LedgerX Announces Launch of Bitcoin Volatility Index
Cryptocurrency asset manager LedgerX has launched the first Bitcoin price volatility index, as per a report by Cointelegraph on January 14th. Called the LedgerX Volatility Index (LXVX), the...
Blockchain Spotlight – Bonding Curves: Creating liquidity and encouraging investment in new markets
Last time in Blockchain Spotlight, we took a look at curation markets -- a technology that allows for people to organize around a common goal and benefit from...
Blockchain Spotlight – Curation Markets: What they are and how they’re advancing a decentralized future
As mainstream a topic as cryptocurrency can sometimes seem due to the enormous amount of media attention it has garnered over the past year, there are many cutting...
Crypto social network Minds raises $6 million Series A from Overstock investment arm
Minds, currently the leading crypto social network, announced today that it has received $6 million in Series A funding from Medici Ventures, a wholly-owned blockchain-based subsidiary of Overstock.com....
NYC-based BlockTech partners with Taibah University in Saudi Arabia to launch Blockchain Lab
In a press release sent out today, Blocktech, a New York City-based blockchain development and educational company, announced it is partnering with Taibah Valley, the investment arm of...
ViaBTC raises $30m in 2 hours in first major Bitcoin Cash ICO
On October 8th, blockchain company and mining pool ViaBTC ended their ICO, the first large offering to date using the Wormhole protocol and the Bitcoin Cash chain. In...
Venezuela orders passport fees to be paid in Petro, its state-issued crypto
In a press conference on Friday, Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodriguez announced that the country’s state-created cryptocurrency, the Petro, would be the only form of payment accepted for...