Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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British Airways hack linked to the same group that hit Ticketmaster

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2018

The hack of U.K. carrier British Airways last week that affected 380,000 customers has been linked to a notorious hacking gang that was also behind the hack of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., according to a…

Emerging Tech

Leading crypto companies establish Blockchain Association to lobby lawmakers

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2018

Several leading bitcoin and blockchain companies have gotten together to take their message to Washington D.C. in a newly created lobby group called the Blockchain Association. The new group comes as cryptocurrencies are in…

Emerging Tech

Judge rules securities law covers fraudulent initial coin offerings

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2018

A federal court judge in New York today ruled that fraudulent initial coin offerings are covered by securities law, the first ruling of its kind and one that opens the door to mass prosecutions…

Emerging Tech

5G data networks start to get real as AT&T and Verizon announce rollout plans

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2018

The next generation of mobile data networks is coming to the U.S. as both AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. today announced plans to launch services later this year. Earlier in the year, AT&T…

Cloud

NewSQL database startup PingCAP raises $50M to expand its ecosystem

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2018

PingCAP Inc., the company behind the cloud-native NewSQL database TiDB, today said it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand the TiDB ecosystem globally, build cross-cloud product offerings and further develop its core technology. The…

Emerging Tech

Report: Citigroup is working on a new way to invest in cryptocurrencies

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2018

After a string of bad news around financial products and institutional support for cryptocurrencies, there’s finally some good news: a new financial product reportedly being designed by Citigroup Inc. that allows people to invest…

Emerging Tech

Fintech blockchain startup Chain acquired by Lightyear for $500M

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2018

Cryptographic ledger systems startup Chain Inc. has been acquired by Lightyear Corp., the commercial arm of the Stellar Development Foundation, the organization behind the Lumens cryptocurrency. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed, Forbes…

Emerging Tech

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 aims to take Android watches to the next level

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2018

Qualcomm Inc. wants a larger slice of the wearables market with a new chip designed to take Android watches to the next level. The Snapdragon Wear 3100, a successor to the 2100 model released…

Emerging Tech

New York gives approval to two new U.S. dollar-linked stablecoins

By Duncan Riley Sep 10, 2018

The New York Department of Financial Services has approved two new stablecoins as the market to become the blockchain-based transfer token of choice heats up. Leading the announcements was the Gemini Dollar from the…

Emerging Tech

Cryptocurrencies struggle as Ethereum co-founder says growth days are over

By Duncan Riley Sep 9, 2018

The price of bitcoin recovered slightly Sunday after dropping to its lowest price since June, but other cryptocurrencies continue to struggle — and now the co-founder of Ethereum says that the days of massive…

Duncan Riley

British Airways hack linked to the same group that hit Ticketmaster

Leading crypto companies establish Blockchain Association to lobby lawmakers

Judge rules securities law covers fraudulent initial coin offerings

5G data networks start to get real as AT&T and Verizon announce rollout plans

NewSQL database startup PingCAP raises $50M to expand its ecosystem

Report: Citigroup is working on a new way to invest in cryptocurrencies

Fintech blockchain startup Chain acquired by Lightyear for $500M

Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 aims to take Android watches to the next level

New York gives approval to two new U.S. dollar-linked stablecoins

Cryptocurrencies struggle as Ethereum co-founder says growth days are over

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