NASA funds blockchain research to improve space communications
Jan 31, 2018 06:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a grant of $330,000 to scientists at the University of Akron to explore the potential of blockchain technologies in improving communications in space....
Facebook prohibits ICO and cryptocurrency advertisements
Jan 31, 2018 05:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Social networking giant Facebook has announced a new policy to prohibit promotional activities on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency. In an online post, Rob Leathern, Product Management Director at...
U.S. SEC brings AriseBank ICO to a halt, alleges scam
Jan 31, 2018 04:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted an initial coin offering (ICO) drive conducted by AriseBank, alleging a scam and pointing out a number of misstated information by the company. The SEC said...
Pre-orders for Sirin Labs’ blockchain phone exceed 25k
Jan 31, 2018 03:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sirin Labs, a tech startup working to build an open source blockchain smartphone, has announced that the pre-orders for its FINNEY phone have already surpassed 25,000. The announcement follows a highly successful...
What the Coincheck hack tells us about how Australian regulators will handle a cryptocurrency hack
Jan 30, 2018 12:06 pm UTC| Digital Currency Law
New risk rules for cryptocurrency exchanges will be put to the test with the latest hack on Japanese exchange Coincheck. Hackers stole US$660 million worth of NEM (its native cryptocurrency). In the past eight years,...
WWF announces blockchain supply chain project in Pacific Islands’ tuna industry
Jan 30, 2018 11:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Environmental organisation WWF and its partners have announced a blockchain project to address the problems of illegal fishing in the Pacific Islands tuna industry. WWF-New Zealand, WWF-Australia, and WWF-Fiji have...
Digital Rupiah: Bank Indonesia to trial national cryptocurrency
Jan 30, 2018 10:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bank Indonesia (BI) is going to trial digital rupiah this year, an assistant to the central banks executive director said recently. The BI is considering issuing the cryptocurrency which may be used as a payment...
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