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Mining Giant Bitmain Valued at $12 Billion in New Funding Round

Chinese bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has reportedly closed a Series B round funding, which values the firm at approximately $12 billion.

Tradeshift Pilots Stablecoin to Speed Up Business Payments

MakerDAO is partnering with Tradeshift to test how its stablecoin DAI can help to speed up the payment process for small businesses.

Ethereum's Growing Gas Crisis (And What's Being Done to Stop It)

The ethereum network is seeing new levels of congestion with rising use, a development that is spurring proposals for technical improvements.

Swiss Stock Exchange to Tokenize Securities With New DLT Platform

Switzerland's principal stock exchange will build a blockchain-based platform to tokenize traditional securities for further trading and settlement.

Bitcoin Awaits Price Breakout As Trading Range Tightens

Bitcoin is reporting a $400 trading range and an upside breakout would signal a resumption of the rally.

Bernstein: No, Crypto Markets Aren't Like the Dot-Com Bubble

Cryptocurrency and blockchain developers are building "parallel financial networks," according to a new report by Alliance Bernstein.

Facebook Has a New Director of Engineering for Blockchain

Facebook is getting even more serious about blockchain, appointing a new director of engineering to focus on the technology.

Bitcoin's Price Declines Over Q2 for First Time on Record

CoinDesk's looks at bitcoin's price performance over Q2 2018, finding that the crypto asset underperformed according to historical data.

Crypto Exchange Gemini Hires Former NYSE Tech Chief

Crypto exchange Gemini has hired former NYSE chief information officer Robert Cornish to serve as its first chief technology officer.

Cloud Provider Xunlei Launches Blockchain File System

Xunlei Limited announced that it has launched a distributed file system called ThunderChain File System (TCFS) for its blockchain platform.

Tezos Investors Got a Chance to Sell This Week – And They Took It

Tezos' price dropped by a third in its first 24 hours of trading as a real token, rather than an IOU.

Timing the Crypto Market With RSI (A Beginner's Guide)

Snoozers always lose in the crypto market. This guide to the RSI indicator will assist you in making timely trades so you can walk away with the win.

With Journalists on Ethereum, Will Fake News Meet Its Match?

The ambitious project thinks token-based governance can tackle not just censorship, but fake news, echo chambers and journalism's other crises.

What Happened When Secret Bitcoin Keys Went Public

The long-awaited reveal of the private keys, once able to trigger a bitcoin alert system, occurred Monday via an email from Bitcoin Core devs.

Blockchain for IoT: A Big Idea Meets Hard Design Questions

Cut through the tantalizing visions of cars with wallets trading with each other, and you'll find debates taking shape over nitty-gritty details.

Walmart Looks to Blockchain for Better Package Tracking

A new patent filing finds retail giant Walmart seeking to utilize blockchain technology to solve problems when scheduling deliveries.

Filings Link Crypto Exchange Bitstamp to Game Maker Nexon

Public filings released in late May establish the strongest link yet between Bitstamp and Korean gaming firm Nexon.

Crypto Bounty Hunting Is Offering A Way Out of Poverty

Completing small tasks by "bounty hunting" for cryptocurrency is becoming a lucrative career for users in less advantaged regions of the world.

FINRA Wants to Know All About Member Firms' Crypto Activities

The U.S. financial self-regulatory body is asking member firms to submit every detail of their existing or future activities in cryptocurrency.

1 Million Computers Hacked to Mine $2 Million-Worth of Cryptos

Hackers reportedly reaped more than $2 million in different cryptocurrencies after spreading malware across computers in China.