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The New Economics Foundation (NEF), a UK-based think-tank, has issued a report in which it proposes a new digital currency for Scotland called ScotPound. The report’s release comes nearly a year after Scotland held an independence referendum, which NEF said fueled a key debate on...

Swiss-based digital currency exchange ShapeShift announced this week it has closed a funding round in which it raised $1.6 million. Led by Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group and Roger Ver, participants in the round included Bitfinex, Bitcoin Capital, Mardal Investments and...

Blockchain infrastructure provider Chain Inc. announced Thursday it has raised $30 million in equity funding from a syndicate of prominent players in the financial and payments industries, including Capital One, Citi Ventures, Fiserv, Nasdaq, Orange and Visa. Jim Robinson III, a...

Bitcoin Start-ups that have failed before even starting: what mistakes do they make? Bitcoin has provided an exciting platform for entrepreneurs as the cryptocurrency market has become more established and mature over the last couple of years. Financial technology is a sector...