Cryptocurrency mining company CoinMine has completed a $2.5 million round of seed funding, earmarked for developing the all-in-one mining machine, Coinmine One. Cryptocurrency mining company CoinMine has received a fresh injection of funds from a $2.5 million seed round led by the investment company M13. Coinmine announced the successful fundraiser in an official blog post on Aug. 15. As part of the announcement, Coinmine said it will continue to support more cryptocurrencies and ship out “over-the-air” updates.  The company offers a product called Coinmine One, which is […]

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Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko dismisses daily price tracking of Bitcoin, calling the currency a “chaos hedge, or schmuck insurance.” Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko called Bitcoin (BTC) a “chaos hedge, or schmuck insurance,” in an interview with CNBC Fast Money on Aug. 14. Yusko made the comment while explaining the folly in paying too much heed to the daily price movements of BTC. Should we park the narrative of Bitcoin price’s correlation with global turmoil? The interviewer noted that people had been making a […]

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A company providing water management services to oil-and-gas companies is going to use Data Gumbo’s blockchain platform to automate its services. Austin-based Antelope Water Management has announced that it is going to start using a blockchain platform developed by Data Gumbo.  The announcement appeared in a press release on Aug. 15. Antelope Water Management is a company that develops sustainability-focused water services for oil and gas extractions, while Data Gumbo provides blockchain services for the oil and gas industry.   According to the release, Data Gumbo’s blockchain network, […]

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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has predicted that Binance will resume serving the US within two months, thanks to help from BAM Trading Services. Changpeng Zhao, CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has predicted that Binance will resume crypto-to-fiat operations in the United States within the next two months. Navigating U.S. regulation Zhao, also known as CZ within the crypto community, made his prediction in an interview with online news outlet Cheddar published Aug. 15. When asked about Binance’s return to operations in the U.S., Zhao said:  “I […]

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Alibaba has filed a patent for a proposed technology that names and identifies blockchain domains across chains. Chinese online retail giant Alibaba has applied for a United States patent entitled “Domain Name Management Scheme for Cross-Chain Interactions in Blockchain Systems.”  Alibaba filed its latest application on Aug. 15 in a continuation of an application filed in November 2018. According to the filing, Alibaba intends to patent a system that uses what they call a “unified blockchain domain name” (UBCDN) in order to denote and share information. In […]

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The judge overseeing the Kleiman V. Wright case has denied Wright’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, citing lack of credibility. Judge Bruce Reinhart has denied a motion from Craig Wright in the ongoing Kleiman V. Wright saga. Wright apparently filed for a judgment on the pleadings in a two-pronged attack — neither of which met with sympathy from the court. The court issued its decision on Aug. 15. As stated in the court document, Wright presented a factual attack, which was that the court lacked subject […]

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San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is going to remove 23 trading pairs, ostensibly due to low volume. San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is going to remove 23 trading pairs ostensibly due to low volume. In a tweet published on Aug. 15, Poloniex announced that it will be removing 23 trading pairs on August 16, 2019, due to low volume. After removing, each asset will continue to be independently tradable, the exchange notes.  The list of pairs slated for removal reads: LTC/XMR, DASH/XMR, ZEC/XMR, MAID/XMR, NXT/XMR, BCN/XMR, LSK/ETH, […]

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A new partnership between crypto lending platform Celsius Network and Bitcoin.com aims to streamline digital currency-related services for crypto owners. A new partnership between crypto lending and borrowing platform Celsius Network and fintech-focused media outlet Bitcoin.com aims to streamline digital currency-related services for crypto owners using the Celsius App. Per a press release published on Aug. 15, Celsius has integrated Bitcoin.com’s trading platform into its Celsius App to simplify cryptocurrency holders’ access to financial services. Users can now purchase a range of major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), […]

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