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Robinhood shares (HOOD) have fallen sharply on the back of the firm’s Q3 results which posted lower than expected crypto trading revenue.The popular retail trading firm published its Q3 report on Oct. 26, with crypto accounting for $51 million (19%) of the total $267 million worth of transaction-based revenue in the quarter. The release of…

The United States is the world’s leader in blockchain-related jobs, according to a research by The NextWeb (TNW) published on March 8.To prepare the report, TNW gathered information from job and recruiting site Glassdoor, finding all the job offerings that had the term “blockchain” in the job listing in countries around the world.The results reportedly…

Chinese social media giant saw a massive data breach result in data of millions of users available for sale on the dark web. According to a March 19 report from Chinese blockchain news outlet Jinse, basic account information of 172 million users was available, priced at 0.177 BTC.  The account information for sale included user ID,…

Biotechnology company turned mining firm Riot Blockchain reported a 2018 net loss of about $58 million in its financial report released on April 2.Per the report, the company’s net loss was primarily attributable to the noncash aggregate impairments, depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expenses amounting to about $45.2 million. The company also reportedly generated about…

Like other financial markets, crypto investors have seen wild swings and devaluations in recent weeks as Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, issues have hit many people all over the world. With safety concerns paramount, it can be easy to forget for a time about more pedestrian issues like taxes. But taxes won’t go away entirely.…

The future of blockchain will be an interoperable one — with the death of “chain tribalism,” the proliferation of “hundreds of chains” along with an end to cross-chain bridge hacks, according to executives at Korea Blockchain Week.Backing up the claims are several products slated for release before the end of the year that could see

The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), a multinational bank headquartered in Spain, has announced a partnership with Madrid-based research center IMDEA Software Institution to explore zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) alongside other “advanced cryptographic techniques.”Both entities will freely utilize each other's technologies and research to drive innovation as quickly as possible. BBVA plans to offer products based on…

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) will not add a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures market in March, the firm said in a statement on March 14.Per the statement, CBOE is re-evaluating how it approaches trading digital assets. CBOE said:“CFE is not adding a Cboe Bitcoin (USD) (“XBT”) futures contract for trading in March 2019. CFE…