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Hong Kong Central Bank Unveils Blockchain PoC for Trade Finance
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has today unveiled its proof-of-concept (PoC) blockchain platform for trade finance...
Litecoin Prices Jump 70% as Market Cap Adds Over $100 Million
Litecoin prices surged nearly 70% today, ending months of stagnant market activity. Prices for the alternative cryptocurrency rose...
Arizona’s Blockchain Bill Passes Senate Leading the Way to Smart Contracts
The Senate of the state of Arizona has passed a bill relating to the blockchain that would give smart contracts and...
For those about to tune, we salute you
The first Roadie tuner was a miracle in a plastic case. This little device connected to your phone and then turned the...
Verizon, JetBlue Back Blockchain Firm Filament’s $15 Million Funding
Blockchain startup Filament has closed a new $15m funding round. The round was led by Verizon Ventures, the venture arm...
Litecoin Soars to 20-Month High, Price Spikes Nearly 100%
Litecoin prices have shot up today, March 30th, nearly doubling in value over a 24-hour trading period. Data from Bitfinex...
Hong Kong’s Central Bank Partners on DLT Trade Finance Test
A group of six banks and a global auditing firm have completed a new blockchain trade finance test focused on the Hong Kong market....
Spanish Banking Giant BBVA Now a Member of Hyperledger Blockchain Project & Linux Foundation
Spanish multinational banking group BBVA becomes the latest financial institution to join the Hyperledger Project, a...
Snap judgement: 8 thoughts about the Samsung Galaxy S8
1. This is a massive play Throughout the livestream presentation, which I watched with a small group of journalists at the local...
Sweden Moves to Next Stage With Blockchain Land Registry
A project set up last year by Sweden’s land registry authority, the Lantmäteriet, to trial blockchain technology for recording...
Busted Indian Students Used Bitcoin for Smuggling $100,000 of LSD from the US
Indian police in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) have seized LSD worth over $100,000 in a shipment to India from the...
The Matrix Voice is an Alexa for your Raspberry Pi
Matrix Labs just completed a successful crowdfunding campaign for what amounts to an AI voice recognition system for the Raspberry...
Survey: Europe’s Online Shoppers Are Wary of Digital Currencies
European consumers are largely shunning digital currencies when making e-commerce payments, according to a recent survey...
Garmin announces a new watch just for runners and those who think they are runners
Garmin is back again with the Forerunner 935, a runner-specific sport watch with GPS, heart rate, and compatibility with the Garmin...
Bitcoin Traders Disagree on Where the Market is Headed
The path forward for bitcoin prices isn't clear, market analysts say. While some described the market to CoinDesk as bearish...
Facebook opens up 360-degree live streaming to all
Facebook just made live streaming 360-degree video relatively easy, provided you have the equipment to capture the content. Users...
Emirates NBD Enlists UAE Central Bank in Blockchain Check Trial
One of the Middle East's largest banking groups is partnering with the central bank of the United Arab Emirates on a blockchain...
Android co-founder’s new smartphone confirmed to run Android
The new smartphone from Andy Rubin, which will be the debut product of his new company Essential, will indeed run Android for its...
Panasonic Among New Contributors to Hyperledger’s Iroha Project
Five new companies are contributing to Iroha, one of several projects attached to the Hyperledger blockchain initiative. Among the...
Xbox One gets Beam streaming, a new guide and more starting today
Xbox One is getting an update starting today, echoing some of the major changes coming to Windows in its forthcoming Creators...
Inside IC3: How Cornell is Advancing the Science of Bitcoin
We’re squeezed into a small room filled with tall black server racks. Fans interweave with computers, sputtering cold air. The...
Economic Forum Highlights China’s Rise in Blockchain R&D
Blockchain technology will likely boost financial inclusion, but there's still some way to go before a major impact is felt,...
Bitcoin Price Spikes Spurred by Chinese Capital Curbs: Australian Financial Analyst
A prominent equities analyst at an Australian private brokerage sees China’s capital controls as a major factor behind the...
