Why the Crypto Community Is Waiting for Casper
EXCLUSIVE-- If you are a crypto enthusiast, or an investor curious about how the following months will affect the value...
Risk & Security
Ethereum Hard Fork Will Encrypt Transactions, Could Boost Wall Street Acceptance
A coming upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain would allow transactions, not just users, to remain private on the network. Similar...
Say Goodbye to Social Security Numbers as Unique Identifiers (Please?)
The White House and Equifax, admittedly two of the nation's least trusted institutions at the moment, agree that social security...
The United States May License Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a...
Credit Needs to Fix its Customer Experience Along with its Security, Final Says
EXCLUSIVE— As recent hacks such as Equifax demonstrate, credit providers have work to do to gain back consumer trust, and...
Mastercard’s ‘Early Detection System’ Will Alert Banks of At-Risk Credit Cards
EXCLUSIVE—Preventing fraud is an ongoing battle, and Mastercard wants to make it a little easier for card issuers with the...
China’s Geely Acquires a Majority Stake in Danish Saxo Bank
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, a Chinese carmaker that also owns Volvo, is scheduled to acquire a majority share in Danish...
Blockchain-based Security Startup Nuggets Raises Funds with ICO for 2018 Launch
EXCLUSIVE - With the Equifax hack, the perils of a data breach are no longer a hypothetical problem. The hack...
South Korea Bans All ICOs
Following in China’s footsteps, South Korea has banned all ICOs. In an announcement released today, South Korea’s Financial Service Commission...
Cryptocurrency Expert: Government-Backed Cryptocurrency Misses the Point
EXCLUSIVE- To make a government-backed cryptocurrency is to defeat the point of cryptocurrency, Jacob Eliosoff, a programmer, crypto trader, businessman,...
