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Messaging Giant LINE Wins Japan License for Crypto Exchange Business

September 9, 2019 by Daniel Palmer

LINE, provider of Japan’s most popular messaging app, has just been approved for a cryptocurrency business license in the country. [Read More...]

Leadership Shakeup at Wasabi Wallet as Bitcoin Business Surges

September 9, 2019 by Leigh Cuen

Adam Ficsor, co-founder of the firm behind the privacy-centric Wasabi Wallet, is stepping down from his role as CTO. [Read More...]

Trump’s Trade War May Be Driving Chinese Investors to Bitcoin

September 9, 2019 by Daniel Palmer

As the Chinese yuan falls in value due to the trade war with the U.S., there are signs that locals are increasingly moving funds into bitcoin. [Read More...]

Bitcoin Price May Break Longest Weekly Losing Run Since November

September 9, 2019 by Omkar Godbole

Bitcoin is flashing double-digit gains on a week-to-date basis putting it on track to end its longest weekly losing run in nine months. [Read More...]

Massive $1 Billion Bitcoin Whale Transaction Makes Waves

September 9, 2019 by John Biggs

Crypto exchange Huobi is investigating a massive move of 94,505 BTC from its wallets. [Read More...]

Ethereum Picks Early October for Testnet Activation of Istanbul Hard Fork

September 9, 2019 by Christine Kim

In a call Friday, ethereum developers picked a block height for the testnet launch of the Istanbul system-wide upgrade. It’s expected for Oct. 2. [Read More...]

Dapp Data Site DappRadar Raises $2.33 Million From Naspers, Blockchain.com

September 9, 2019 by William Foxley

DappRadar tracks over 2,500 dapp projects on multiple blockchains inclduing ethereum, EOS, tron, and the loom network. [Read More...]

Top Spanish Soccer Club Will Offer Crypto Fan Tokens

September 9, 2019 by John Biggs

Atlético de Madrid is the latest to join the Chiliz blockchain. [Read More...]

Dapp.com Closes $1 Million Investment Round Led by Hashed

September 9, 2019 by William Foxley

Dapp.com provides data analytics for decentralized app products built on blockchains such as ethereum, EOS, tron, steem, and others. [Read More...]

Telegram Finally Releases Code for Its $1.7 Billion TON Blockchain

September 9, 2019 by Anna Baydakova

Telegram’s blockchain project, TON, has entered the last preparation stage before going live. [Read More...]

Just 1 in 4 Blockchain Businesses in Korea Generate Sales

September 5, 2019 by Richard Meyer

Despite the apparent boom in blockchain, and the extensive support for the technology, few companies are making blockchain sales [Read More...]

Burundi Central Bank Director: ‘Strong Measures’ Will Be Taken Against Crypto Traders

September 5, 2019 by Daniel Kuhn

The Republic of Burundi banned all cryptocurrencies, stating the volatile, speculative and unregulated asset class presents too much risk for citizens. [Read More...]

Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal to Help Protect Amazon

September 5, 2019 by William Foxley

Executive director Suzanne Pelletier told CoinDesk old school philanthropy isn’t making the cut, necessitating new donation methods. [Read More...]

As Crypto Markets Go Cold, Who Will Pay for Open-Source Code?

September 5, 2019 by Daniel Cawrey

Formerly a CoinDesk Contributing Editor, Daniel Cawrey is author of the upcoming “Mastering Blockchain” book to be published by O’Reilly Media. Earlier this year IBM purchased Red Hat, the oft-referred to model for how open source can thrive, for $34 billion. Long the consultant to enterprises, IBM is going through a transitional period as a […] [Read More...]