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news Blocko, a South Korean blockchain firm working on enterprise applications of the tech, says it’s raised 9 billion Korean won (around $7.44 million) in an Series B+ round. According an announcement on Thursday, Blocko said Korea’s oldest bank, Shinhan, as well as KEB Hana Bank, LB Investment and Dadam Investment took part in the round. The…

Mar 23, 2020 at 19:15 UTCPhoto by Jon Moore on UnsplashDeFi has an open security issue. A team of product designers for ZenGo, a noncustodial wallet company, found an exploit that can drain users’ funds from nearly all dapp wallets. While the security flaw has been known for two years, Ouriel Ohayon, CEO of ZenGo,…

While advances in blockchain technology and tokenization often grab the headlines, there is a more mundane concept that nevertheless may end up being the single most important piece of future financial industry (and commercial) infrastructure – the digital wallet.A cryptographically protected, blockchain-based digital wallet is a piece of software that points to an address on

Nov 23, 2020 at 9:01 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 23, 2020 at 9:06 a.m. UTCSean Lennon at the 2019 Sweetwater 420 Festival(Erika Goldring/Getty Images)John Lennon’s Son Says Bitcoin ‘Empowers’ People Like Never BeforeThe son of Beatles legend John Lennon has praised bitcoin for its ability to help individuals transcend politics and world events.Sean Ono Lennon, speaking…

Jun 4, 2020 at 16:14 UTCUpdated Jun 4, 2020 at 16:15 UTCBlockchain Bites: Bitmain’s Shakeup, Bitcoin’s Resilience and Ethereum’s AnonymityBitcoin underwent a protocol update to make the network more resilient to state attacks, while researchers separately found Ethereum may be losing its anonymity. Elsewhere, “Crypto Mom” Hester Pierce has been tapped for a second term…

Crypto exchange Coinbase released a plan to pursue decentralization and neutrality for its new “Base” blockchain, just weeks after the network went live.The new framework is known as the “Base Neutrality Principles.” According to a blog post by Coinbase, the principles are meant to align with Optimism's “Law of Chains,” a framework meant to unify…

The payments giant plans to support digital currency transactions directly on network.Feb 10, 2021 at 8:36 p.m. UTCMastercard Will Let Merchants Accept Payments in Crypto This YearMastercard is planning to give merchants the option to receive payments in cryptocurrency later this year.According to a source familiar with the matter, the functionality will see Mastercard customers’…

news South Korean tech giant Samsung looks to have revealed some of the first blockchain partners for its upcoming flagship cellphone, the Galaxy S10. At its Samsung Mobile Business Summit session at MWC Barcelona 2019 on Monday, the company presented the new phone’s Blockchain Keystore to affiliates and customers, displaying a picture that included the…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday to strip the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of one of its key enforcement processes, deciding in a 6-3 vote that the federal agency’s use of in-house judges is a violation of the constitutional right to a jury trial. In the past, the SEC has sometimes used an