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Urban-X’s investors showcase features high-tech face masks, navigation for the blind and more
The Urban-X investors showcase is a closed-door event that shows off eight different incubated startups to potential investors and...
CME Explores Cryptocurrency Derivatives Contracts in Patent Filing
Derivatives giant CME has developed a system for delivering digital currencies tied to derivative contracts, patent documents show....
ICO Analysis: Voise | Hacked: Hacking Finance
The current generation is the passionate generation, the creator generation, the founder generation. Where our parents saw things...
Baby tech draws seed funding and a few big rounds
Becoming a parent brings drastic change in the household budget. There are big cuts in funding for nights out, trendy clothes and...
Sorting Hat Time? MimbleWimble Weighs Own Blockchain Launch
A team of anonymous Harry Potter-inspired developers has released a new outline for the development of the cryptocurrency anonymity...
Overseas Remittance is a $400 Billion Market, Can Bitcoin Dominate?
FastCompany’s report revealed that overseas remittance totaled $429 billion in 2016. Some of the largest Remittance markets...
Is ICO Speculation Healthy? – CoinDesk
A new and hip way to invest is becoming real via advances in blockchain tech. On 19th April, the ethereum banking app Humaniq...
Facebook Millionaire & NBA Franchise Owner Believes in Bitcoin
A venture capitalist and Facebook Millionaire is invested in Bitcoin, calls it the ‘Ultimate insurance policy against value...
The WriteyDesk is a desk you can write on
Whether you’re an unsung mathematical genius with a penchant for writing complex equations all over everything or a damn vandal,...
US Credit Raters Join Canadian Banks in Blockchain Identity Trial
A pair of US credit reporting agencies are reportedly taking part in a blockchain identity project with a group of Canadian banks....
European Central Bank Reaffirms Need to Support Blockchain Tech
The European Central Bank (ECB) reaffirmed the need to make sure it follows through on initiatives to ensure regulations do...
The Trayvax Element is a minimalist wallet for the paranoid beer-lover
I went digging recently for another minimalist wallet and boy did I find one. My old one, two pieces of titanium attached with a...
Crédit Agricole Subsidiary Joins Blockchain Post-Trade Pilot
The asset servicer for French banking group Crédit Agricole has joined an ongoing blockchain pilot focused on post-trade services...
Did a Celebrated Indian Novelist Just Comment on the Ethereum ETF?
Anita Desai, Indian novelist and the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of...
BlindPAD’s tablet makes visual information tactile for the vision-impaired
It’s truly amazing, the wealth of information we all have at our fingertips — that is, of course, unless your fingertips are how...
The Second Wave of Bitcoin Price Growth May Just Be Beginning
Willy Woo is an entrepreneur, investor, trader and cryptocurrency enthusiast. In this guest feature, Woo breaks down recent...
US Treasury OCC Chief’s Departure Puts Special Fintech Charters In Limbo
A proposal to allow fintech companies to have special bank charters has fallen into question due to the departure today of...
This could be Amazon’s Echo with a built-in display
Rumor has it that Amazon has been working on an Echo device with a touchscreen for a while. AFTVnews spotted an image on Amazon’s...
Certified Accountants Say Blockchain Could Change the Way They’re Paid
Blockchain could change the way accountants generate revenue, according to a report published yesterday by the Association of...
Bitcoin Giants BitPay & Bitmain Ink ‘Multi-Million Dollar’ Blockchain Agreement
Bitcoin payment processor BitPay has announced an agreement with bitcoin mining hardware maker Bitmain to develop open-source...
Ring ring ring Banana phone
No, I’m not referring to the popular 1994 children’s track titled Banana Phone which became quite popular on the Internet in the...
Microsoft teases new Surface event in Shanghai on May 23rd
If the Surface Laptop wasn’t enough, Microsoft is going to announce new devices once again at an event later this month. The...
Ethereum’s Big Switch: The New Roadmap to Proof-of-Stake
After years of development, ethereum has a new plan to update the algorithm that keeps its entire network in sync. Vitalik Buterin,...
