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Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige was known for his rules of life. One of his favorite sayings may apply to legacy bitcoin this week, to wit: “Don’t look back. Something may be gaining on you.”
The news of the day Friday focused on Bitcoin Cash (BCC),
Virtual reality blockchain project Decentraland had a successful start to its initial coin offering (ICO), raising $26.2 million in its first hour.
Decentraland is a virtual reality platform powered by the ethereum blockchain where users can create, experience, and monetize content and applications.
China’s first use of blockchain for health records will be conducted by online marketplace Alibaba in the city of Changzhou. The Ali Health division will work with local government to secure data on the blockchain.
“Ali Health’s Blockchain technology connects information by using our current equipment and systems,” Zhang Zhihong,
William Quigley is the CEO of OPSkins, a leader in the virtual goods marketplace. Based in Montreal, OPSkins is a long-established escrow system for the sale of virtual gun designs, also known as skins, earned from playing such first-person shooter video games as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,
Former Harvard University portfolio manager Lewis Fellas will open a hedge fund September 1 that will invest in digital currencies. Fellas, who handled Harvard’s $35.7 billion endowment before leaving its Harvard Management Co. last year, calls the new fund Bletchley Park Asset Management.
The new fund is registered in the Cayman Islands and will seek to raise $200 million in its initial stages.
Japanese IT services provider NTT Data will be launching a new blockchain consortium which will include representatives from cross industries.
NTT Data said that the consortium, set to launch on August 30, will see 13 founding members unite to explore use-cases for blockchain technology.
Blockchain venture investment fund Coinsilium has entered into an option agreement to subscribe to 7% of the fully diluted share capital of blockchain startup Indorse, for a total of SGD 350,000 (slightly more than USD $2.5 million)
Indorse, which has already worked with private and public institutions in Singapore as well as an education institutions,
Bitcoin wallet provider Breadwallet has raised $7 million in a venture funding round.
Breadwallet investors include DAS Capital, East Ventures, Globe Advisors, Liberty City Ventures, Maffin Inc., OKWAVE, and Saison Ventures. This list does not include private investors, family offices, or other funds around the world.
Bitcoin wallet startup Blockchain has added ether to its platform. The move marks the first time Blockchain has integrated a new cryptocurrency since its launch in 2011.
Blockchain is one of the oldest bitcoin service providers in the industry, with over 16 million wallets across 140 countries.
Swiss encrypted email provider ProtonMail is adding bitcoin as an official payment option for its secure mail account.
ProtonMail provides a free service that gives users the ability to send end-to-end encrypted emails and hold 500MB of storage. The company also offers premium services which provide up to 20GB of storage and VPN access.
