Bitcoin News Roundup for May 1, 2020

Feb 13, 2020 at 15:25 UTCUpdated Feb 13, 2020 at 15:26 UTCTorus CEO Zhen Yu Yong. (Photo courtesy of Torus)Torus, a key-management startup offering one-click logins for decentralized apps (dapps), launched out of beta Thursday, announcing eight initial hosting partners for its Web 3.0 product.Alongside Torus itself, Binance, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Etherscan, Matic Network,…

EV BOOST: Tesla owners in the Netherlands could soon use an IBM-built blockchain to monitor their power usage. (Credit: Shutterstock)IBM Teams With 3 European Power Grids to Build Green Energy Blockchain PlatformIBM has created a new blockchain consortium with three of Europe’s electricity grid operators to help smooth the transition to renewable sources of energy. It’s…

This week sees the kick-off of COP28, the annual conference to discuss a coordinated global approach to dealing with climate change issues. This year, it is held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the world’s largest oil producers.Already desperate rhetoric is emphasizing the catastrophic cost of inaction; 120 heads of state are brushing

Jul 14, 2020 at 16:12 UTCRiding the surge of interest in yield farming, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is listing three tokens from the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). Compound (COMP), Kava (KAVA) and Kyber Network (KNC) will be listed by Kraken starting July 15, the company announced Tuesday in a blog post.COMP is the governance token…

Hong Kong regulators said they are ready to consider applications for spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs).In a joint statement, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said the virtual asset environment has changed since 2018, when the SFC formulated a "professional-investors only" regulatory approach.Hong Kong has been loosening its approach

This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission might approve spot ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the House of Representatives may vote in favor of a crypto market structure bill, the company behind a decentralized exchange is arguing with the SEC, and that's all just in the U.S. All of these topics will come up at

Jul 15, 2020 at 10:31 UTC(Marian Weyo/Shutterstock)Evertas, an insurance provider focused on the cryptocurrency space, has raised $2.8 million in a seed round led by Morgan Creek. Plug n Play, Kailash Ventures, RenGen, Vy Capital and Wavemaker Genesis also participated.  Mark Yusko, founder, CEO and chief investment officer of Morgan Creek Capital, has joined Evertas’ board…

Cryptocurrency traders are inadvertently pumping the price of a little-known altcoin they believe belongs to a project conceived by Sam Altman, former president of tech startup accelerator Y Combinator.Altman, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, unveiled his “Worldcoin” (WC) project earlier on Thursday, promising fair distribution among as “many people as possible.”“If a…

Jul 30, 2020 at 16:44 UTCUpdated Jul 30, 2020 at 16:47 UTC(an_vision/Unsplash, modified using PhotoMosh)Blockchain Bites: Plus Token Ponzi Popped, Cardano Forked and tZERO CutCardano hard forked to its proof-of-stake network, token platform tZERO cut staff and compensation, and a derivatives exchange is looking to list on Nasdaq. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of…