Germany’s Information Security Office champions hardware wallets

Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt.Gox, released a new statement Tuesday, September 25. According to the document, Kobayashi has liquidated almost 26 billion yen ($230 million) in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in around four months.Kobayashi, who is known as the “Tokyo Whale” due to the multiple rounds of cryptocurrency sell-offs he has…

The three projects raised a collective $77.7 million, underscoring investor appetite for all things blockchain and cryptocurrency. 2528 Total views 15 Total shares Blockchain projects Rally, GlobeDX and SingularityDAO concluded highly successful private sales this week, offering further evidence that smart-money investors were still eyeing up-and-coming digital asset plays. Rally, the so-called “crypto for creators” platform,…

An anonymous source has told reporters that the first Diem pilot will focus on transactions between individual consumers. 2802 Total views 14 Total shares Facebook-backed digital currency project Diem could yet launch its first stablecoin in 2021 as a small-scale pilot, according to an anonymous source. Cited in a CNBC report published on April 20, the…

The service will simplify node infrastructure and onboarding for blockchain developers. 261 Total views 1 Total shares According to a new announcement on Thursday, tech-giant Google says it's launching an in-house Blockchain Node Engine (BNE) based on Google Cloud. As a node-hosting service, BNE enables Web 3.0 companies to relay transactions, deploy smart contracts, and…

Did you know that between 2012 and 2020, over 3,000 blockchain venture capital deals occurred across the world? Cointelegraph Consulting has built the most comprehensive data set of all blockchain venture capital to date. Covering over $16 billion invested by 928 different angels, VCs, incubators and corporates, the new 75-page report is the most in-depth…

Back in 1984, a U.K. television advertisement for Kit Kat chocolate bars was set in a music label’s office where a keen young band played their demo for a bored music executive. Afterward, they were served the famous chocolate bars and the manager said: “You can’t sing, you can’t play, you look awful… you’ll go…

Almost 12% of crypto holders are long-term investors, according to a survey shared with Cointelegraph on May 13 by HBUS, the operator of United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi.The company reportedly surveyed 1,067 American participants between March and April this year, finding that 19.58% of people with an income higher than $99,000 per year are actively…

Italy’s securities regulator has shut down six foreign exchange websites and two crypto investing and derivative trading sites. According to Finance Magnates’ Feb. 10 report, the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) has accused these 8 FX sites of violating the Mifid2 and the Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) for providing illegal trading…