U.S. Insurtech Semsee Completes Pilot Program; Two Dozen Agencies Use Platform to Quote Business Owners Policies & epsent $450,000 in Premiums

Startup launches cloud service to facilitate on-boarding of enterprises to various blockchains

IBM, India's Tata join U.S. tech platform's governing council

SoftBank Vision Fund Leads Fintech C2FO's $200 Million Round

Trading Technologies’ crypto platform shutting down as it failed to attract retail users

Tron’s New Sun Network Going Live This Week Promises ‘Unlimited Capacity’

Bitcoin peer-to-peer trading is on the rise says new report

Visa invests in India-based B2B payments platform PayMate's $25m round

Grin Network Executes First Hard Fork in Bid to Decentralize Mining Power

Beam announces first hard fork

Popular, privacy-centric cryptocurrency Beam is rolling out a raft of changes with its August upgrade.

Overstock’s tZERO Lures New Execs from Barclays and IMAX

Polkadot announces new experimental network Kusama

Curve, the 'over-the-top' banking platform, raises $55m at a $250m valuation

Singapore’s Stock Exchange Backs New Ethereum Security Token Platform

Deutsche Bank in partnership talks with SoftBank-backed OakNorth: source

Former BNY Mellon executive joins blockchain-powered bullion trading startup as CTO

What to expect from tomorrow’s launch of BitTorrent Speed

'Office 365 for money' startup Soldo raises $61 million

ShapeShift’s New Platform Aims to Make Crypto Self-Custody as Easy as Coinbase

Polkadot’s sale of 500,000 tokens closes ‘successfully,’ foundation says in nod of confidence to $1.2B valuation

LG Using New Blockchain DApp Platform From Korean Internet Giant Kakao

Insurtech Blocksure bolsters management team with industry experts

Binance is rolling out bitcoin margin trading to all users

Swiss Stock Exchange Asks Central Bank to Issue Stablecoin

IBM, Orbs, ConsenSys Work Together On Global Blockchain Settlement Platform For Telecoms

Dapps, smart contracts and crypto collectibles come to Waves blockchain

A major upgrade puts Waves into the same class of blockchain as messrs Ethereum, EOS and Tron.

The New Fintech Chop Shops: Taking Your Lamborghini And Warhol And Selling Pieces To Investors

SWIFT Gives Blockchain Platforms Access to ‘Instant’ GPI Payments Following R3 Trial

Crypto Firm Liquid USA Lures Forest Park FX CEO Justin Hertzberg

The appointment comes shortly after Liquid completed its Series C funding round which valued it at over $1 billion.

Procurify raises $20 million to help companies manage spending

Bakkt brings on Google UX expert as it builds its consumer app for spending cryptocurrency

Algorand raises over $60M in token sale at an implied valuation of $24B

BNP Paribas Venture Arm Among Investors to Inject $16.5M in Fintech Firm Token

Digital Asset Integrates With Amazon, Hyperledger Fabric And R3 Corda

PayFit raises $79 million for its payroll service

Binance to Stop Serving US Traders Following Announcement of US-Dedicated Platform

Coinbase and Circle will no longer be the only platforms to issue and redeem USDC, in new bid to boost stablecoin adoption among institutions

John McAfee’s New Crypto Trading Platform ‘Magic’ Goes Live

Legal & General Partners With Amazon to Use Blockchain for Pension Deals

Microsoft adds some no-code AI and blockchain tools to its Power Platform

Fintech platform Synapse raises $33m to build 'the AWS of banking'

Ex-Bitmain CEO to launch new business within a month, with his former employer as a key client

Matrix, a custody and trading firm, is understood to have been originally incubated within Bitmain.

Russia’s Third Largest Food Retail Firm Uses Blockchain-Based Open Trade Finance Platform

Highspot raises $60 million to apply AI to sales enablement

Bitfinex launches peer-to-peer OTC trading on Ethereum-based partner platform

Block.One Is Launching a Social Media Platform on the EOS Blockchain

Bitfinex is looking to launch Tether on the Lightning Network by the end of the year, and an exec says it’s ‘one of the coolest things’ they’ve eve...

