Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Mt. Gox founder admits to Japanese police he created fake Bitcoins

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

In an extraordinary development Monday, former Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the now bankrupt Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange, Mark Karpeles, has admitted to Japanese police that he had indeed created fake Bitcoins. According to The Japan Times Karpeles, who was arrested …

Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic acquired by meXBT

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic (Rapid Net Profits Ltd.) has been acquired by Mexican Bitcoin exchange meXBT (Exchange of the Americas SAPI de C.V.) for an undisclosed amount. News that Coin Republic was potentially being acquired first emerged July 19, with founder …

Satoshi Citadel wants to be the ecosystem for Bitcoin in the Philippines | #RISEConf

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin and Fintech companies were well represented at the Rise Conference in Hong Kong Friday, and Satoshi Citadel Industries, one company attending the conference, offers a combination of both. Putting aside the cool name (Bitcoin fans will understand the reference,) the company …

BTC China/ OKCoin heads: Bitcoin state of play and 6 years until it’s mainstream | #RISEConf

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

BTC China Chief Executive Officer Bobby Lee and OKCoin, Inc. Head of International Jack Jiu took to the stage at the Rise Conference in Hong Kong Friday to discuss where Bitcoin was and what’s ahead for the popular cryptocurrency. “Bitcoin can mean …

Darkode to return with Bitcoin Blockchain verification following global arrests

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Notorious cybercrime forum Darkode has risen from the ashes of its Government take down and is set to return to the web. News of the revival of the site came via a Darkode admin who goes by the name of “Sp3cial1st” who …

Bitcoin heist: Japanese police preparing to charge Mark Karpeles over Mt. Gox collapse

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The long running saga of the missing $460 million worth of Bitcoins from former Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox may be finally heading to court with reports that Japanese police are preparing to charge Founder and former Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles over …

LinkedIn strongly beats market forecasts with solid revenue growth in Q2

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

LinkedIn, Inc. surprised the market Thursday with its second quarter results strongly beating market forcecasts for the business-oriented social network site. The company booked $712 million in revenue for the second quarter, an increase of 33 percent compared to the same quarter …

Amazon signs former Top Gear hosts for new motoring show

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be returning to screens via Amazon.com, Inc. with the eCommerce giant signing all three for a new motoring show. The new, as yet unnamed motoring show, will be made available …

Git repository hosting service GitHub raises $250m Series B on $2b Unicorn valuation

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Git repository hosting service GitHub, Inc. has raised $250 million Series B in a round led by Sequoia Capital that included Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital and Institutional Venture Partners. New of the round first emerged in June when it was rumored GitHub …

Cloud comms company Twilio confirms Series E round of $130m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. has raised $130 million Series E in a round led by Fidelity and T. Rowe Price, that included Altimeter Capital Management, Arrowpoint Partners, Amazon.com, and Salesforce Ventures. News of the round first surfaced based on filings back …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Mt. Gox founder admits to Japanese police he created fake Bitcoins

Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic acquired by meXBT

Satoshi Citadel wants to be the ecosystem for Bitcoin in the Philippines | #RISEConf

BTC China/ OKCoin heads: Bitcoin state of play and 6 years until it’s mainstream | #RISEConf

Darkode to return with Bitcoin Blockchain verification following global arrests

Bitcoin heist: Japanese police preparing to charge Mark Karpeles over Mt. Gox collapse

LinkedIn strongly beats market forecasts with solid revenue growth in Q2

Amazon signs former Top Gear hosts for new motoring show

Git repository hosting service GitHub raises $250m Series B on $2b Unicorn valuation

Cloud comms company Twilio confirms Series E round of $130m

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