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Trading Zcash
By Charles Bovaird, Over the last several years, the number of digital currencies has skyrocketed. While some of these have developed...
80% of All Bus Hacked entry were phishing emails and social media
By William Suberg, Over 80% of hacked companies reported that attack entry points were phishing emails and social media, according to a...
Insurance Coverage For Bitcoin Exchanges Against Cyber Attacks
By Kei K, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance has tailored coverage for bitcoin exchanges facing the risks of rampant cyber attacks. This sense of...
Ledger Launches Hardware Wallet for Smart Contracts
By Corin Faife, Ledger, the French company known for its range of bitcoin hardware wallets, has launched a new extension of its product...
R3 Funding JP Morgan Pulls Out of Deal
By Pete Rizzo, As many as seven of the original 42 members of the R3CEV banking consortium have yet to express interest in funding the...
Korea a Growing Cryptocurrency & Fintech Hub
By Jamie Redman, South Korea has become a hotbed for cryptocurrency and blockchain technology startups. Just recently the Korea Exchange...
Bitfinex Bail-In vs Central Bank Bailout
By Kei K, Bitfinex’s “bail-in” scheme after a major theft raised questions regarding its risk and fund management. What can we learn from...
RSK Lab Releases First Bitcoin Smart Contracts
By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Turmeric is the RSK testnet network that offers developers and business solution creators a fast, decentralized,...
Blockchain Wallet Adds 10 Millionth User
By Stan Higgins, Wallet service Blockchain has registered its 10 millionth bitcoin wallet. Data shows that, as of today, 10,053,518...
Shrem Launches Ethereum dapp – own a token own… a pice of a company
By Pete Rizzo, "You're going to have bitcoiners owning stakes in septic tank companies." If early bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie...
Add Morgan Stanley to R3 blockchain turnover or stampede?
By Stan Higgins, Morgan Stanley is said to be pulling out of the R3CEV blockchain consortium, according to reports. Reuters and The...
Congressional Committee Calls for CFTC to focus on Bitcoin
By Stan Higgins, A Congressional committee has called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to focus on digital...
Why Remittance Giant MoneyGram Won’t Be First With Blockchain
By Pete Rizzo, "I haven't seen enough traction." One year after we resolved to set an annual debate, MoneyGram's Peter Ohser remains...
Most R3 Members Will Invest in Funding Effort, Sources Say By Pete Rizzo, More than 30 R3 member banks are expected to invest in the...
Ethereum’s Fourth Fork: a success
By Alyssa Hertig, So far, developers are calling 'Spurious Dragon' a success. Ethereum's latest hard fork, officially activated at...
NIO EP9 – 1,360 hp “world’s fastest electric car”
By Scott Collie, 1000 KW all electric, the NIO EP9 is designed to be the fastest electric car ever built, and has already set the fastest...
Revolutionizing Humanitarian Operations with GiveTrack
By Julio Gil-Pulgar BitGive is a nonprofit organization that has revolutionized philanthropic work through bitcoin and its blockchain...
Parity + Polkadot = Multi-Chain Network, Asset Management
By Jamie Redman, A new project called “Melon”, created by Parity (Ethcore) founder Dr. Gavin Wood and Melonport AG, will enable...
Coinbase Will Oppose IRS Summons For Customer Records
By Jamie Redman , Bitcoin exchange Coinbase is under scrutiny by the government agency the IRS, shocking the community. However, it seems...
1st Goldman Sachs Now Santander Quits R3 Blockchain Consortium
Pete Rizzo, Spanish banking giant Banco Santander is no longer a member of the R3 blockchain consortium, CoinDesk has learned. The news...
Swiss Bank Group Funding Blockchain Growth in China
By Stan Higgins, UBS is expanding its footprint in China, a move that will also see the Swiss banking group boost its funding for...
The State of Blockchain
By Noelle Acheson a 10-year veteran of company analysis, corporate finance and fund management. Our latest State of Blockchain...
Blockchain Tech Rising in Russia
By Brian Zimbler, Dmitry Dmitriev and Andrey Ignatenko Brian Zimbler is a lawyer and senior partner at international law firm Morgan Lewis...
R3 Blockchain Consortium Looses Goldman Sachs
By Stan Higgins, Goldman Sachs has reportedly elected not to renew its membership in blockchain consortium R3CEV. According to The...
Do Bitcoin and Chinese Yuan Values Correlate?
By Kei K, The price of the Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar has gained more attention from bitcoin enthusiasts and speculators lately....
Making Sense of Blockchain Governance Applications
By Josh Stark, who is head of operations and legal at Ledger Labs, a blockchain consulting and development firm. Governance has...
Engineer Reveals ‘Satoshi-Style’ Whitepaper for P2P Internet
By Allen Scott, Taking inspiration from Satoshi’s whitepaper, engineer Daneel Uys tells how BitData can enable peer-to-peer exchange of...
The Developers Behind The DAO Are Launching Charity DAO
By Michael del Castillo, The guys behind Slock.it are at it again. The team that created the now-infamous ethereum-based funding...
Navcoin Launches an Anonymous, Fully Decentralized Network
By Robert Tiger, Navcoin, a digital currency based on Satoshi Nakamoto’s open source Bitcoin Core, has launched NavTech — an anonymous,...
India is Paying $900+ for Bitcoin Amid Cash Crisis
By William Suberg, Indians appear to be braving huge exchange spreads in a bid to accrue Bitcoin following demonetization of the two...
The IRS is Seeking Data on Coinbase’s Bitcoin Customers
By Stan Higgins, The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking access to user records held by bitcoin and ether exchange Coinbase...
The Swiss Government is Paving the Way for Crypto Banks
By Michael del Castillo, Swiss Parliament member Franz Grüter could hardly be happier that his proposal for new blockchain...
Singapore Startup Designs a Blockchain KYC with IBM
By Jamie Redman, At this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival, the fintech startup KYCK! and IBM announced a collaboration involving a...
Freelancing and Bitcoin: the Standalone Economy
By Kei K, How do freelancing and bitcoin coincide for good? What are their roles in this new digital economy? For those who love bitcoin,...
Dubai Legislators to Discuss Bitcoin Regulation
By Stan Higgins, Dubai’s government is laying the groundwork for developing legislation around bitcoin and digital currencies. The Supreme...
Tesla – The World’s Fastest Car Gets Faster Yet
Model S By Tom Randall The world’s fastest-accelerating car is about to get even faster. A new software upgrade will get you to 60mph in...
How IBM’s Watson will change cybersecurity
By Fahmida Y. Rashid IBM ventures into cognitive security, where AI systems learn to understand infosec terms and concepts well enough to...
China’s central bank steps up efforts to create digital currency
By Wendy Wu The People’s Bank of China is cautious about digital money beyond its control, such as Bitcoin, and is researching benefits of...
Bitcoin Just Jumped $30 in One Hour
Pete Rizzo, The price of bitcoin rose nearly $30 over one hour of trading today, spiking to $740 as it continued to test 2016 highs. The...
Peernova Raises $4 Million for Big Data Blockchain without distributed ledger
By Pete Rizzo, While some startups bask in blockchain hype, others are making a name by bucking the trend with an under-the-radar...
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is Now Digital Asset Compatible
By Alyssa Hertig, With Bitcoin's Lightning Network nearing launch, the number of tests seeking to upgrade the micropayments network is on...
Boom unveils XB-1 supersonic prototype Demonstrator
Artist's concept of the Boom XB-1 prototype demonstrator By David Szondy, In news that brings hope to those who still look wistfully back...
Is a Blockchain Patent Still Possible?
By Ira Schaefer & Ted Mlynar, Ira Schaefer and Ted Mlynar are partners in the intellectual property practice at Hogan Lovells in New...
Hong Kong Govt Still Cautious About Blockchain
By Jon Southurst, The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) held a one-day fintech event on Friday to present blockchain and distributed...
Central Bank of Argentina Calls on the Bitcoin and Blockchain Community By Julio Gil-Pulgar, The Central Bank of Argentina and government...
Deutsche Bank Survey Sees Blockchain Adoption in Six Years
By Jamie Redman, A newly published Deutsche Bank report called “Powering the flow of global capital” goes into great detail about the...
Trump’s Trade With China Could Boost Chinese Bitcoin Demand
By Kevin Helms, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to declare China a currency manipulator on day one of his presidency. During...
S Korean Bank Does Cross-Border Bitcoin Service
By Jamie Redman, One of the oldest banks in South Korea, Shinhan Bank, has revealed it will launch a cryptocurrency remittance service...
Rupee Out, Bitcoin In: How India Could Become New China
By William Suberg, Indian interest in Bitcoin has skyrocketed following sudden rupee reforms, revealing serious potential to challenge...
Will Bitcoin Have its Moment in the Trump Era?
By Michael J Casey, Michael J Casey works on blockchain-based solutions for the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab. He is...
Bitcoin’s Security Model
By Jameson Lopp, When discussing consensus mechanisms for different cryptocurrencies, one issue that often causes arguments is a lack of...
Zcash: The Art of Security Theater
By Michael del Castillo, The cameras were rolling as Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd set fire to the computer he'd just used to help...
Blockchain Startup Everex Makes Fiat Money Interconnect
By Jamie Redman, A new startup called Everex, a financial inclusion blockchain remittance company, aims to nourish the 3.5 billion...
Will Lightning Network Goes Live? By Alyssa Hertig, There aren't many steps left before bitcoin's Lightning Network will be finished – or...
Blockstream Seeking Patent for Sidechains Design
By Stan Higgins, The US Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) has published a patent application submitted by bitcoin startup...
Singapore’s Central Bank Builds Blockchain Lab With R3
By Jamie Redman, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has officially announced a partnership with fintech firm R3. The joint effort...
Hong Kong Central Bank: Blockchain Holds ‘Enormous Potential’
By Stan Higgins, The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published a new white paper on distributed ledger tech. The HKMA, which is...
Blockchain for Unused CPU? Tokens For Sale
By Alex Sunnarborg, Golem, one of the latest ethereum-based projects and blockchain assets, is set to begin its public crowdfunding today....
Two New Sidechains Proposals Could Change Bitcoin’s DNA
By Alyssa Hertig, A long-proposed bitcoin feature called 'sidechains' may soon take a big step forward thanks to a pair of proposals. The...
Veteran Bitcoin Legal Strategist Joins Firm Hosting Trump Transition Meetings
By Michael del Castillo, Veteran bitcoin lawyer Carol Van Cleef has a new job. The former partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips...
Former Estonian President to Lead World Economic Forum Blockchain Group
By Stan Higgins, The World Economic Forum has created a new working group focused on blockchain co-chaired by the former president of...
Deloitte Opens Ethereum Identity Platform to Blockchain Developers
By Michael del Castillo, "Papers, please" is a phrase with the power to send shivers through the spines of immigrants and travelers...
Video: Intel Launchs 500 Drone light Show
The Guinness World Record-winning spectacle involves the use of 500 drones flying simultaneously, piloted by one person using a single...
In 2016 US Election, Bitcoin and Blockchain Were…
... Blips on Campaign Radar By Stan Higgins, As the US election ramped up last summer, the editorial team began to wonder: Given...
Bitcoin Traders Believe Trump Win Could Trigger Price Boost
By Charles Bovaird, Clinton or Donald Trump? While America may be undecided, there's a widespread belief among bitcoin investors...
China’s Biggest Gold Dealer Says…
... “Buy Gold,” No Matter Who Wins Election. The government of China has been the world’s largest buyer of gold over the past 10 years....
China’s 1st Online Insurance Starts Blockchain R&D
By Jamie Redman, China’s first online insurance company ZhongAn has officially announced its ZhongAn IT Services subsidiary. The newly...
DAH Presents New Linking Process For Blockchains
By Michael del Castillo, Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) has revealed new blockchain technology it believes could one day connect the world's...
