Coin Metrics
Fidelity Joins $1.9 Million Round in Blockchain Data Startup Coin Metrics
Coin Metrics, an open-source data research project, will now offer commercial services to institutional investors.
DEX
Polymath Tests Show Security Tokens Can Be Compliant on a DEX
Polymath says its tests showed security token trades on a decentralized exchange would only complete if authorized.
Bitcoin
LinkedIn Founder, Fidelity Latest to Carry Bitcoin’s ‘Lightning Torch’
The latest big names to join the bitcoin payments experiment are financial giant Fidelity Investments and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
Uncategorized
Relief Rally Pushes Sterling Higher – 27 February 2019
The Pound Sterling continues to surge higher against its major peers with the uncertainty of a no-Brexit outcome seemingly less likely as the days progress toward the March deadline.
Blockchain Funds
Blockchain Fund Launches With $22 Million Round Backed By Roger Ver
Switzerland-based Pangea Blockchain Fund is launching after closing a $22 million seed round backed by crypto investor Roger Ver.
ICOs
Developer of Blockchain Project ICON Denies IPO Plan Reports
South Korea-based ICONLOOP, the firm behind blockchain project ICON, has denied reports it’s moving to go public.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Price On Track to End Six-Month Losing Streak
Bitcoin looks set to end its record six-month losing streak with modest gains in February.
Crime
Hacked Exchange Cryptopia Discloses Estimate of Stolen Crypto
New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has given an idea of the losses arising from a hack on its platform last month.
Education
Sony, Fujitsu Aim to Make Educational Data ‘Unfalsifiable’ With Blockchain
The two Japanese tech giants have partnered for a trial using blockchain to provide educational records that cannot be faked.
Aegon
London Stock Exchange Leads $20 Million Fundraise for Blockchain Startup Nivaura
Nivaura, a startup tokenizing traditional financial instruments, has raised $20 million from investors led by the London Stock Exchange Group.