War of the Words: Who’s Said What About a Bitcoin Fork?
Bitcoin is abuzz with chatter about the prospects of a possible network split, a development that could drive the emergence of two...
Digital Currency Exchange ShapeShift Raises $10.4 Million Series A
Digital currency exchange startup ShapeShift has closed a $10.4m Series A. Led by Berlin-based Earlybird Venture Capital, the round...
With Ethereum ‘Ice Age’ Incoming, Momentum Builds for Miner Pay Cut
A vote currently taking place on ethereum's mining rewards has motivated a big response from its community, despite the fact that...
More Banks to Sign Up for ING’s Ethereum Oil Trading Platform
Dutch bank ING is winding down work on more than 20 blockchain applications, and that’s a good thing, according to one of the...
Arizona Lawmakers Pass Blockchain Records Bill
Arizona's legislature has cleared a bill that would recognize blockchain signatures and smart contracts under state law, sending it...
SEC Denies SolidX Bid for Bitcoin ETF Listing
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially disapproved a proposal by SolidX to list its bitcoin ETF...
Windows has a heart of trash
I did a bad thing. I opened a bad file and it borked my PC. So now, in concordance with the grand tradition of frustrated tech...
Spanish Bank BBVA Joins Hyperledger Blockchain Project
Spanish banking group BBVA has become the latest member of the Hyperledger blockchain project. Two representatives of BBVA will...
SEC Denies SolidX Bitcoin ETF Proposal
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has denied a bid to list a bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the New York Stock...
Netgear announces two new Orbi routers
I’m a huge fan of Netgear’s Orbi routers. They offer some of the easiest setup, highest speeds, and best coverage of any of the...
IBM Unveils Blockchain Platform for Oil Trade Finance
A group of companies including IBM has spearheaded the development of a new blockchain-based crude oil trade finance platform....
Bitcoin Exchange BTCChina Upgrades KYC System; Withdrawals to Resume Soon?
BTCChina, a Shanghai-based bitcoin and digital currency exchange has announced the upgrade of its know-your-customer (KYC)...
Google’s Amazon Echo competitor and wifi router launching in UK on April 6
Google has announced that its Google Home connected speaker will launch in the UK on April 6, along with the Google Wifi router....
Chinese Lender CreditEase Launches Blockchain Supply Chain Service
One of China's largest peer-to-peer lending services has launched a private blockchain service based on ethereum. Sina Tech...
Singapore Inks FinTech Cooperation Pact with France
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and financial authority has signed FinTech cooperation...
GoTenna Pro meshing radio aspires to deploy next to rescue, fire and security teams
Keeping in touch when there’s no communications infrastructure for one reason or another is nice for you and me, but critical for...
Why Mizuho Believes Bitcoin Still Has a Future in Banking
Japanese banking giant Mizuho Financial Group is nearing completion of a pilot project that utilizes the bitcoin blockchain for...
PlayStation 4 Pro’s Media Player gets 4K MP4 video support
The PlayStation 4 Pro just got an update that makes it an even better companion for a 4K TV set. An update to the native...
IBM vs Microsoft: Two Tech Giants, Two Blockchain Visions
Noelle Acheson is a 10-year veteran of company analysis, corporate finance and fund management, and a member of CoinDesk's product...
Apple releases iOS 10.3 as well as macOS, watchOS and tvOS updates
It’s patch day at Apple. The company just released four new versions of its four operating systems for all its devices — iOS 10.3,...
European Commission Proposes Blockchain RegTech Pilot
The executive branch of the European Union wants to create a blockchain proof-of-concept focused on regulation. According to a...
Between robots’ ‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’ zones, a sort of robot friend zone proposed
It goes without saying that working with robots and heavy machinery is more than a little dangerous. While better practices and...
Bitcoin Rebounds From Two-Month Low to Top $1,000
After falling to their lowest level in more than two months this weekend, bitcoin prices breached $1,000 again today. Overall, the...
