Swiss investment firm Final Frontier is partnering with Bitfury Group to launch a regulated bitcoin mining fund for personal and institutional investors. With access to Bitfury’s worldwide mining resources, this fund offers an alternative for bitcoin investors.
Two pension plans from Fairfax County, Virginia, the $1.43 billion Police Officer’s Retirement System and the $3.9 billion Employee’s Retirement System, were the lead investors.
As part of its desire to forge deeper ties with the Chinese government, Huobi Group, the parent company of digital asset platform Huobi, has formed a Communist Party committee in China
TravelbyBit's partnership with Binance will allow the startup to introduce its blockchain-based POS system, currently being used at the Brisbane airport, into other international airports worldwide.
“The Impact Ledger will increase the flow of resources toward maturing the technology and, ultimately, the impact of social and civil projects,” said Tomicah Tillemann, co-founder of Blockchain Trust Accelerator.
Beginning on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, WeChat began implementing a sudden shutdown of no fewer than eight accounts linked to bitcoin and crypto news organizations.