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Alibaba Payment Affiliate Rules Out ICO Fundraising
Ant Financial Services Group, Alibaba's payment affiliate and operator of AliPay, has taken a critical stance over initial coin offerings.
The Right Way to Think About Crypto Tokens
Two researchers have written a paper that explains how utility tokens give consumers direct collective power over price, provided issuers don't cheat.
Blockchain Capital Raises $150 Million, Looks Beyond Financial Services
The raise, Blockchain Capital's fourth, includes $25 million worth of cryptocurrency and brings its total assets under management to $250 million.
Better Bitcoin Relay? Crypto VCs Back BloXroute Funding
BloXroute's founder worries relay networks that speeds data between crypto miners are not censorship resistant and too slow to foster scaling now.
Ethereum and Stellar? Kik's Kin Token to Use Two Chains
While Kik said it would move its "kin" crypto tokens off ethereum and onto stellar, today it announced it was allowing the tokens to live on both.
Waking Dragon? Asia's Token Economy Is Charging Full Speed Ahead
At the Token 2049 conference in Hong Kong, Asia's vibrant market for cryptocurrencies and ICOs took the spotlight.
The 'Crypto Bubble' Is About More Than Market Mania
This mania is incentivizing the formation of collaborative networks of developers and entrepreneurs. Their ideas will shape the economy of the future.
A16z, USV Lead $12 Million Funding for CryptoKitties
CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.
Wikipedia Rival Everipedia Plans Token Airdrop in June
Decentralized encyclopedia startup Everipedia announced it would airdrop its IQ tokens to members in June.
Israeli Regulator Outlines What Makes A Token a Security (Or Not)
The Israel Securities Authority also proposed an ICO sandbox in a recent report now in the hands of the agency's chair, who will decide how to proceed