ESA shows off sweet new renders of the Exomars 2020 rover
Late last year the European Space Agency doubled down on its Mars mission, dedicating half a billion euros to the next phase of its...
Beijing City Regulator Calls For Blockchain Standards
An official with Beijing's municipal government is calling for the country to adopt a "standard" approach to blockchain...
Newsflash: Bitcoin Rises, US Dollar Sinks
Bitcoin prices have bounced back above $1,000 on Monday, registering a high of $1,032 on the Bitstamp Price Index. Bitcoin is...
Faraday Future cancels plans to build an assembly factory in California
Faraday Future, the would-be Tesla rival facing well-documented challenges in terms of capitalization and efforts to bring its...
BitOasis Expands Credit Card Bitcoin Buying to 5 New Countries
BitOasis has announced it will expand a credit card buying option to additional countries in the Middle East. In a move that...
Japan Proposes Common Digital Currency with Russia for Contested Kuril Islands
Japan has suggested a common digital currency with Russia as the regional currency in place of the Russian ruble and the...
Wells Fargo lets you use Apple Pay and Android Pay to withdraw money
Wells Fargo just announced that you’ll be able to use your phone or smartwatch to withdraw money from 13,000 ATMs in the U.S. As...
A Short Guide to Bitcoin Forks
If you have been paying attention to bitcoin at all lately, you may have noticed a lot of talk going on about 'forks'. Not like the...
Bitcoin P2P Trading on LocalBitcoins Hits Global All-Time High
Bitcoin trading volumes on peer-to-peer marketplace LocalBitcoins continues to thrive despite turbulent volatile times for...
Why Mizuho’s Blockchain Roadmap Still Includes Bitcoin
Japanese banking giant Mizuho Financial Group is nearing completion of a pilot project that utilizes the bitcoin blockchain for...
Nomos Glashütte’s Metro Neomatik is modern, slim and sophisticated watch
The smartwatch era has done nothing so much as renew my interest in real watches, which have their own type of special...
Weekly Analysis: The Trump Saga Continues, so does Ethereum’s Surge | Hacked
Asset Current Value Weekly Change S&P 500 2344 -1.44% DAX 12064 -0.55% WTI Crude Oil 48.10 -1.39% GOLD 1243.50 1.07%...
5 Painful Losses In The Stock Market | Hacked
This month, activist investor Bill Ackman lost around $4 billion on an investment in Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Ackman’s loss...
How to Explore Blockchain – CoinDesk
Arno Laeven is a strategy and innovation consultant at Laeven Consult, and the former blockchain lead for global healthcare giant...
Indian Startup Develops a Next-Gen Cybersecurity Solution on the Blockchain
A new innovative prototype startup powered by blockchain technology for cybersecurity has recently launched in India aimed at...
‘Scam Free’ Gambling on Ethereum? Regulators Might Not Be Ready
A world without gambling scams – that's just the latest big idea being tested on the ethereum blockchain. While much of the news...
Tesla Introduces The Model 3 his most important car
By Jack Stewart When does a shortvideo send the car and tech communities into a frenzy? When it’s posted by Elon Musk, and it shows...
Follow the Leader: Analyzing Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Price Correlations
Is there a correlation between the price movements of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and crypto assets? The answer to that...
This Bitcoin Botnet is Vying to Be Future of Secure IoT
Strong claims need strong proof, so when the founders of NeuroMesh described their bitcoin-based product as an "unhackable botnet",...
CubeFit TerraMat hides under your standing desk to give your feet a rest
Back before humans invented chairs we humans stood a lot. Now, almost 100 years later, we tend to sit. However, some people still...
Keep Calm and Bitcoin On? Developers Aren’t Worrying About a Fork
Amidst one of the more turbulent phases of bitcoin's two-year scaling debate, calm and collected might not seem like...
