Elephant Platform Announces Ethereum-Based Cryptocurrency elCoin

Elephant, a multi-functional economic platform, has launched elCoin, a cryptocurrency based on the Ethereum project. The cryptocurrency is the first to launch worldwide built on smart contract and blockchain technologies. The unit cost of 1ELC is set at 2,5 EUR at the crowd sale stage.   The announcement posted on “industry today,” a content distribution […]

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Chain Issues Shares Through Nasdaq’s Private Blockchain Platform Linq

  In an announcement today, Nasdaq revealed the issuance of its client Chain.com’s share to a private investor using the company’s private-market blockchain platform Linq. Calling it a ‘major advance’ in blockchain technology for private companies, a Nasdaq press release has announced the issuance of shares by Chain.com to a private investor using its blockchain-powered […]

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Report: Blythe Masters’ Digital Asset Holdings Isn’t “Supercompelling” for Investors

Bitcoin-based startup Digital Asset Holdings has had a hard time with closing deals with investors to cap off the company’s first round of funding, according to a report. Former banker and now a prominent personality in the Fintech space Blythe Masters’ Digital Asset Holdings is ‘struggling’ to close its Series A round of funding by […]

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This Bitcoin Trend Will Continue in 2016

There is one trend which likely will continue into 2016 in the banking world, and that is the trend of Wall Street executives defecting from the mainstream banking industry into the Bitcoin industry. With consortiums such as R3 – and thus the biggest banks in the world – investigating blockchain technology, individuals from Wall Street […]

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