ICOs

Payments 2018: Think This — Not That
Payments 2018: Think This — Not That
January 08, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

In 800 B.C., when people wanted to know the answer to “what’s next” about their personal futures, they flocked to Delphi and asked Pythia, the...

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Bitcoin Miners Look Beyond China For Cheap Energy
Bitcoin Miners Look Beyond China For Cheap Energy
January 05, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Facing pressure from the Chinese government, bitcoin mining collectives are shifting their operations overseas, Bloomberg reports. Bitmain, which runs China’s two largest bitcoin-mining collectives, is setting...

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Overstock CEO Alt Trading Platform To Replace IPOs With ICOs
Overstock CEO Alt Trading Platform To Replace IPOs With ICOs
December 20, 2017  |  Blockchain

Medici, the blockchain unit of Overstock.com, announced news on Tuesday (Dec. 19) of the launch of tZero, an alternative trading system that is creating a...

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A Cryptocurrency With “No Purpose” Has Raised $700M
A Cryptocurrency With “No Purpose” Has Raised $700M
December 19, 2017  |  Bitcoin

One of the hottest cryptocurrency investments of 2017, a startup called block.one, has raised $700 million selling a digital token that has “no purpose.” According...

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Walmart’s Early Pay Sizzles While Munchee’s ICO Bites The Dust
Walmart’s Early Pay Sizzles While Munchee’s ICO Bites The Dust
December 15, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Kill the check, we’ve been saying all along. And in our long-standing series on push payments, the myriad of use cases illustrated by Ingo Money...

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After Its Big ICO, Tezos May Be In Serious Trouble
After Its Big ICO, Tezos May Be In Serious Trouble
November 17, 2017  |  Blockchain

Troubling times over at Tezos — the blockchain company that made headlines in July when it snapped up $232 million through its independent coin offering. The...

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ESMA Joins List Of Regulators Warning About ICOs
ESMA Joins List Of Regulators Warning About ICOs
November 14, 2017  |  Investments

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned investors about the risks of initial coin offerings (ICOs) in a statement on Monday (Nov. 13) and...

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Big Tech Firms Sizzle, Star-Backed ICOs Fizzle
Big Tech Firms Sizzle, Star-Backed ICOs Fizzle
November 03, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

It was a week that showed mobility in mobile-ad companies, at least as stock prices were concerned. Consumers seem ready to spread some holiday cheer...

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China Tightens Oversight Of Online Financing Firms
China Tightens Oversight Of Online Financing Firms
October 30, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

China is increasing regulations on websites that offer cash loans, amid growing concerns about lax regulation in the fast-growing market. According to Reuters, citing a...

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