DANGER: Gold/Oil Ratio…
...At Levels Last Seen During The Great Depression! KWN - This year the Gold/Oil ratio hit all-time highs, shattering the record from the...
Gold China’s Global Game-Changer…
...And Why Gold Will Skyrocket As It Anchors New Monetary System King World News, Here is a look a China’s stunning global game-changer...
Jaxx / Rootstock To Unify Blockchain Ecosystem
By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Rootstock is now available on seven of Jaxx’s platforms. Anthony Di Iorio, CEO of Jaxx, announced the Rootstock...
Blockchain Startup Launches Web Prototype
By Jamie Redman, Switzerland-based blockchain content distribution network DECENT has just launched its web application prototype. DECENT...
Global Hackathons Make for Decentralized Crowdfunding
By Evan Faggart, Virtual Accelerator concept EtherCamp plans to provide not only a decentralized method of competition, but fundraising as...
Blockchain: Why the ‘Big Guys’ Can’t Win
By Matthew Spoke Matthew Spoke is CEO and founder of enterprise blockchain startup Nuco. He is a bitcoin and ethereum enthusiast, who has...
China’s Blockchain Miners See Profit As Bigger-Blocks
By Eric Mu, It was not entirely an idle joke when one speaker at China's first miner conference quipped that if the audience decided to...
Entrepreneur’s mission to tempt online shoppers back into malls
By Catherine Wong US-educated Jason Chau describes trials and tribulations of bringing a new product and service to mainland China. The...
Turn Idle Computing Power Into Revenue
By Jamie Redman, Distributed computing firm Suchflex launched in August, promising to aggregate idle compute cycles from computers and...
US national electric charging network to span 25,000 miles
By Scott Collie, More details about the charging corridors to run across America have been released. The Obama Administration has...
Turkey Blocks Popular Social Networks
BY STEPHANIE MLOT Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Skype are being throttled. Access to social media and messaging...
The Wings Platform Integrates Airbitz Edge Security
By Jamie Redman, Bitcoin wallet Airbitz just announced a partnership with the Wings Project (wings.ai). Wings is a platform that enables...
3rd Blockchain Project Joins Hyperledger Incubator
By Jamie Redman, A blockchain platform called Iroha, created by members of the Japanese startup Soramitsu, has recently joined the Linux...
Anti-Theft Feature Gets Second Life on Sidechains
By Alyssa Hertig , At its core, bitcoin is about giving users better control of their money. Often called "programmable money",...
Chrome Hackers Are About to Upend Your Idea of Web Security
by ANDY GREENBERG IN A SHOW of hacker team spirit in August of last year, Parisa Tabriz ordered hoodies for the staff she leads at Google,...
Bank of Canada to Publish Results of Private Blockchain Testing
By Jamie Redman, The Bank of Canada has announced that it will soon publish the results of its own coordinated blockchain experiment. As...
China’s New Blockchain Drive: Who’s Leading it, and Why?
By Jon Southurst, China observers have noticed a pivot in the national government’s approach to blockchain technology and even Bitcoin...
Toyota turbos 2,000-hp Land Cruiser
By C.C. Weiss "world's fastest SUV" claim The Land Speed Cruiser looks noticeably lower, but it doesn't necessarily look like a 2,000-hp...
Veteran Blockchain Lawyers Santori and Murck Join Cooley
By Pete Rizzo, Blockchain and digital currency lawyers Marco Santori and Patrick Murck have officially left Pillsbury Winthrop to join...
EU Legislators Move to Fund Blockchain Research
By Stan Higgins, The European Union is moving closer to establishing a dedicated task force focused on digital currencies. Late last...
Microsoft Doubles Down on Ethereum With New Blockchain Product
Michael del Castillo, Microsoft will soon enter the next phase of its blockchain work with the formal launch of its Ethereum Consortium...
Circle’s Bitcoin Services Now Available In Spain & Ireland
By Jamie Redman, Bitcoin company Circle Financial recently announced it’s expanding into Spain and Ireland. The firm is also focused on...