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Bitcoin Millionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss Back Cryptocurrency Tax Startup

Winklevoss Capital, the venture company spearheaded by Bitcoin moguls Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is joining a $5 million seed funding…

January 7, 2020

Charles Hoskinson Predicts Economic Collapse, Rise of Quantum Computing, Space Travel and Cryptocurrency in the 2020s

The new decade will unfurl a bag of seismic shifts, predicts the creator of Cardano and Ethereum, Charles Hoskinson. And…

January 7, 2020

Ripple-Backed Bitso Reveals Exponential Growth of Crypto-Powered Remittances

While crypto skeptics brand digital currencies as solutions in search of a problem, Mexico's first Bitcoin exchange is seeing exponential…

January 7, 2020

Bill Gates Rips Inequality and His Multi Billion-Dollar Fortune

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world's second-wealthiest person with an estimated fortune of $108 billion, is calling out the the…

January 6, 2020

Tech Giant IBM Unveils ‘Thank My Farmer’ App for Coffee Drinkers

Coffee lovers will now be able to track the origins of their beverage using blockchain technology. Announced at the 2020…

January 6, 2020

Investing Legend Fred Wilson Reveals 10 Predictions for the Next Decade: From Crypto to the Climate Crisis

Venture capitalist Fred Wilson has formulated a comprehensive list of predictions for the coming decade. The legendary investor, who co-founded…

January 6, 2020

Spain’s Third-Largest Bank Rolls Out Blockchain-Based Platform Using Hyperledger Fabric

CaixaBank, Spain's third-largest lender by market cap after Banco Santander and BBVA, has incorporated the enterprise blockchain platform we.trade into…

January 6, 2020

Retaliation: Experts Predict Cyberattack Escalation on Centralized Systems Following US Killing of Top Iranian General

Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Suleimani, was killed on Friday morning in an airstrike sanctioned by President Donald Trump. The…

January 4, 2020

Bundesbank Prez Reveals Purpose of Experiment With Central Bank Digital Currency: Report

Jens Weidmann, president of Bundesbank, the central bank of Germany, argues that the world’s leading financial institutions are still not…

January 3, 2020

Top-Ranked Computer Science Graduate Program in the US Receives $4 Million Cryptocurrency Pledge

Carnegie Mellon University has received a cryptocurrency pledge valued at over $4 million. Alum Nikolai Mushegian made the commitment on…

January 3, 2020