The rules that govern data are changing rapidly, creating confusion for the companies that use blockchain to support payments, as well as potential investment opportunities for third parties that can ensure compliance. The General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect on May 25, and the Payment Services Directive, which went into effect in January, […]

A bitcoin ATM manufacturer based in Prague says it has installed 10 new cryptocurrency-dispensing machines throughout the European city’s subway system. The company, General Bytes, posted a map on its website showing where the bitcoin ATMs are located in 10 different metro stops in the city of 1.3 million in the Czech Republic. The machines can be used to […]

By Alex Mardikian Digital out of home advertising has gained currency among brands. Out of home advertising is not new. It goes back to ancient times, since the days of the pharaohs and the kings of India. Billboards and ads on bus shelters are the most ubiquitous form of OOH advertising. DOOH puts “digital” into […]

By Alex Mardikian With digital signage, you can reach out to potentially thousands of people. You don’t want the communication to be sabotaged in any way. Not just your communication with an audience, a security lapse or hack can place sensitive data at risk and seriously impact not just a brand’s value but also its finances. […]

Blockchain startup Paxos has closed a $65 million Series B funding round led by existing investors including Liberty City Ventures, RRE Ventures and Jay Jordan. The firm, which rebranded from itBit in 2016, has now raised a total of $93 million to date, according to a release. Paxos said it aims to use the new funds to scale up […]

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported today, May 2, that Telegram’s plan to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) has been scrapped. The fact that the messaging app raised enough money already through their two private ICO rounds was cited as the reason for the decision. An unnamed source told the WSJ that Telegram has decided not to hold […]

By Alex Mardikian Digital out of home (DOOH) advertising has grown impressively over the last 12 months. Yet, there is substantial room for growth. Out of home advertising will continue its march towards adopting a more and more digital persona. Digital displays are common at community spaces such as bus stops, train stations, railway platforms, […]

America’s most popular destination for company incorporation has updated its laws to allow for the tokenization of public or private stocks and shares. Two-thirds of all members elected to each house in the state of Delaware have passed a number of amendments that legally allow for the use of blockchain technology to maintain corporate share registries. […]

Scammers are a nuisance. Perhaps nowhere else within the cryptocurrency space have scammers become more frustrating than on crypto Twitter. The social media site has been overtaken with accounts impersonating notable figures and businesses promising tens of thousands of bitcoin or ether or XRP, in return for users merely sending a small amount of a […]

Bitcoin’s (BTC) bulls have staged a defense after nearly a month of losses, but a short-term bullish trend reversal is not yet confirmed, the technical charts indicate. As of writing, the cryptocurrency is up 5 percent at $7,487 on Bitfinex, having clocked a four-day high of $7,560 earlier today. A minor corrective rally had been […]