Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and a member of CoinDesk’s product team. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a free newsletter for the institutional market with news and views on crypto infrastructure delivered…
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Malware Crypto Ransoms Rose By Almost 90% in Q1: Report
The average cryptocurrency payout for ransomware attacks rose dramatically in the first quarter of 2019, according to a firm that helps victims pay ransoms. In its quarterly report, Coveware said that, while in Q4 last year the average ransom was $6,733,…
Bakkt Exchange May Be Seeking New York License for Crypto Custody: Report
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is reportedly eyeing a New York license for its long-delayed crypto exchange Bakkt. With Bakkt’s launch having been held up for five months, apparently over persuading the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)…
Bolt Labs Raises $1.5 Million Seed Round to Boost Lightning Privacy
Academic researcher Dr. Ayo Akinyele is working on a cryptographic solution to boost privacy across second-layer blockchain solutions like the lightning network for bitcoin. Akinyele just announced the formation of Bolt Labs, named after the BOLT protocol that aims to…
Nestle, Carrefour Team Up to Feed Consumers Data With IBM Blockchain
Swiss food giant Nestle and French retailer Carrefour are now letting consumers access product data via IBM’s Food Trust platform. The two firms jointly announced Monday that customers can track the Mousline line of instant mashed potato from Nestle’s factory to…
LedgerX Reveals Bid to Beat Bakkt to Physical Bitcoin Futures Launch
Cryptocurrency derivatives provider LedgerX plans to become the first U.S. firm to offer physically settled bitcoin futures contracts. The company announced Monday that it has filed for a designated contract market (DCM) license, which would allow LedgerX to offer physically-settled…
The Creator of the Internet Signed Up for Blockstack – And ‘Shit Got Real’
Blockstack’s Muneeb Ali tells us about his encounter with Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… Site: https://www.coindesk.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDeskTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindeskInstagram: https://www.Instagram.com/coindeskNewsletter: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/Twitter (Markets): https://www.twitter.com/coindeskmarkets CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and…
The Upside of Bitcoin’s Upside (It’s Not What You Think)
Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and member of CoinDesk’s product team. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a newsletter for the institutional market, with news and views on crypto infrastructure delivered every Tuesday. Sign up here.…
Coinbase Exec Dan Romero Leaving Crypto Exchange After 5 Years
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is losing another executive. Dan Romero, who works as vice president for Coinbase’s international business, announced in a Medium post on Friday that he will be leaving the firm at the end of this month. Romero joined…
Digital Asset Scores Partnership With Cloud Computing Giant VMware
Enterprise-focused distributed ledger tech startup Digital Asset (DA) has landed another high-profile partner. Announced Thursday, software virtualization giant VMware is integrating DA’s smart contract language into its own blockchain platform. Further, VMware, a publicly traded company majority-owned by Dell Computer with…