Insta360 Air brings affordable, easy 360 photo and video to Android phones
You can share 360-degree video and images in more places than ever before, but how to capture that content in the first place?...
Charts: Determining the Ideal Block Size for Bitcoin
Willy Woo is an entrepreneur, investor, trader and cryptocurrency enthusiast. In this guest piece, Woo weighs in on the block size,...
A Winklevoss ETF Reboot? Analysts See Uphill Battle Ahead
A decision by a major exchange to fight the SEC rejection of a proposed bitcoin ETF has little chance of success, according to...
Erato Muse 5 wireless in-ear headphones review
Apple’s AirPods are probably the first really mainstream completely wireless headphones, but Erato has been making these for a...
Bitcoin Support Weakens As Price Drops Below $1,000
Bitcoin prices fell below $1,000 this morning as support for the digital currency waned. Prices had hit a low of $969.35 by the...
Alibaba Turns to Blockchain in Fight Against Food Fraud
China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba has teamed up with PwC to develop a system to reduce food fraud using blockchain tech. The...
Hyperledger Bond Trading Platform Goes Open Source
A bond trading platform built on top of Hyperledger's Sawtooth Lake distributed ledger was made open source this week, alongside a...
Securing Bitcoin: How to Use a Paper Wallet
If you’re planning to hold bitcoins long term, one of the easiest, best ways to store them is in paper wallets, somewhere...
Bitcoin Unlimited Nodes Recover After Second Bug Exploit
Bitcoin Unlimited nodes that went offline following a denial-of-service attack on Tuesday are now functioning normally again,...
Web Browser Brave to Launch ICO for Ethereum Ad Token
Paying attention to online ads can be tiresome, as the growth in ad-blocking software will attest. To tackle the issue, the web...
Bitcoin Core Roadmap Unveils Signature Optimization Plan
Bitcoin Core developers released a new technology roadmap today that charts the project's planned transition from its current...
Ripple Prices Surge to 4-Month High
The price of XRP, the native currency on the Ripple network, surged overnight, climbing to its highest total in more than four...
A New Trend Emerges – Digital Gold ‘Gifting’ Gains Popularity in China
by Michael Krieger I rarely write about gold these days, but the following from Reuters caught my attention. BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 7,...
A Major Bitcoin Scaling Meeting Could Take Place This May
A small group of bitcoin industry leaders, developers and miners are planning to discuss the digital currency's development roadmap...
Brave Browser Will Reward Users with Ethereum-Based Tokens for Switching on Ads
Brave, a browser that improves browsing speed by eliminating unwanted ads, has announced a new blockchain-based digital...
Storj to Migrate Decentralized Storage Service to Ethereum Blockchain
Atlanta-based Storj Labs has announced that it intends to move its decentralized storage service to the ethereum blockchain. Long...
Fork Fallout? A Bitcoin Split Could Become a Legal Mess
Should the bitcoin network suddenly split into rival networks, those negatively impacted in a shake-up may be unable to turn to...
Coinbase Receives Approval To Trade Ether and Litecoin in New York
Digital currency exchange Coinbase has just received approval to offer trading of litecoin and ether in New York state. As a...
Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates
Bitcoin is in a state of emergency – or, at least, the community thinks so. Tensions are high as bitcoin's long-standing scaling...
UN Group Advances Ethereum Aid Tracking Pilot
The World Food Programme (WFP), the food assistance arm of the United Nations, is testing blockchain technology. In a blog post...
Bats Exchange is Fighting the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Rejection
Bats BZX Exchange has filed a petition to review a decision by the SEC to reject a bitcoin investment vehicle proposed by investors...
Behold the robo-fruit | TechCrunch
Perhaps you’ve been watching the BBC’s Spy in the Wild, in which meticulously recreated robotic animals cohabitate with their...
Who’s Buying Bitcoin? Demand Persists Amid Fork Fears
In spite of speculation the bitcoin network could split into two separate blockchains, demand for the digital currency continued to...