SafeShare Releases First Blockchain Insurance Solution For Sharing Economy
Mar 18, 2016 11:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
SafeShare Global, an insurance technology startup, has launched the first blockchain-based insurance solution for the sharing economy. The company, in partnership with sharing economy firm Vrumi, has developed the first...
BitQuick Shuts Down After Security Breach; Seeks New Management
Mar 18, 2016 09:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
BitQuick, a leading P2P trading platform, recently announced that it shut down its server following an attack that gave the attacker unauthorized administrative access. However, all funds, IDs and emails remain...
Tendermint Partners With Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain As A Service Platform
Mar 18, 2016 07:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tendermint, a blockchain development platform, has announced that it has been added to Microsofts Azure Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) platform. We are proud to announce our partnership with Microsoft, said Jae Kwon,...
Venezuelan Media Takes Anti-Bitcoin Stance
Mar 18, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Venezuelan economy has been struggling to break free from the clutches of social and economic crisis for quite some time now. International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that the economy contracted 10 percent last year,...
BTCS Launches Ethereum Pilot Program, Secures Ethereum-Mining Hosting Contract
Mar 18, 2016 05:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTCS Inc., a U.S. public company focused on blockchain technology, has announced the launch of a pilot program to begin securing Ethereums blockchain. As the first U.S. publicly-traded blockchain-focused company we want...
Coinbase Bitcoin Exchange Enables Stop Orders Feature
Mar 18, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinbase, a leading bitcoin wallet and exchange company based in San Francisco, has announced that it has introduced stop orders on its platform. Stop orders let customers to buy or sell bitcoin at a specified price and...
Uphold On Track To Launch Litecoin And Ethereum
Mar 18, 2016 04:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Uphold, a cloud based financial services platform, has announced that it is going to support Litecoin and Ethereum in the forthcoming months. Jorge Pereira, Executive Vice President, Chief Product Engineering Officer...
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