A group of oil and gas companies have announced a partnership that will create the first blockchain industry consortium in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne wants to make it perfectly clear that his company’s future is in blockchain. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
U.S. federal law enforcement agencies have recovered $110,000 worth of stolen bitcoin, and returned it to cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. That amount — totaling 27.7 bitcoin — is just a small portion of the amount stolen by hackers in August 2016. The criminals made off with...
Japanese internet giant Recruit Holdings launched a $25 million blockchain fund, which closed in November and only became public after the company revealed an investment in Beam. Recruit has made prior investments in blockchain companies through its central corporate fund, Recruit Strategic Partners (RSP). With the...
Most of the wallet contents from digital currency exchange QuadrigaCX have reportedly been sent to Ernst & Young (EY), a monitor appointed by the court for the company, CoinDesk reported. Through the crypto transfer, 51 bitcoins, 33 Bitcoin Cash tokens, 822 Litecoin tokens, 2,000 Bitcoin Gold...
Digital currency exchange Binance, which has approximately $1 billion in trading volumes each day, rolled out a decentralized trading service (dex), according to reports. With the concept of a dex, users can trade using their wallets instead of transferring their digital currency into a crypto...
Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. To that end, reports came this week that Germany has put a consultation and commentary period in place that will focus on blockchain, with a goal...
Coinbase announced that it has acquired Neutrino, a blockchain intelligence platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
Bitcoin jumped to a one-month high as it hit $3,727 this weekend — it’s highest level since Jan. 19. Its 24-hour trading volume also rose to above $8 billion for the first time since Dec. 20. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
