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Coinbase Co-Founder Backs Blockchain Startup's $3 Million Seed Round

DIRT, a startup building an ethereum-based blockchain platform for validating information across datasets, has raised $3 million in seed funding.

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BitGo Adds 57 Ethereum Tokens In Largest-Ever Custody Service Expansion

Bitcoin veterans are jumping into the token economy with new licenses and custody options.

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UK Watchdog Welcomes First Crypto Startups to Regulatory Sandbox

The U.K.'s financial regulator is allowing startups focused on blockchain and crypto assets into its regulatory sandbox for the first time.

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Keeping Ethereum's Promise: CryptoKitties Is Embracing Open-Source

By moving to open-source more of the CryptoKitties codebase, the ethereum-based startup is making its project more of a true decentralized app.

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Crypto Tourism Is Growing – For Better or Worse

From luxury cruises to Middle East startup tours, crypto enthusiasts are traveling the world, but it's not always seen in a positive light.

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IOST Blockchain Incubator Launches With $50 Million Fund

Bluehill, a startup incubator for global blockchain projects, launched on Thursday after raising $50 million to support the IOST ecosystem.

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Ethereum Accelerator to Offer Crypto Coders Resources and 'Reality Check'

A blockchain company known as a hub of startups is expanding its reach, launching a new San Francisco-based startup accelerator.

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Tron Bought BitTorrent And Crypto Won't Stop Talking About It

The founder of a smaller cryptocurrency called Tron is acquiring BitTorrent for $120 million and social media is alight over the real reason "why."

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Binance Backs Malta Stock Exchange's Startup Accelerator

The Malta Stock Exchange announced today that Binance is backing the exchange's newly launched program to support fintech startups and entrepreneurs.

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Surprise KYC: Investors in Tezos' Troubled ICO Might Finally Be Fed Up

After infighting brought months of delays, Tezos investors finally seemed about to receive their crypto tokens. Then something unexpected happened...

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