Tezos Is About to Enact Its First-Ever On-Chain Blockchain Update

Yahoo Japan-Backed Crypto Exchange Taotao Launches This Week

Dharma now supports peer-to-peer lending in USDC to attract mainstream investors to DeFi

Bitfinex Enters the Initial Exchange Offering Race With Tokinex

Mutual Funds Network Calastone’s ‘Real-Time’ Blockchain Platform Is Live

Smartlands Launches Its First Security Token Offering (STO)

Top Commodities Firms and Financial Institutions Seek To Launch Forcefield

Accenture, ABN Amro, Anglo American, CMST International, Hartree Partners, ING Bank, Mercuria and OCBC Bank are among those that have so far signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the blockchain-based platform.

Japanese Unicorn Liquid Enters Joint Venture as It Eyes US Expansion

Microsoft Launches Decentralized Identity Tool on Bitcoin Blockchain

Kadena Blockchain to Launch This October With $3 Billion Asset Manager Onboard

Polymath and Ethereum Co-founder Team up for STO Blockchain

Multi-dealer platforms for crypto are the future, but competition is fierce

Over 50 Banks, Firms Trial Trade Finance App Built With R3’s Corda Blockchain

ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin: Everything About Ethereum Must Improve

Grainchain, a blockchain-based platform for commodity sales, launches in Mexico

Divvy Raises $200M In Its Third VC Round In Under A Year

Digital Assets Data raises $6 million for crypto data platform

Liquid.com cryptocurrency platform plans to expand into US

IOST is set to release its mass adoption “secret weapon”

Coinbase is pulling the plug on a project to upgrade its platform, and it could result in a multi-million dollar loss

Binance DEX Launches on Native Mainnet Earlier Than Planned, Invites Community Input

Binance Births its Own Decentralized Blockchain to Challenge Ethereum

Auditor EY Unveils Nightfall, An Ambitious Bid to Bring Business to Ethereum

LedgerX Reveals Bid to Beat Bakkt to Physical Bitcoin Futures Launch

Is Russia’s Internet ban an elaborate ploy to block Telegram?

Blockchain in Energy: Stakeholders, Solutions and the Path to Standardization

Taxfix Raises US$30M in Series B Financing

Affirm Announces Series F Round of Equity Funding, Led by Thrive Capital

Crypto startup Celo raises $30 million in funding

Blockchain Exchange Secures $50 Million in Diamonds for ETF Launch

Tron Acquires Blockchain App Store CoinPlay

Player’s Lounge raises $3 million for prize-based game platform

Tagomi Holdings’ Subsidiary Gets BitLicense from New York DFS

The firm’s parent company, Tagomi Holdings, was launched by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm in December 2018.

South Korean Messaging Giant Kakao, Irish Startup Partner for Blockchain Payment Methods

R3 Co-Founder Jesse Edwards Is Leaving the Enterprise Blockchain Firm

Justin Sun keeps paying people to use Tron blockchain

Huobi emulates Binance Launchpad with its own crypto IEO platform

Opendoor Raises $300M, Reaching $3.8B Valuation

Mercury FX CEO: We’re sending tens of thousands of dollars weekly through xRapid

Facebook’s blockchain cryptocurrency could mean big money – and kill 'fake news'

IBM Signs 6 Banks to Issue Stablecoins and Use Stellar’s XLM Cryptocurrency

It's World Wire platform is now live.

CoinNess Landed Series A Funding Amid a Stagnant Crypto Market

The Hong Kong-based company claims to be Asia’s largest blockchain information platform.

Overstock Delays E-Commerce Business Sale, Deferring Cash for Crypto Ventures

Token 2049: Vitalik Buterin Says Non-Financial Blockchain Use Cases Are a 'Harder Pitch'

Security researchers found over 40 bugs in blockchain platforms in 30 days

A Blockchain to Connect All Blockchains, Cosmos Is Officially Live

Kakao's Crypto Unit Raises $90 Million in Private Coin Offering

Kakao is South Korea's dominant message-app operator

NEM Foundation Charts Path Forward After $8 Million Rescue, Major Cutbacks

An article talking about NEM Foundation.

