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String Labs, an Ethereum-powered autonomous finance project, recently announced a grants program for open chain finance projects to advance support for community initiatives. According to String Labs’ website, the organization focuses on the mass market, with projects including...

iPayYou is a new service that offers what is touted as the easiest, safest and most useful bitcoin wallet in the world. The Seattle-based company’s wallet lets users hold, purchase, sell, send and receive bitcoin safely and securely through iPayYou’s website, with all of the...

Canada’s Competition Bureau announced Thursday the launch of a market study into the country’s financial technology sector. The Bureau said in a press release its investigation will look into the competitive impact fintech has on the financial services industry, obstacles to...

Australian-based cryptocurrency marketplace BTC Markets announced Wednesday it will add support for The DAO tokens on May 28, the same day The DAO is slated to end its token crowdsale. The move will make BTC Markets one of the first exchanges in the world to support these tokens....

Starting Tuesday, Coinbase will support ether trading on its exchange, which will rebrand as GDAX (Global Digital Asset Exchange). The San Francisco-based company confirmed the move on Twitter, where it registered an official GDAX account. Coinbase stated its consumer product is...

Purse.io, known for providing deep discounts on Amazon products by using bitcoin, announced Tuesday a new service called Purse Pre, where consumers can pre-order the latest gadgets. The San Francisco-based company leverages blockchain technology to guarantee that consumers who...

The law firm representing Canadians in a class-action lawsuit against the defunct Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox said Wednesday the case will be dismissed next month, reported Motherboard. Charney Lawyers issued a notice stating the action will be dismissed on consent of all...

Zaif, a Japanese bitcoin exchange, has launched a “Zaif coin reserve” that will enable instant purchases of cryptocurrency, reported EconoTimes. The service will automatically deduct the amount arranged by clients from their linked bank account every month. Once debited from the...

BitCoinIRA.com, a financial conduit spearheading the use of bitcoin as a retirement tool, announced Tuesday the formal launch of the “Bitcoin IRA.” The L.A.-based company is offering what it calls a unique alternative to traditional IRAs (individual retirement accounts) for...

ANX International is poised to unveil Wednesday “the world’s first revolutionary global platform” with which anyone can develop blockchain applications instantly and free of charge. The Hong Kong-based fintech firm’s offering, known as ANX Blockchain Services (ABS), is a cloud...