Alejandro de la Torre is a busy man. His role as VP of Business Operations at BTC.com, Bitmain’s largest mining pool, involves managing the team, educating users, speaking with potential new customers, scouting out business opportunities, talking…
In a recent newsletter, BitMEX CEO revealed research done by BitMEX which listed 12 ICOs that raised more than $50 million in ICO but have yet go live on any secondary exchanges. The tokens listed were: Telegram Filecoin DFINITY Polkadot tZero Basis Or…
By raising $1 million in seed funding, blockchain startup RSK Labs will develop Rootstock, a smart contracts platform that will be deployed as a sidechain on the bitcoin blockchain. In a funding round led by bitcoin mining hardware company Bitmain Technology, RSK Labs has raised $1 million in a successful initial seeding round to develop […]
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Blockchain startups investor Coinsilium is adding to its portfolio of investments by bringing in a total investment of $100,000 in smart-contracts-innovator Rootstock during the latter’s initial seed round. Coinsilium, a London-based blockchain technology investor known for supporting blockchain-based startups during their early stages has announced its latest investment in a regulatory announcement today for investors. […]
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Rootstock, a P2P platform based on the block chain that implements smart contracts using the capabilities of Ethereum with the transparency and security of the bitcoin network, is negotiating with the World Bank and some Latin American banks to provide microlending for the unbanked, according to the International Business Times. Rootstock hopes to give banks the means to issue loans from smart contracts. Rootstock combines the capabilities of Ethereum with the bitcoin network’s transparency and security by using sidechain technology. Bitcoin serves as the fuel that runs the smart contract. Nick Szabo, an expert on smart contracts, has said Rootstock joins […]
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