Circle Completes SeedInvest Purchase, Paving the Way for Tokenized Equities

An article talking about Circle's acquisition of SeedInvest.

Crypto Broker Voyager Is Buying Token Issuer and Wallet Ethos.io for $4 Million

An article talking about Voyager's acquisition of Ethis.io.

Ethereum Upgrades as Hard Forks Activate on Blockchain

An article talking about Ethereum's upgrade.

Coinsquare Acquires StellarX, a Global Decentralized Crypto Platform

An article talking about Coinsquare's acquisition of StellarX.

Blockchain Partnerships with Singapore-Based Morpheus Labs

2 Executives Are Leaving Blockchain Startup R3 in Management Shake-Up

Blockchain Startup Stox and Founder Sued for $4.6 Million Over Alleged Fraud

Blockchain Project Polkadot Plans ICO to Raise Another $60 Million: Report

tZERO Security Tokens Begin Live Trading

Andreessen Horowitz-backed Anchorage goes live with its new custody platform

It promises to provide a faster alternative to cold storage

‘Decentralized Airbnb’ Starts Charging Fees as ICO Model Falters

Top 10 Messenger App Telegram Plans Blockchain Platform Launch in March: Sources

A better way to build a blockchain

BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen is close to launching the Chia network,

‘Tron is no operating system,’ says Cornell Professor; Ethereum [ETH]’s Vitalik Buterin contributes

Blockchain Travel Service to Offer Hotels 20 Percent Cheaper Than on Booking.com or AirBnb

Europe-based LockTrip wants to create the first functional blockchain-based travel service.

ConsenSys and AMD Partner to Develop Blockchain Based Cloud Computing

Chinese Bank Giants Tap Blockchain in Trade Finance Efficiency Boost

From Beauty And Wellness to Pet Grooming - All On The Blockchain

Take 2: News Startup Civil Announces Rebooted Token Sale for February

Microsoft Partners With Fintech Startup ZestFinance To Bring Transparency To AI-Powered Financial Models

Waves Platform Raises $120 Million for Private Blockchain

$35 Million: Sequoia, Baidu Back Turing Award Winner’s Blockchain Project

Huawei rolls out global blockchain

Amazon gets into the blockchain with Quantum Ledger Database and Managed Blockchain

Just a year ago, the company had dismissed the idea of getting into blockchain with Amazon Web Services.

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin says IBM’s corporate blockchain is missing the point

How a New Technology Can Disrupt the Global Supply Chain

"b_verify," a new blockchain-based system, is designed to help small and medium-size enterprises get financing at potentially better terms while mitigating warehouse deposit fraud.

Will AI-based Agents on Blockchain Replace User Interfaces?

An article on AI-based agents and blockchain.

Gibraltar Stock Exchange’s Blockchain Platform Secures Licence From Financial Regulator

An article that talks about a stock exchange blockchain platform securing a license.

Chinese InsurTech firm WeSure partners with 20 re/insurers

An article highlighting WeSure's partnerships.

Singapore to Offer Seed Funding to Enterprises to Boost Blockchain Adoption

An article talking about Singapore and its dedication to blockchain.

Ethereum Sets Tentative January Goal for Next Blockchain Upgrade

An article discussing Ethereum's target date for its next blockchain upgrade.

Coinbase Pro Launches Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT) on Crypto Exchange

Coinbase Pro has added Brave’s BAT token to its platform.

Bitmain Buys Telescope Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Browser Wallet for Chrome and Firefox Crypto Storage

Bitmain has acquired Telescope.

ConsenSys Invests $6.5 Million in Former R3 Exec's Blockchain Startup

ConsenSys invests in a blockchain startup.

Blockchain startup Ripple signs up PNC as a customer for its payment tech

PNC will use technology built by startup Ripple to process international payments.

Ethereum's Next Upgrade Could Be the $29 Billion Blockchain's Biggest Test Yet

A nice piece on Ethereum’s upcoming October upgrade.

ICO Advisor Satis Claims $96K Bitcoin Price Possible in 5 Years

Initial coin offering advisory firm Satis Group believes bitcoin's price might jump to $96,000 over the next five years.

