Firm That Saw Stock Boost After Crypto ‘Pivot’ Hit With New SEC Charges
According to a press release Wednesday, the SEC is accusing Longfin, whose share price jumped some 2,000 percent in 2017 after announcing a blockchain pivot, …
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Former Mt Gox CEO Karpeles Launches Startup to Build a Blockchain OS
Talking to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on Wednesday, The Mainichi reports, Karpeles said his new startup will develop a secure operating system …
Bitcoin Security Tech Needs an Update
Karpeles, the author of the new book “Cryptocurrency 3.0“, has come out as vocal proponent of improved security on the blockchain and bitcoin. “It is …
BitConnect Promoter Wanted Over Another Alleged Crypto Scam
The Times of India reported Monday that police in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, had received complaints that the promoter, Divyesh Darji, had been …
Game Creator Lucid Sight Bringing ‘Star Trek’ to the Blockchain
Lucid Sight announced Tuesday that it has signed a deal with CBS to introduce the iconic starships from the popular TV and film franchise into …
Bloomberg Terminal Lists Ethereum-Based Debt Instrument
In a first for a blockchain-based financial instrument, Cadence has obtained a Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI). With this new designation, Cadence becomes easy to research …
Retail Giant Carrefour Saw Sales Boost From Blockchain Tracking
Carrefour’s blockchain project manager Emmanuel Delerm told Reuters on Monday that the use of blockchain ledger technology to track meat, milk and fruit from farm to …
Hackers Infect 50,000 Servers With Sophisticated Crypto Mining Malware
Cybersecurity firm Guardicore Labs said on May 29 that the large-scale malware effort – dubbed the “Nansh0u campaign” – has been ongoing since February, and …
SEC’s Crypto Savvy Surprises Blockchain Insiders at D.C. Forum
From questions about atomic swaps to comments about airdrops and forks, the SEC’s FinTech Forum, held at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., demonstrated that the …
Walmart Joins Pharmaceutical-Tracking Blockchain Consortium MediLedger
A spokeswoman for the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company confirmed Walmart’s participation to CoinDesk but had no further comment. Big-box retail giant Walmart has joined MediLedger, a …
Anti-Patent Troll Consortium Is Recruiting Blockchain Startups
Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Peer Mountain, MARKNetwork and IBISA have signed on to LOT Network, which was formed in 2014 by Google, software maker Red …
U.K. Exchange Coinfloor Is Getting Paid to Help Crypto Firms Access Banking
Under the partnership, Enumis will pay Coinfloor a fee for referring reputable crypto-facing businesses that successfully set up current accounts (the U.K. equivalent of checking …