June 2019

Square has hired former Google director and Bitcoin Optech contributor Steve Lee as the first member of its new crypto team.

Study finds that female coders participated in only 5% of the top 100 blockchain projects.

This is the first time in 15 years, the annual Buffett luncheon is switching venues.

Roman Schnider, co-creator of PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland’s blockchain initiative, will supercede Eelco Fiole as Chief Financial Officer at Tezos.

Helium, an internet-of-things startup founded in 2013, is adding crypto tokens to its business model with the backing of two major funders.

A blockchain-powered platform built by IBM and Maersk and designed to facilitate international trade is to launch in Russia.

Legal & General has turned to Amazon’s services to launch what it claims is the first blockchain system for bulk pension deals.

Attempts in the UK Parliament to block a “no-deal Brexit” have helped to lift the Pound higher against the US Dollar and the Euro.

The European Central bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi is expected to give the opening speech at ECB conference on CESEE in Frankfurt later today.

“I don’t know what Bitcoin is,” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says even as his administration eyes blockchain projects.