Bitcoin startup BitOasis secures seed funding, targets presence beyond UAE
May 25, 2016 07:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
BitOasis, the leading bitcoin wallet and exchange service in the Middle East and North Africa,has announced its first round of funding, led by Wamda Capital and drawing support from Barry SilbertsDigital Currency...
May 25, 2016 06:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Great Coin, Inc. chose to proceed with the cutting edge Ethereum platform for its digital currency, GX-Coin for which Global Future City Holding Inc. is pleased to congratulate Great Coin, Inc, its strategic...
Initial Coin Offering Openledger crowdsale kicks off
May 25, 2016 05:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Danish cryptocurrency platform CCEDK, to relaunch as decentralized conglomeratesoon, and OpenLedger have announced the crowdfunding campaign for a brand new initiative, Initial Coin Offering Openledger (ICOO), that started...
Decentralized startup Lisk releases first modular cryptocurrency with sidechains
May 25, 2016 05:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Lisk, a blockchain application and sidechain platform, has announced that it has successfully launched the Lisk network and deployedLisk v0.3.0to the public. Lisk v0.3.0 is the first cryptocurrency that puts into...
UAE's bitcoin startup closes its doors
May 25, 2016 04:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
YellowPay, a funded bitcoin payments company built for The Middle East and North Africa, has ceased its operations for undisclosed reasons, members of its founding team told CoinDesk. Founded in 2014, the company, the...
Life.Sreda launches new venture fund to invest in blockchain startups
May 24, 2016 12:14 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Singapore-based venture fund Life.Sreda is launching a new venture fund to help banks invest in blockchain startups which will provide start-up capital for early stage blockchain companies. The venture fund named...
Co-founder of start-up 21 unveils bitcoin based software
May 24, 2016 10:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
Co-founder of 21 and venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan unveiled new payment software aiming at helping developers build applications based on bitcoin transactions. During Consensus 2016 conference in New York this...