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The $1 Trillion Wallet: BitGo's Big Plan to Secure the Biggest Bitcoin Fortunes

Blockchain security startup BitGo is gearing up to safeguard once-unthinkable sums of digital assets as it looks towards a tokenized future.

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'Tedious But Necessary': Why This Decentralized Exchange Wants a License

As competition heats up among decentralized exchange startups for institutional crypto investors' business, Everbloom is seeking an edge.

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SEC, CFTC Charge Bitcoin Futures Firm 1Broker With Securities Law Violations

The SEC and CFTC are suing bitcoin derivatives trader 1pool and CEO Patrick Brunner for violating federal law with a security swap scheme.

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Dell Eyes Blockchain Investment to Boost Business Growth

Dell subsidiary Dell EMC is looking into blockchain technology as a way to draw more customers to its server business.

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Crypto Money Market Compound Lets You HODL and Earn

Compound, a crypto money market, launched today on ethereum. Now hodlers can earn interest on their crypto.

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Chinese Search Giant Baidu Shares Details of Upcoming Blockchain

Chinese search engine Baidu has published a new white paper outlining its upcoming XuperChain network.

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Austrian Government to Notarize $1.3 Billion Bond Auction Using Ethereum

The Austrian government is planning to use the ethereum blockchain to notarize the auction of a bond worth around $1.3 billion.

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How I Lost My Faith in Private Blockchains

It remains to be proven if permissioned blockchains provide a real business benefit at all. Take it from one who used to advise banks on them.

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Goldman Sachs Leads $25 Million Funding for Blockchain Startup Veem

Blockchain payments startup Veem has closed a $25 million funding round led by Goldman Sachs, it announced Wednesday.

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Chinese Banking Giant Issues $1.3 Billion in Securities on a Blockchain

A state-owned commercial bank in China has completed the issuance of mortgage-backed securities worth $1.3 billion using a blockchain network.

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