Indian IT Giant Wipro Joins the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance as Founding Member
Indian IT services and consulting powerhouse Wipro has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) as a founding member to...
A Decentralized Coin Mixer For Ethereum? Zcoin Is Working on It
The development team behind zcoin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency built on the same Zerocash protocol that underlies zcash, has...
Australian Govt Looks to Regulate Bitcoin Exchanges
The Australian government is considering the regulation of the local digital currency space by revealing plans to bring...
Ethereum’s Ether Token Passes $100 Price For First Time in History
The price of ether, the cryptocurrency that powers the world's second-largest blockchain platform, ethereum, passed $100 today to...
Litecoin Goes Parabolic, Up 30%, Reaches a Market Cap of $1 Billion
Litecoin has gone up some 30%, rising from around $16 to now trade at almost $23, giving the currency a market cap of $1...
Qualcomm could be looking at banning iPhone imports into the U.S.
I don’t think anyone was expecting this punch. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Qualcomm is thinking about asking the...
Digital Currency Exchange Celery Freezes Deposits And Withdrawals
New York-based digital currency exchange Celery has suspended its services, but has thus far declined to comment on the reason why....
Cryptocurrency Market Cap Soars Above $40 Billion, Boosted By Hefty Trading
Bitcoin may be getting most of the headlines, but cryptocurrency as a whole is on a roll. Statistics from Coinmarketcap.com...
These 11 technologies want to hack your brains
Picture a day where you flip through your memories like you would Facebook or Instagram, or you get a chip sewn into your brain to...
Bitcoin Drops $100 in One Hour, Slowing Torrid Price Growth
The price of bitcoin took a sudden nosedive at 18:40 UTC today, dropping $100 from $1,594 to $1,495 over the course of just an hour...
Bitcoin Price Breaks $1,600 on Major Exchanges, Global Average Nears
Bitcoin price is close to reaching $1,600. Currently, as global average, bitcoin is being traded at $1,594. However, some...
Nintendo and the limits of nostalgia
Can the world stand another Link adventure? Can it throw another blue shell? Hit the Rainbow Road for another lap? Catch ’em all...
Australia Reaffirms Pledge to Fix Bitcoin Tax Issue
Australia’s government is pushing ahead with plans to solve the "double taxation" problem of digital currencies in the country. The...
Blockchain Startup Aims to Put a Lid on Fake News
A new startup believes it has the solution to preventing fake news from spreading by linking the blockchain to social media....
Google Docs phishing scam: why it’s clever
The latest phishing scam sweeping the web is better than most. Don’t click! By Eric Limer If you get a request to access a Google...
Imagination Technologies starts dispute with Apple over graphics chips
British chipset firm Imagination Technologies is having a tough quarter. After announcing that Apple is about to end its...
Qatar’s Commercial Bank is Expanding its Blockchain Remittance Trials
The Commercial Bank of Qatar has announced the completion of testing on a blockchain prototype designed for international...
Australian Fintech Payments Startup Airwallex Raises A$17 Million from Mastercard, Tencent, Sequoia China
Australian cross-border payments FinTech startup Airwallex has closed a A$17 million (approx. US$13 million) Series A to fuel...
Coinbase Users Can Now Buy and Sell Litecoin
Coinbase is officially adding support for the digital currency litecoin to its wallet offering. The decision comes months after...
Encrypto Telecom Launches ICO To Bring Blockchain Technology To Global Telecommunications
This is a sponsored story. Encrypto Telecom plans to become the first cloud secured, private branch exchange (PBX) – an...
Hyperledger Adds ‘Indy’ and ‘Composer’ Blockchain Projects
The Linux Foundation-backed Hyperledger blockchain project got a little bit bigger this week. Yesterday, the group’s blog showcased...
Newsflash: Bitcoin Price at Touching Distance of $1,500
Bitcoin price continues to hit all-time highs every day through May as the price of the cryptocurrency, with trading value...
Kobo’s Aura H2O gets an upgrade, but waterproofing is still its standout feature
Kobo doesn’t upgrade its products much, because, let’s face it, the e-reader market isn’t what it once was — and what’s left of it...
