Blocktech, the New York-based blockchain technologies company, and the French University of Armenia (UFAR) have announced that they are partnering to launch Armenia’s first academic Blockchain Lab. The lab, according to a Blocktech press release, will conduct interdisciplinary research into the crypto-economic implications of blockchain technologies, in collaboration with the university’s departments of Finance and

Blocktech, the New York-based blockchain technologies company, is partnering with Taibah Valley to launch the Blockchain Lab at Taibah University in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Directed by internationally recognized artificial intelligence expert, Professor Walaa Alharthi, it will be the kingdom’s first research and development lab dedicated to blockchain technologies. Dr. Alharthi and several colleagues traveled to

Callaghan Innovations, a government innovations fund, has invested $330,000 in the Auckland-based cryptocurrency savings and trading platform Vimba. “This is a truly significant investment from Callaghan Innovation and a real show of faith in the future of this very exciting asset class,” said Vimba CEO Sam Blackmore in a Scoop press release. The Vimba platform,

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of the world’s first cryptocurrency whitepaper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System” written by an anonymous author named Satoshi Nakamoto. Published after the global financial crisis of 2008, many see the timing as significant; rather than continue on course with the failing banking/government controlled

A new article published in the journal Nature Climate Change predicts that bitcoin will produce enough CO2 emissions to raise global temperatures by 2 degrees Celsius within three decades. A number of experts in the field have come out against such conclusions and are critical of the study. This study and others, which deal with

The Luxembourg-based bitcoin exchange, Bitstamp, has been acquired by the Belgium investment firm NXMH, which also owns Korbit, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange. The official terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Fortune notes that the rumored amount is a $400 million dollar acquisition. The same article quotes Bitstamp founder, Nejc Kodric, as stating

The Australia Post announced that the 11.7 million addresses they service will now have the ability to buy bitcoin through its Digital iD service. This verification service would lower the barrier of entry for many and expedite the identity confirmation process. Quoted in the Bitcoinist, the director of Digital Surge, Josh Lehman, stated, “Digital iD

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the notable owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced they will list the “Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract” for trading on December 12, 2018. ICE is one of many notable names who collaborated to create Bakkt, which physically settles bitcoin futures contracts. This delivery of bitcoin challenges a

Reported on by Bitcoin.com, Multi Group Concern and Omnia Tech International Company, on October 18th, officially launched a $50 million dollar bitcoin and ethereum mining farm in Armenia. There are currently 3,000 mining machines in-use and 120,000 additional machines set to be added and operational over time. “We intend to create here a blockchain-based center

Rigel Walshe, a developer who lives in New Zealand, put the Samourai Wallet and goTenna partnership to the test by attempting to send bitcoin transactions offline. Bitcoin Magazine details the developers personal trials successfully utilizing radio frequencies to transact.    With only a $27 dollar basic Android smartphone and four goTennas (used to create radio