Justin Sun’s hotly-anticipated lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett has been postponed, the Tron Foundation announced Monday. Sun has fallen ill with kidney stones, the foundation said on Twitter. The parties have “agreed to reschedule at a later date.” The…
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Tron’s Justin Sun Invites eToro Founder to Lunch With Buffett
There are only four days left until Tron founder Justin Sun’s lunch with Warren Buffett and Sun has handed out another golden ticket. The lucky winner? Yoni Assia, founder and CEO of eToro. Sun wrote: I’d like to invite my good…
Diana, a Blockchain ‘Lunar Registry,’ Attempts to Tokenize the Moon
In honor of Neil Armstrong’s “small step,” one company is taking a “giant leap” for blockchain. On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Diana, a blockchain startup, is launching a “lunar registry” that attempts to place the…
Token Startup Founder Took Steps to Sue Lubin, ConsenSys for $13 Million
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin could soon be sued by a former employee, according to court documents filed in New York. Harrison Hines, former head of Token Foundry at Lubin’s Brooklyn-based venture studio ConsenSys, began the process of filing a legal…
WATCH: ‘Mother of Blockchains’ Defends Facebook’s Choice of Controversial Swiss Foundation
[embedded content] Joshua Ashley Klayman Kuzar, founder and CEO, Klayman LLC and Inflection Point Blockchain Advisors, is one of the best known cryptocurrency lawyers. In her chat with CoinDesk Editor Pete Rizzo she talks about how uniquely odd and exciting…
Coinbase Releases New Data Tools for ‘First-Time’ Crypto Investors
Coinbase is rolling out new tools to help entry-level crypto users understand what seasoned traders are up to. The exchange announced Wednesday the availability of a new suite of signaling tools. One such tool broadcasts the activity of Coinbase’s top…
Bitcoin Noticeably Absent From Senate Hearing on Facebook’s Libra
For a panel about a proposed cryptocurrency, Tuesday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing was notably light on crypto talk. Bitcoin was barely mentioned during the two-hour session and most of the lawmakers seemed far less concerned with the technology than with…
Polychain Leads $7 Million Round in Crypto Trading Desk Altonomy
Altonomy, a cryptocurrency trading desk, has closed a $7 million financing round from Polychain Capital. The company, founded by Ricky Li, is also funded by 7 Blocks. “As a liquidity provider for altcoins, more funding will allow us to have…
Police Bust Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farm After Surge in Power Usage
Police in eastern China busted a bitcoin mining operation following a surge in local electricity usage, according to a wire report from Agence France-Press. The police, who confiscated 4,000 “mining devices,” allege the mining farm misappropriated nearly 20 million yuan…
Crypto Prediction Market and Derivatives Platform Veil Is Closing
Veil, the crypto-focused prediction market and derivatives platform, is closing its doors. Launched in January, the Veil web interface allowed users to place bets on Augur prediction markets, offering an instant settlement API to pay out on clear outcomes. The…