Bitcoin’s Price Hits A New High Just Below $1,500
Bitcoin’s price is jumping to new highs, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The average price has reached as high...
FinTech Funding in New York Declines
Fintech funding in New York City has suffered a drop even though deals increased for the second straight quarter, according...
Windows 10 S laptops will start at $189 and ship this summer
Microsoft’s answer to Chrome OS is called Windows 10 S. This new operating system is a streamlined and secured version of Windows...
LocalBitcoins User Pleads Guilty After Undercover Sting
A LocalBitcoins user based in Missouri has plead guilty to running an unlicensed money transmission business. According to a...
Bitcoin Dev Gavin Andresen: Samson Mow and Greg Maxwell = “Toxic Trolls”
Gavin Andresen, who has largely retired from Bitcoin work, took Samson Mow and Greg Maxwell to task for their “toxic”...
Nodez is a smart home solution that brings all of its equipment on the bus
Nodez is a company that promises to turn your entire home into a smart home with a single, all-encompassing package. Their $196...
Analysts Predict $100 Price for Ethereum’s Ether Token
The price of ether rose a meteoric 65% in April to touch $80, but already analysts are predicting that the digital token could pass...
Daily Analysis: Litecoin on the Move as Markets Await FED Decision
Wednesday Market Recap Asset Current Value Daily Change S&P 500 2383 -0.23% DAX 12509 0.05% WTI Crude Oil 47.88 -0.42% GOLD...
Microsoft’s killer feature for its Chromebook competitor is Office
Microsoft just unveiled a new operating system at a press event this morning. Windows 10 S is a streamlined and more secure version...
Bank of America Eyes Adoption as Next Hurdle For Ethereum Test
Bank of America has revealed progress on a blockchain application designed to make it easier for global treasuries to do business...
Indian Police Hold OneCoin Promoters in Custody
Indian law enforcement is continuing its investigation in an ongoing crackdown on OneCoin, a purported digital currency scheme...
This guy built a travel dock for his Nintendo Switch and I want one
I love my Nintendo Switch. Almost an unreasonable amount, really. It’s traveled thousands of miles with me at this point, and I’ve...
ECB: Blockchain ‘Principles’ Could Help Spur Adoption
The European Union’s central bank recent commented on how the economic bloc could move to encourage the spread of new technologies...
Bitcoin Price Maintains Stability While Altcoins Fall; The Importance of Low Volatility
Bitcoin price is on its way towards reaching $1,500. Over the past seven days, bitcoin has surged from $1,278 to $1,471,...
Homey’s PowerUp is the MacBook charger Apple should have made
Trust Apple to be courageous enough to strip away all the old-fashioned USB ports. And trust the rest of us to realize that 90...
Craig Wright’s New Company is Building a Bitcoin Core Competitor
Former Bitcoin Foundation director Jon Matonis doesn't waste any time asserting that his new employer is seeking to disrupt...
Dash Accessibility Rises With Its Market Cap as Multiple Companies Sign On
Dash, which soared from $77 million to $528 million in its market cap in the first quarter, continues to become more...
The OverLord ProPlus is a 3D printer for making really tall objects
Most 3D printers have a fairly small build envelope. The Makerbot, which is one of the biggest for home use, offers 29.5 L X 19.5 W...
5 Fast Facts on Ether, The Ethereum Token That’s Up 900% This Year
Bitcoin isn't the only cryptocurrency that's trading at all-time highs. Lost a bit in the mainstream spotlight has been ether,...
Bitcoin Price Continues Historic Highs Toward $1,500
Bitcoin price continues to break records in pushing to yet another all-time high on Tuesday, rising to a peak of $1,481.7...
Apple hits a speed bump in Q2 after its stock soared in the past year
Apple hit a little snag in the second quarter, falling slightly under what Wall Street expected in its earnings report — causing a...
Police Are Holding OneCoin Promoters in Custody in India
Indian police are continuing their efforts to recoup funds from promoters of OneCoin, a digital currency investment scheme widely...
