Blockchain startup Eximchain secures $20M in new funding
Mar 19, 2018 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
Eximchain, a blockchain startup focused on supply-chain, has raised $20 million in new funding, CoinDesk reported. The funding was led by Chinese cryptocurrency hedge fund FBG Capital. It also drew support from...
IERC launches blockchain energy trading project ‘EnerPort’
Mar 19, 2018 04:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
The International Energy Research Centre (IERC), a collaborative programme of research and innovation in integrated sustainable energy system technologies, has launched a new project EnerPort that aims to accelerate...
Bank of Lithuania seeks proposals to develop blockchain platform ‘LBChain’
Mar 19, 2018 03:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bank of Lithuania is inviting proposals from software developers from Lithuania and around the world for the development of the banks blockchain platform, LBChain. The central bank has issued a call for tenders to...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – March 16th, 2018
Mar 16, 2018 11:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
IMFs Christine Lagarde calls for international cooperation to fight bitcoin perils Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has called for international cooperation in order to...
Litmus test will be public trust and acceptance: MAS’ Ravi Menon on cryptocurrencies as money
Mar 16, 2018 10:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
The litmus test of whether cryptocurrencies can become money will be public trust and acceptance, according to Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Speaking at Money20/20, Menon shared...
Lightning Labs secures $2.5M in seed funding, launches lnd 0.4-beta
Mar 16, 2018 10:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
Californian startup Lightning Labs on Thursday announced the launch of the beta version of its software LND, which marks the fourth major release of the software and the first Lightning mainnet beta. The startup is...
Abra announces support for 20 cryptocurrencies and 50 fiat currencies
Mar 16, 2018 09:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Digital wallet startup Abra has announced its support for 20 cryptocurrencies and 50 fiat currencies as it rolls out the new version of the Abra app. According to the official release, the app is available to all users...
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Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects