Andreessen Horowitz has launched a $300 million crypto fund dedicated to investing in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-related projects.The fund, named a16z crypto, signals that the firm is diving deeper int…
How to Slow Down a Startup: Erik Voorhees’ Hard Lesson
The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network has added a new show to its lineup, “What Bitcoin Did.” The WBD podcast is hosted by U.K.-based Peter McCormack, an “accidental Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency investor, miner, blogger a…
Op Ed: Utility Token? Why You’re Still Better Off as a Security
The SEC’s proclamation that ether (ETH) is not a security has sparked some celebration amongst the cryptocurrency community. Regulatory clarity is always a good thing, but ICO operators shouldn’t see this as a re…
Enjin Coin CTO Creates ERC-1155, a New Token Standard for Ethereum
Witek Radomski — co-founder and CTO of Enjin Coin — has developed ERC-1155, a new standard for defining video game tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. Radomski’s journey to improve the gaming experience began 12 m…
MetaCert’s Newest Product, Cryptonite, Solves Twitter’s Scambot Problem
Anti-fraud software company MetaCert has a fix for the simplistic yet frequently effective rackets that have come to plague cryptocurrency’s online communities: Twitter scams.Cryptonite, as it’s playfully dubbed,…
China Releases Updated Crypto Index: EOS on Top While Bitcoin Falls Out of Favor
The China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) released the second iteration of its monthly Global Public Chain Technology Evaluation Index. As part of the Ministry of Industry and Technology Inform…
Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Fortunes and Fallacies
This week, leading South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb experienced a major hack, while Mt Gox, the most notorious exchange to be hacked in bitcoin history, is also back in the news.In Switzerland, the Bank of In…
Insight From a Place of Crisis: Bitcoin as an Agent of Change
Delving into bitcoin can take guts — and not just the type of bravado needed to embrace crypto speculation. Sometimes standing up for bitcoin also means standing up for your homeland and fellow citizens, in searc…
Mt. Gox Creditors May Be Reimbursed in Bitcoin Under Civil Rehabilitation
The Japan-based Mt. Gox exchange had its bankruptcy stayed due to a petition filed by some of the creditors for the commencement of civil rehabilitation proceedings in Tokyo District Court on November 24, 2017, a…
Asset Management Firm Launches Chinese Blockchain ETF
Blockchain technology has grabbed the interest of investors globally as it has quickly grown into one of the most exciting areas due to its wide variety of application across industries. This is why Reality Share…