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news Venezuela’s largest department store will install blockchain-enabled cash registers in its 49 retail outlets. The megastore operator Traki announced August 22, it will integrate Singapore-based Pundi X’s point-of-sale device, XPOS, to offer a cryptocurrency payment rail for shoppers. Already available in 30 countries, Pundi aims to sell 100,000 XPOS devices by 2021. This is…

Edward Woodford, CEO of Seed CX and Zero Hash, far-right. (CoinDesk archives)Three retail-orientated trading platforms have participated in the latest $4.75 million funding round for crypto trading infrastructure provider, Zero Hash. Zero Hash announced Wednesday it had completed its Series C funding round, which was led by tastyworks, the owner of app-based brokerage, tastytrade. Other…

Nov 10, 2020 at 10:24 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 10, 2020 at 10:32 p.m. UTCVitalik Buterin at Ethereal Summit (Ali Powell/CoinDesk)Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Tops $22.5M One Week After LaunchAfter going live last week, the deposit contract for Ethereum’s 2.0 upgrade now holds over 50k ETH – 10% of the threshold needed to activate the watershed…

Dec 16, 2019 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Dec 16, 2019 at 13:25 UTCThis post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Daniel Gorfine is the founder of fintech advisory firm Gattaca Horizons LLC. He currently serves as an adjunct…

Fantom Foundation is taking legal action to recover assets lost in the $200 million Multichain exploit by seeking to wind up the Multichain Foundation.Fantom plans to use its January legal victory in Singapore to pave the way for all users to claim their losses.Fantom Foundation, which maintains and helps develop the Fantom blockchain, is seeking

news Samsung is adding to its blockchain dapp arsenal by including over a dozen new apps in its Blockchain Keystore online app market. Launched in March 2019, Samsung’s online dapp store, Blockchain Keystore, has grown from an initial four applications to a total of seventeen. The four original dapps included a password wallet, a game,…

Digital asset investment products witnessed the ninth consecutive week of outflows last week, pushing the total to $423 million, according to a report by CoinShares.Last week's outflows totalled $5.1 million, with the end of the week seeing minor inflows after the news that BlackRock (BLK) filed a bitcoin (BTC) spot exchange traded fund application in…

news Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, has launched trading for exchange-traded notes (ETNs) based on two cryptocurrencies – XRP and litecoin (LTC). Boerse Stuttgart announced Monday that Sweden-based firm, XBT Provider, is issuing four securities that will track the price of XRP and LTC in relation to the euro and Swedish krona, with all…

Oct 14, 2020 at 09:33 UTCUpdated Oct 14, 2020 at 09:34 UTCGate.io, a cryptocurrency exchange, has unveiled a pocket-sized solution for crypto holders concerned over the security of their assets.In an emailed press release Wednesday, the company announced the launch of a new hardware storage device, dubbed the Wallet S1, initially for the China market.Describing…