Florida-based law firm starts accepting bitcoin, litecoin, and ether
Aug 29, 2017 09:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Florida-based law firm Oppenheim Law has announced that it is starting to accept digital currencies for its services. The firm has announced that it is accepting digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, and...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines joins NTT Data’s recently announced blockchain consortium
Aug 29, 2017 07:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, a leading Japanese shipping company, has announced its plans to join the Consortium to develop trade data sharing platform using blockchain technology. The consortium, comprising of 14 trade-related...

Hero announces unsecured loan service for poor financial infrastructure in Southeast Asia
Aug 29, 2017 06:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Southeastern Fintech startup Hero (herotoken.io) has announced that it is ready to provide unsecured loan service for poor financial infrastructure in Southeast Asia. Despite the rapid economic growth in Southeast Asia,...

DLT-based securities settlement without regulation could lead to monopolies – BoE paper
Aug 29, 2017 05:59 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
Distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based securities settlement without regulation could lead to monopolies, according to a new paper from the Bank of England. Authored by Evangelos Benos, Rodney Garratt, and Pedro...
Singaporean blockchain startup Bluzelle raises $1.5M in series A round
Aug 29, 2017 05:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bluzelle, a blockchain startup headquartered in Singapore, has raised $1.5 million in Series A round from venture capital firms Global Brain, LUN Partners Capital, and existing investor True Global Ventures, Tech In Asia...

NEM, Kchain to Host First Blockchain Developer Forum in Korea
Aug 29, 2017 05:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
NEM, a global blockchain enterprise solution platform, and Kchain, leading Korean blockchain SI company, are going to co-host the first blockchain forum in South Korea. Kchain and NEM have partnered to host NEM...
SEC warns investors against fraudulent ICOs
Aug 29, 2017 03:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to investors against potential scams involving companies engaging in Initial Coin Offerings (or ICOs). The alert follows recently issued trading...