Aussie Billionaire Reveals Bitcoin Investment, Says “BTC Bet is Payout Out Well”
Mike Cannon-Brookes has revealed that he has invested in Bitcoin, confirming on social media that his bet on the digital...
You’ll be able to upgrade any Windows 10 S device to Windows 10 Pro
Microsoft just unveiled a new operating system — Windows 10 S. This secured and streamlined operating system is perfect for the...
Major European Power Utility Launches Twin Blockchain Trials
Netherlands power utility TenneT is taking part in a pair of blockchain trials over the coming months focused on distributed energy...
Hundreds of Charging Stations for Electric Cars Blockchenized with Ethereum in Germany
Innogy, a subsidiary of Germany’s energy giant RWE created last year by splitting the renewable, network and retail...
iRobot adds WiFi and Alexa functionality to more Roombas
Back in March, iRobot announced that it would be bringing Alexa functionality to its 980 Roomba, letting users with an Echo clean...
Oracle Plans Blockchain ‘Pipelines’ to Boost Employee Efficiency
A new patent application from Oracle suggests the database giant is seeking to harness blockchain to improve its internal...
Over 10 New Bitcoin Exchanges Set to Launch in Japan
As Japan becomes a friendlier place for bitcoin with embracive legislation, over 10 Japanese companies are reportedly...
Meet 0x: The Protocol That Lets You Trade Ethereum Tokens For Free
A decentralized exchange protocol called 0x has raised an undisclosed sum as part of a bid to serve the rapidly growing economy of...
US Defense Contractor Lockheed Martin Incorporates Blockchain Tech
The world’s largest defense contractor has announced its plan to integrate blockchain technology into a number of key...
Bitcoin Price Passes $1,400 to Hit Highest Value in History
The price of bitcoin rose above $1,400 today, setting a new all-time high. At press time, the cryptocurrency's price had climbed to...
Trump Press Secretary Sean Spicer Tweets Out a Bitcoin String
Sean Spicer, Trump’s press secretary, tweeted out a bitcoin hash back in January 2017. The tweet was quickly deleted, but it...
Gnosis Tokens Double in Value After Exchange Debut
The price of tokens sold as part of a fundraise for the decentralized prediction market project Gnosis is on the rise following...
Bitcoin Shatters All-Time High, Soars Above $1,400
The price of bitcoin has bulldozed its way to a new historic all-time high on the Bitstamp Price Index (BPI) as the trading...
Fitbit’s upcoming smartwatch has reportedly been a giant mess
Yahoo Finance has nabbed a couple of photos reported to show Fitbit’s upcoming smartwatch, along with a handful of reports that...
Norway’s Central Bank is Researching Anonymous Digital Currency
Norway’s central bank is in the early stages of researching the issuance of a digital currency. Appearing at the Norwegian Academy...
Bitcoin Breaks New Ground, Sets New All-Time High
This has been an exciting weekend in the world of cryptocurrency even in light of 2017 getting off to a rough start. Though...
MIT’s wireless walking speed measurement is way more accurate than a Fitbit
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab has figured out a way of measuring walking speed to within 95 and 99 percent...
Ether Prices Climb Above $80 Setting New All-Time High
Ether prices have climbed above $80 per token for the first time, setting a new all-time high. Data from Poloniex, the digital...
Swiss Finance Minister: Singapore and Switzerland Must Corporate in FinTech
The Swiss Finance Minister recently said that as Singapore and Switzerland are not fintech competitors it is important to...
Defense Giant Lockheed Martin Integrates Blockchain
The largest defense contracting firm in the world has announced plans to leverage blockchain technology in its operations....
Ethereum Soars Above $80, Reaches $7 Billion Market Cap
Ethereum has surpassed a $7 billion market cap, the same level as bitcoin’s market cap last year. The currency rose some 20%...
Vinny Lingham: Blockchain ID Will Make The World A Better Place To Live
Vinny Lingham, CEO of Blockchain Identity Startup, CivicKey has stated that the world will be a safer place when people are...