Cryptocurrency

20 stories about Cryptocurrency
מיכאל שאולוב מנכ"ל ושותף מייסד חברת פיירבלוקס

Cryptocurrency security company Fireblocks sued for losing $75 million worth of ETH

22.06.21|Meir Orbach
Crypto company StakeHound claims that Fireblocks was negligent and failed to back up its wallet appropriately. Fireblocks has denied any wrongdoing
רוברט כהן בנסון אוק

A global perspective: how individual empowerment can transcend hatred

18.05.21|Robert Cohen
"The conflicts get the attention but there are ample places here where hi-tech is truly bringing sides together," writes Robert Cohen
אוריאל אוחיון ZenGo

ZenGo closes $20 million series A to build unique retail crypto wallet

27.04.21|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup plans to use the funds to expand its set of financial services, including a VISA payment card, and a bigger set of choices for on-ramp, off-ramp, trade and savings options
מנכ"ל COTI שחף בר גפן עם צ'רלס הוסקינסון Cardano

Israeli fintech startup COTI announced as first beneficiary of Cardano's cFund

06.04.21|CTech
The Cardano ecosystem venture fund is set to provide the Israeli company with around $500,000 to develop its enterprise-grade fintech solutions
מייסדי פיירבלוקס Fireblocks מימין עידן עפרת מיכאל שאולוב ו פבל ברנגולץ

Israeli blockchain security startup Fireblocks raises $133 million series C

18.03.21|Viki Auslender and CTech
BNY Mellon among the new investors in the company that raised a $30 million series B just four months ago
Itay Rom

Aggressive taxation is holding back crypto adoption in the Start-Up Nation

17.03.21|Itay Mor
If Israel desires to become the ultimate tech-nation it has to offer a better taxation method for tech investors, including those in the crypto sector
יצירה של Beeple אמן דיגיטלי נמכרה כריסטי׳ס ניפטי NFT

NFT sells for $69 million ushering in a new era of art history

13.03.21|Roni Dori
From a gif of a flying cat to massive auction bids on Christie’s, art on the blockchain is changing the meaning of ownership
CURV איתי מלינגר דן ידלין

PayPal in talks to acquire cryptocurrency security company Curv in a nine-digit deal

02.03.21|Meir Orbach
The sale of the platform would be Israeli venture group Team8’s third substantial exit
היזם הסדרתי משה חוגג

Hogeg bringing Bitcoin to Tel Aviv Stock Exchange via shelf company

28.02.21|Golan Hazani
The Israeli entrepreneur believes the cryptocurrency market will continue to surge over the next few years and is aiming to make it more accessible to both private and institutional investors
ד"ר 5. ד"ר שלומית ווגמן רטנר רשות לאיסור הלבנת הון כנס פינטק

"The world of virtual assets will be divided into two lists, one white and one black"

23.02.21|CTech
Dr. Shlomit Wagman-Ratner, Director General at Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority discusses cryptocurrency regulation in Israel
Zvi Guterman

"We're fortunate we are in the middle of a second industrial revolution"

16.02.21|CTech
CloudShare CEO Zvi Guterman talks with Michael Matias about getting caught up in the wave of innovation and his preference for the B2B sphere
היזם הסדרתי משה חוגג

Cryptocurrency case against Moshe Hogeg dismissed in U.S. Federal court

27.01.21|James Spiro
The case against Hogeg and STX Technologies alleged fraud, breach of contract, racketeering, and violations of Washington Securities laws
ביטקוין עובדים משקיעים כסף דיגיטלי מטבע וירטואלי

Happy Bat Mitzvah Bitcoin! My how you’ve grown

08.01.21|Dov Greenbaum
12 years on, the world’s top cryptocurrency is affecting the lives of more and more people and increasingly finds itself under state scrutiny
חברת תרופות ארקטורוס Arcturus Therapeutics חיסון קורונה סן דייגו קליפורניה 1

Why is TikTok a threat to the elections and what role do Israeli companies have in Bitcoin's surge?

03.01.21|CTech
CTech Daily Roundup: The tech market marches on, despite 2020 setbacks from Covid-19
ענת גואטה זירת ההשקעות חדש

Cryptocurrency tokens are securities not assets, rules Israel Securities Authority

03.01.21|Viki Auslender
Israeli startup Kirobo unsuccessfully tried to convince the ISA that it will be issuing a utility token rather than a security token and therefore should not be subject to the same regulations
ביטקוין דולרים מטבע וירטואלי קריפטו כסף

Bitcoin is booming and Israel’s blockchain infrastructure and security startups hold a major key to the cryptocurrency revolution

03.01.21|Liron Rose and Adiel Yaakov
"We are at the beginning of a revolution, with insane amounts of capital flowing from legacy institutions to Bitcoin and alternative coins. Trust and security solutions are critical for this financial revolution"
מימין ארז שפירא נמרוד להבי נתנאל קבלה מייסדי סימפלקס

Israel’s Simplex launches banking solution to boost global crypto adoption

07.12.20|CTech
Company’s product provides crypto wallets, exchanges, and outlets the ability to offer popular local and global payment methods to their users
מייסדי פיירבלוקס Fireblocks מימין עידן עפרת מיכאל שאולוב ו פבל ברנגולץ

Israeli blockchain security startup Fireblocks announces $30 million round as Bitcoin spikes

18.11.20|Meir Orbach
Since launching in June 2019, Fireblocks has facilitated the transfer of over $150 billion in digital assets for enterprise and institutional customers in Asia, Europe and North America
CURV איתי מלינגר דן ידלין

Curv partners with BNP Paribas on secure digital asset transfer

07.10.20|CTech
The Israeli-founded startup completed a proof of concept with the French banking giant to transfer security tokens using the ERC1400 standard
משה חוגג

Moshe Hogeg sued for defrauding investors in cryptocurrency initiative Zodiac

17.09.20|Hagar Ravet
Plaintiffs claim Hogeg misled them regarding the involvement of Bittrex a well-known crypto exchange in the platform