Ethereum Meeting Leaves Open Questions Ahead of October Upgrade

There was a meeting that brought together some ethereum stakeholders to discuss code changes ahead of a software upgrade scheduled for October.

UK Government-Backed Accelerator Will Sponsor Blockchain Startups

In the UK, the Department for International Trade announced that Entrepreneur First (EF) is now also funding blockchain startups. 

Minds Social Media Platform Shifts to Ethereum Blockchain For Launch

Minds is shifting to the Ethereum blockchain for its launch.

Wikipedia Competitor Everipedia's Blockchain Is Now Live

Everipedia announced it is now live.

Germany's No.2 Stock Exchange Is Developing an ICO Platform

Boerse Stuttgart is developing an ICO platform.

Payments Platform Logos Network Raises $3 Million in Seed Funding

Logos Network has raised $3 million is seed funding.

Hedera Hashgraph raises $100 million for fast and secure blockchain alternative

Hedera Hashgraph has raised $100 million.

CLS and IBM to foster ecosystem for financial institutions, FinTechs and software providers to share apps and services on a common DLT network

CLS and IBM announced a collaboration on a proof of concept (PoC) for LedgerConnect.

KT first to apply blockchain to commercial network

KT has applied blockchain to its commercial network.

Nervos Network raises $28 million to make enterprise blockchain networks

Nervos Network has raised $28 million to build a next-generation blockchain network.

Block.one Closes Strategic Investment Round Led by Peter Thiel and Bitmain

Block.one announced that Peter Thiel has invested in the company, along with other investors, Bitmain, Louis Bacon, and Alan Howard.

Wall Street-Backed R3 Eyes Public Offering

R3 is one of several blockchain technology firms that may look to go public in the near term, according to an article from CCN that originally cites reporting from Bloomberg. Several international digital currency miners are also eyeing public raises according to the article.

Dirt Protocol raises $3 million for a trusted platform built on blockchain

Dirt Protocol has raised $3 million to use blockchain to build a trusted platform for structured data.

Oasis Labs Raises $45 Million to Launch Privacy-first Cloud Computing on Blockchain

Oasis Labs announced it has raised $45 million from a16zcrypto, Accel, Binance Labs, DCVC (Data Collective), Electric Capital, Foundation Capital, Gaorong, Metastable, Pantera, Polychain, among others.

Xunlei Unveils New Blockchain Advancements and Announced Winners of Blockchain Applications Global Challenge

NASDAQ-listed Xunlei announced a new blockchain advancement.

One of Facebook’s most senior engineers just became Director of Engineering, Blockchain

Facebook is showing how it's getting more into the blockchain space.

Former Jefferies Asia CEO Michael Alexander to Lead Block.one’s US$1 Billion EOS VC Venture Capital Division

Block.one announced that former Jefferies Asia CEO Mike Alexander has joined as CEO of its $1 billion EOS VC venture capital arm.

INTRUST Bank and Funding Circle expand partnership to support more US small businesses

Funding Circle, the small business loans platform, and INTRUST Bank, a leading US regional bank headquartered in Kansas, today announced the next phase of their strategic partnership to support the growth of US small businesses. Following the successful launch of this partnership earlier this year, the second phase increases INTRUST’s funding commitment and kicks off a targeted, co-branded marketing campaign, giving business owners across Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas greater access to fast and flexible financing.

Tech Companies to Watch 2018

WSJ's list of companies to watch has a good representation of startups focused on distributed ledger technology including Abra, Blockstream, Digital Asset Holdings, Brave and R3. This month, R3 denied that there was truth behind a story published in Fortune which said R3 was running low on money, according to press reports.

Hyperchain Raises $234 Million In Series B Funding

One of the largest raisest this year in the space from the creator of Hyperchain. Hyperchain or Qulian Technology had already raised $78,000,000 in funding from the same investor group.

Former SWIFT chief KO’s Ripple staffer in thrilling war of words

Will Consumer Token Offerings pass muster with the SEC?

Apple, Amazon Alums Behind Sharding Startup Raise $18 Million