Huobi plans layoffs triggered by bitcoin’s fall
Huobi, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, is planning layoffs amid a bear market in cryptocurrencies, as reported by the South China Morning...
ShapeShift completes $1.6 million funding round
ShapeShift have announced that they have successfully completed a $1.6 million USD funding round. The service has grown by 100x since it started in...
Kraken valued at $4 billion
Crypto exchange Kraken is on a fundraising drive, offering “select” investors a chance to purchase stakes in the firm, with the aim of using...
Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group to Launch Digital Currency for Cashless Payments
Mizuho Financial Group, which originated in Japan, plans to launch a digital currency to be used for remittances and payments in March. This was...
Bitfinex Launches New Stablecoin Pairs
Bitfinex announced the launch of new stablecoin pairs including USDT/USD and EURT/EUR. This means that the historical guarantee and 1:1 peg of Tether /...
HKEX Reluctant to list Bitmain IPO
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX)
is reluctant to approve the initial public offering (IPO) applications
of Chinese bitcoin mining equipment manufacturers, according to...
Bitfinex Pays Back All Remaining Debt Token Holders
Bitfinex has paid back all remaining BFX debt token holders less than year after they were hacked for 120,000 bitcoins. Despite losing trust from...
Buying a domain with Namecheap using Bitcoins
Namecheap first started accepting Bitcoin payments in March 2013, and were the first major registrar to do so. Surprisingly other major registrars, such as...
Good Money Raises $30 Million though Funding Led by Galaxy Digital
Good Money, a digital banking platform, was able to raise $30 million through Series A funding round to continue developing its app which will...
Mt Gox Creditors to Claim for Bitcoin Repayments
Years after the Mt Gox fiasco a group of creditors of the defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to claim for Bitcoin and...
