Telegram’s Gram tokens will be made available on cryptocurrency exchange Liquid prior to the October launch. A Korean company Gram Asia, the largest holder of Gram tokens in Asia, will be selling a portion of their Gram tokens to the public. Currently, neither…

Lex Sokolin, a former Partner at Autonomous Research, has joined ConsenSys as Global Fintech Co-head, The Block has learned. Sokolin recently left Autonomous after three years following the acquisition by AllianceBernstein. While there, he founded the Fintech…

Coinbase has seen an exodus of senior employees in recent months and that’s allowed two bright-eyed staffers to ascend the firm’s ranks, according to sources at the company.  Since the beginning of the year, the $8 billion cryptocurrency exchange operator…

The number of unauthorized attempts to access user accounts on BitMEX has climbed, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange wrote in a blog post Tuesday.  In the wake of these rising attacks, the exchange now forbids users from disabling login notification…

Lackluster post-IPO performances and fraud concerns have turned Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange away from Reg A+ IPOs, per a Wall Street Journal report. Nasdaq has proposed that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stiffen its Reg A+ listing…

If you reside in one of the world’s few “crypto friendly” cities – namely New York or London – the idea of travelling miles for the thrill of spending your digital assets may seem a little strange. But not everyone has a coffee shop nearby with a “bitcoin…

Blockchain startup Enigma announced the release of  its Discovery protocol testnet, which allows for the creation of privacy-preserving “secret” smart contracts. The protocol allows developers to build smart contracts without revealing the identity of participants.…

Ripple is opening an office in Brazil, with Latin America expansion plans in mind, Cointelegraph writes. The company hasn’t made an official announcement yet; it’s planning to make a statement during a fintech and banking conference CIAB Febraban in São Paulo…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection admits that photos of travellers crossing the U.S. border were stolen in a “malicious cyberattack,” Washington Post writes. The images showed faces and licence plates and were taken in an attack on a federal subcontractor.…

Crypto exchange Beaxy Digital LTD is opening up its doors after brushing off a hack two weeks ago. The new exchange is offering crypto-to-crypto trading to start, including 26 trading pairs that cover 16 of the most popular coins, according to the company.…

Tim Swanson, former Director of Market Research at R3, is joining blockchain builder Clearmatics as its head of market intelligence, per a CoinDesk report. Swanson had been on Clearmatics’ advisory board since 2015 before joining the London-based firm, according…

Cryptocurrency data and indices provider CryptoCompare is launching its first cryptocurrency Exchange Benchmark, according to a press release CryptoCompare shared with The Block. The ranking assesses more than 100 active spot exchanges and analyses their…

UK-based insurance agency Legal & General has partnered up with Amazon’s blockchain platform to manage corporate pension deals, Reuters writes. The insurer is going to use Amazon Web Services’ blockchain system to deal with annuity transactions which take…

The Coinbase Card is now available for customers in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands to spend crpyto, according to a press release, following its debut in the UK in April. The Visa-debit card is linked to Coinbase users’ wallets…

Visa has announced the launch of its new payments network designed to speed up cross-border transactions. The Visa B2B Connect network aims to provide financial institutions with a tool to manage corporate client international payments quickly. Upon launch…

Asia Blockchain Summit 2019 (ABS 2019) , the biggest blockchain event in Asia, will take place in Taipei, Taiwan on July 2-3. The event is expected to attract more than 5,000 blockchain industry elites and 300+ top global companies. Many activities held by…

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Block.one, the company behind EOS blockchain, may be looking to influence blockchain policy conversations in the U.S. The company is cited as the client of lobbying firm Holland & Knight, LLP in a disclosure document filed in May. The form cited the code…

French video game giant Ubisoft is considering introducing blockchain to its games, Cointelegraph writes. Ubisoft has been allegedly working on a blockchain solution for months and is considering one implementation—monetisation of in-game items put on a blockchain.…

Square Crypto, the crypto initiative of payments company Square, has announced its first hire. The company has brought on Steve Lee, a former director of Google. Lee’s role at Square Crypto is to be announced. At Google, Lee led product management for mobile…