Blockchain

October 2, 2019 9 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. According to McKinsey, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture and Bain, the biggest opportunities for investment, jobs and new opportunities are in five key emerging mark…

Interest in Bitcoin, the censorship resistant cryptocurrency, often spikes during times of political or economic unrest. Its no accident that Satoshi Nakamoto embedded a reference to the financial crisis in Bitcoins genesis block. Indeed, Bitcoin volumes hav…

The trustee in charge of recovering funds for investors affected by the iconic collapse of Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox is now seeking more information about Alexander Vinnik, the alleged former owner of defunct exchange BTC-e. The news was announced yesterday fo…

Skale Labs, parent to Skale Network, which develops a scalable and elastic blockchain network, raises $17.1M from Arrington XRP Capital and others (David Pan/CoinDesk)

The firm behind blockchain-powered cloud computing service EOS EOS must pay $24 million for violating US securities law with its initial coin offering (ICO). Block.one did not register its ICO as a securities offering pursuant to the federal securities laws,…

Two men have pleaded guilty for conspiring to launder money using Bitcoin after selling marijuana on the dark web. Connor Brooke and Aidan Curry, 25 and 23 respectively, gave their plea in federal court yesterday. The pair agreed to forfeit tens of thousands…

Pope Francis urged Silicon Valley giants on Friday to make sure technological advances such as artificial intelligence do not lead to a new form of barbarism where the law of the strongest prevails over the common good. Francis made his comments in an addres…

Earlier this month, HTC cofounder Cher Wang stepped down from her role as CEO. In her place, former Orange EVP Yves Maitre has taken up the reins for the Taipei-based smartphone maker. One of Maitres first acts as the head of HTC will be to join us at Disru…

A Canadian man alleged to have conned an Oregonian woman out of $230,000 worth of Bitcoin BTC is being held in prison so that he doesnt flee the US to Canada. US Attorney Quinn Harrington said they were concerned that the perpetrator would flee and then figh…

Losing your data sucks. It sucks even more when someone uses ransomware to maliciously encrypt your files and demands Bitcoin BTC to ensure its safe return. But dont worry, because there are things you can do to get one over on the cyberbaddies. Software com…