PwC acquires minority stake in blockchain startup VeChain
May 07, 2018 04:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
Consulting giant PwC has announced the acquisition of a minority stake in blockchain startup VeChain. In a press release dated May 4, PwC Hong Kong and PwC Singapore announced that they are in a joint business...
May 07, 2018 03:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
Grayscale Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, has announced that it has received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to place shares of Ethereum Classic...
Well-anticipated development from Goldman Sachs on Bitcoin after fresh hire Justin Schmidt
May 04, 2018 12:17 pm UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views
In the recent past, globally renowned investment banking company Goldman Sachs employed Justin Schmidt as its head of digital assets to pioneer the operations. Ever since then weve been hearing hints of constructive...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – May 4th, 2018
May 04, 2018 11:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Australian securities regulator ASIC comes down heavily on deceptive ICOs The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has announced a crackdown on dubious initial coin offerings (ICOs). The announcement...
FxWirePro: A glimpse at BCH’s bullish trend on verge of hard fork in mid-May
May 04, 2018 10:44 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views
Bitcoin Cash resumed its bullish trend on BCH hard fork is scheduled to be held on 15th of this month. BCH began its bullish trend on 6th Aprils from its lows of $600.1 and, trailblazed its way through April to its...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD trades just shy of 800, bias bullish, stay long
May 04, 2018 10:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD is trading higher on Friday on the back of strong upward momentum. It is currently trading at 792 levels at the time of writing (Coinbase). On the upside, a consistent break above 800 levels would now target 849...
Best of both worlds: Scanetchain develops AR Dapp on NEM blockchain
May 04, 2018 10:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Augmented reality (AR) is a rapidly growing market and expected to be valued at $215 billion by 2021, according to Statista. The technologys use cases ranges from gaming, to movies, to marketing, to education and...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight