Copper, the London-based custodian for digital assets, has further improved the security protocols of its custodial service by adding military grade optical air-gapping. This enhancement ensures the complete security of an offline repository of asset owners’ sharded keys during the transaction signing process. … [Read more...] about PR: Copper introduces military grade optical air-gapping to further secure private keys

Emaar Group is marking an industry-first by leveraging the significant potential of blockchain technology with plans to offer the Emaar community token for customers and partners by the end of this year. … [Read more...] about PR: Emaar engages blockchain industry veteran Lykke AG to offer customers and partners the Emaar community token

With people like Tim Draper saying how everyone will be buying coffee with Bitcoin in just a few years time, a new survey released today from the Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) reveals that using crypto needs to become significantly easier, safer and more convenient to utilize before users will be confident to pay for their latte at Starbucks. … [Read more...] about PR: Buying coffee with bitcoin won’t happen if usability issues aren’t fixed

HotNow, the location-based digital marketing retail platform today announced the first in a series of industry partnerships as part of the platform’s launch of Evergleam Hill, the world’s first fully-integrated crypto game. American ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins, Thailand’s largest department store and lifestyle brand Robinson, and globally renowned fast food chain Mister … [Read more...] about PR: Baskin-Robbins, Robinson Online, and Mister Donut partner with HotNow in the world’s first fully-integrated crypto game

æternity Ventures, the investment arm of decentralized smart contracts platform æternity, has today announced their startup selection for the next round of æternity Starfleet Accelerator. Following the significant success of the first accelerator program in June 2018, where over $1m was invested in 9 blockchain teams, this year the Starfleet Accelerator Program has invited 14 … [Read more...] about PR: æternity Ventures’s 2nd Starfleet accelerator program reveals shortlist of most-promising blockchain startups

Bytecoin has released a new roadmap detailing the trajectory of releases and platform growth anticipated in the near future. The updated roadmap, coming just after the introduction of the newest platform software update, Amethyst Version 3.4.1, provides a look forward to where one of the oldest cryptocurrencies on the market is headed. … [Read more...] about PR: Bytecoin releases new road map for 2019

eToro, a global multi-asset trading platform with over 10 million registered users, announced the launch of its platform and cryptoasset wallet in the United States. With the launch, U.S. customers with diverse levels of expertise can leverage eToro to collaborate with one another to find the best cryptoasset trading strategies in an environment rich with unconventional … [Read more...] about PR: eToro officially launches crypto trading platform & wallet in the U.S.

æternity, one of the leading blockchain-based platforms for developing decentralized applications (æpps) and deploying powerful, yet private smart contracts within State Channels, has announced that their first hard fork and ‘Minerva’ release has taken place. This is the first of three scheduled hard forks which was executed on time, as per the announced schedule. … [Read more...] about PR: æternity’s Minerva hard fork goes live activating a series of network upgrades