Blockchain

2 with 2 posters participating Facebook's embattled Libra project suffered a major blow on Friday as four payment processorsStripe, Visa, Mastercard, and Mercado Pagowithdrew from participation in the Libra Association, the Geneva-based group Facebook create…

The agency says Telegram didn't register the offering with its office, and since it sees Grams as securities, it's accusing the company of violating the Securities Act of 1933. It's not clear how this restraining order would affect Gram's launch as a whole. F…

Following the departure of PayPal from Facebooks Libra projecta cryptocurrency that promises to reinvent money and transform the global economya new wave of departures has rocked the platform as eBay, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard have all announced that they …

Cryptocurrency’s bad news day continues to get worse as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has said it has filed an emergency action and received a restraining order for the $1.7 billion planned token offering of Telegram’s blockchain. The move from…

Despite facing calls to testify against the OneCoin scam, Bank of Ireland (BoI) staff have now reportedly pulled back from helping court proceedings voluntarily. According to a court letter filed yesterday, seen by Finance Feeds, the US government is finding…

Users of Coinbase, the popular U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, have been able to buy or sell cryptocoins on their mobiles for a while now. But users of Coinbase Pro, a sister site to Coinbase and a far more advanced trading platform aimed at professional …

Xage is working with utilities, energy companies and manufacturers to secure their massive systems, and today it announced some significant updates to deal with the scale and complexity of these customers’ requirements including a new hierarchical blockchain.…

Australias Perth Mint, one of the worlds largest refineries, is today launching a gold-backed Ethereum ETH token guaranteed by the government of Western Australia. Marketing materials shared with Hard Fork claim the Perth Mint Gold Token (PMGT) is the first …

French tobacconists are getting another chance to sell Bitcoin BTC coupons after the scheme had to be suspended earlier this year. Local media has reported that the scheme will restart today, allowing 5,200 tobacconists to sell coupons that can be redeemed f…

A Singaporean man faces over 30 years in prison for masquerading as a Californian games developer to illicitly obtain cloud computing power to mine cryptocurrency, an FBI investigation has revealed. US authorities indicted Matthew Ho, 29, with 14 counts rela…