Lili raises $10M for its freelancer banking app
Lili, a startup building banking products to meet the needs of freelance workers, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in seed funding. The startup…
Matic Launches Mainnet Aiming to Bring More ‘Firepower’ to Ethereum
Matic, a sidechain scaling solution for Ethereum, has deployed the first 10 nodes of its mainnet after several years in development. …
First Mover: ECB Stimulus May Offer Market Hope After Bitcoin Fails (Again) to Break $10K
After another failure above the $10,000 mark, some bitcoin traders are now looking ahead to this week’s European Central Bank meeting, where authorities could commit to…
Hard Fork Sets Stage for Ethereum Classic’s Second Major Departure From Ethereum
Ethereum Classic has largely followed Ethereum in lockstep. But as the larger chain goes toward Proof-of-Stake, ETC is sticking with Proof-of-Work. …
French Renewable Energy Provider Wins Regulator’s Approval for €10M Token Sale
Renewables provider WPO has been granted an “ICO visa” from the French financial markets regulator. …
Minnesota Official Alarms Privacy Advocates With Contact Tracing Comments
Comments from Minnesota Public Safety commissioner John Harrington comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 health data. …
7 Ways To Support Black Lives And Protesters With Your Money
Dollars can speak just as loudly as words. …
No, Marvin Ammori, CoinDesk Is Not Trying to Extort You
Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks…
Iranian Lawmaker Says Bitcoin Should Be Central Bank’s Turf
An Iranian lawmaker wants his country’s central bank to take bitcoin seriously. …
Caitlin Long’s Avanti Raises $5M, Submits Wyoming Bank Charter Application Draft
Crypto bank Avanti has raised an angel round from the University of Wyoming Foundation, Anthony Pompliano’s Morgan Creek Digital and other investors. …
Blockchain Firms Flocked to Hong Kong in 2019: Report
Blockchain firms led the charge of fintech companies that relocated to Hong Kong in 2019. …
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 2, 2020
With the price of bitcoin briefly breaking above $10,000, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back! …
Bitcoin’s Price Drops by $800 in Less Than 5 Minutes
Bitcoin’s price fell more than $800 in under five minutes on Tuesday, pushing the broader cryptocurrency market into the red. …
Blockchain Bites: Poolin Lending, Square Crypto’s Grant and a Senate Candidate Who Holds Bitcoin
Square Crypto supports Bitcoin’s lightning network development, crypto mining pool Poolin expands lending and ICE is going after the petro dollar’s creator. …