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Investors pile into new digital currency created by graduates

Investors pile into new digital currency created by graduates

Written by on October 16, 2017 in News with 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. investors including Digital Currency Group have taken part in a pre-sale of basecoin, a crypto-currency to be created by three Princeton University computer science graduates, Intangible Labs CEO and co-founder Nader Al-Naji said. The other investors in Intangible Labs’ basecoin include Bain Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and AngelList CEO Naval […]

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China’s ICO ban just the start of tighter currency regulations

China’s ICO ban just the start of tighter currency regulations

Written by on September 5, 2017 in News with 0 Comments

BEIJING (Reuters) – China is poised to further tighten rules on virtual currencies after regulators on Monday banned virtual coin fundraising schemes, Chinese financial news outlet Yicai reported citing sources. China banned and deemed illegal the practice of raising funds through launches of token-based digital currencies, targeting so-called initial coin offerings (ICO) in a market […]

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Blockchain initiative attracts finance and tech heavyweights

Blockchain initiative attracts finance and tech heavyweights

Written by on December 18, 2015 in News with 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) – Big names from the worlds of finance and technology such as Deutsche Boerse, JP Morgan, Cisco and IBM have come together to work on an open-source framework for using the “blockchain” technology that underpins the web-based cryptocurrency bitcoin. The new technology works as a huge, decentralized ledger of every bitcoin transaction ever […]

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