged as one of the most popular altcoins since its big brother ether executed a hard fork on the blockchain after the DAO hack in July 2016. During a little under a year of its existence, ethereum…

California-based blockchain startup Enigma has announced the creation of a cryptocurrency investment platform that allows developers to start their own digital asset investment funds based on trading strategies that they create themselves. The platform, named Catalyst, enables developers to create…

Switzerland-based cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift announced on May 19 that it is launching the world’s first trustless digital asset portfolio platform called Prism, which has been built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The new portfolio management platform enables humans as…

India’s third largest private bank Kotak Mahindra announced on May 17 that it had enabled trade financing for one of its clients by applying blockchain technology to reduce the time it takes for the letter of credit (LC) to be…

Tim Draper has announced that he will participate in the Tezos ICO. Draper is the third generation in a line of Silicon Valley venture capitalists. He is a founding partner of Draper Associates and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). His father…

Professor Philip Treleaven and his renowned financial computer science team at University College London are working on a new project that involves automating financial regulation through the application of blockchain-based smart contract technology. Treleaven and his team are assembling several…

Smart contracts are one of the most talked about new technologies in financial services today. Blockchain-based smart contracts can be used for two or more parties to electronically agree on terms and conditions of a contract involved in a financial…

Russia looks to move to legalize cryptocurrencies by 2018 according to a report by Bloomberg. The article frames the acceptance of bitcoin as a way to clamp down on money laundering but could be a way for Russia to escape…

The pub Room77 in Berlin has been the Bitcoin center of the German capital for some years. Here you have been able to buy beer and burgers with bitcoin for a long time. Over the weekend of April 1, the…

EverdreamSoft (EDS) and Blockchain Invest DAC proudly announce their partnership starting with an acquisition of around half million BitCrystals (BCY) in order to support further development of Spells of Genesis (SoG) and the achievement of the project’s next milestones, including…

Blockchain Capital, which focuses on investing in bitcoin and blockchain startups, announced late February its intentions to raise $50 million for a new fund partly through the issuance of a proprietary digital token. The San-Francisco-based firm’s Managing Partner, Brock Pierce,…

Traditionally, hedge funds have been run by seasoned investment managers who have been strategically picking financial securities and assets to invest in to generate absolute returns for their investors. In the last ten years, many hedge funds moved on from…

With the highly successful crowdfunding of ICONOMI, raising more than $10 million collectively, it showed the world that the sector of financial management and hedge funds was in dire need of a fresh injection of innovation. While ICONOMI has stated…

Blockchain consultancy Blockchain Partners and digital asset crowdfunding platform TokenMarket announced that they are collaborating to offer consulting services to startups looking to raise capital through Initial Coin Offerings, also known as ICOs. ICOs have boomed in the past 12…

Major multi-billion dollar banks and financial institutions have begun to compete with one another regarding patent registry. Leaders of the global financial industry including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have assembled a series of patents necessary to commercialize the…