US government grants $749k to Evernym to develop blockchain key management system
Jul 25, 2017 06:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Evernym, a technology startup based in Salt Lake City, has received a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) award from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate...
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini to launch ether auction
Jul 25, 2017 06:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gemini, a New York-based digital currency exchange, has announced that it is going to launch ether auction on Friday, July 28, 2017. The announcement follows the launch of bitcoin auction last September. Gemini said...
ECB’s Mersch cautions against distributed ledger technology, underscores need for detailed research
Jul 25, 2017 05:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain or distributed ledger technology should be rigorously tested before they can be implemented in the payments system, Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, said...
CFTC grants cryptocurrency derivatives clearing organization registration to LedgerX
Jul 25, 2017 04:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
LedgerX, a New York-based institutional trading and clearing platform for digital currencies, has announced that it has received approval to operate the first U.S. federally-regulated exchange and clearing house for...
Delaware Blockchain Stock Bill signed into law
Jul 25, 2017 04:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
The governor of Delaware John C. Carney Jr. has officially approved a bill that aimed to legalize using blockchain or distributed ledger technology for the creation or maintenance of corporate records, CoinDesk...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD rangebound, break above channel top targets 268
Jul 24, 2017 11:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD is trading in an extremely narrow range from past couple of sessions. It is currently trading at 217 levels at the time of writing (BTC-e). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen: 196.23 Kijun-Sen:...
Startups propose central bank digital currency to Federal Reserve task force for faster payments
Jul 24, 2017 10:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
Faster Payments Task Force, a task force created by the Federal Reserve in May 2015, has released a new report that provides insights from the submitted solution proposals on implementing faster payments in the United...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects