Could bribery payments issued via smart contract undo the bitcoin mining pool model? A new research paper outlines a kind of attack...

Another unique proposal aimed at increasing bitcoin’s transaction capacity – a core issue at the center of the long-running scaling...

By Lisa-Ann Lee He's the 94-year-old co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery. She's a physicist with a less than conventional idea of...

A new legislative proposal submitted in Maine’s Senate would create a commission dedicated to studying the use of blockchain...

The company formally known as Align Commerce has raised $24m as part of its plan to simplify global fiat currency payments...

European bitcoin exchange Bitstamp and French banking giant Crédit Agricole have teamed up to launch a new service aimed to...

It could be said that Swift is under attack. In a changing global payments community, Swift – one of the world’s largest financial...

Bitcoin startup 21 Inc has released an update to its previously announced paid messaging platform, soft launched earlier this year....

One of China's 'Big 3' exchanges has announced its intent to resume bitcoin withdrawals. In a statement sent to CoinDesk today,...

While bitcoin prices have edged up sharply ahead of the SEC's upcoming decision on the long-in-the-works Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF, at...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission's decision on the much-anticipated bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is expected by...

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has asked two government ministries and a state-owned development bank to investigate public...

A South Korean provincial government recently tapped technology developed by blockchain startup Blocko for a vote on community...

"We don't have a set foundation to build on yet." That's how Neha Narula, director of research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative...

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) should continue keeping a close eye on domestic bitcoin exchanges, a central bank official said...

What if you couldn’t fact-check the data for an interesting potential investment, but the data was verified by a cryptographically...

To some, a machine-to-machine economy is inevitable. Given the increasing trend toward automation, proponents reason, it's only...

The Indian state of Kerala will soon have its own blockchain academy – the second such institution in the country. A collaboration...

Bitcoin prices appear to be encountering some resistance near $1,300. Order books on digital currency exchange Bitfinex show a rise...

Bitcoin’s best-known proposed code change isn’t the only one that matters. The last couple of minor bitcoin code versions saw the...

An investment industry trade group based in Ireland has completed a blockchain proof-of-concept aimed at streamlining regulatory...

A subsidiary of one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers has partnered on the launch of a new blockchain-based supply...

Regulators in Italy have moved to suspend the operations of several affiliates of OneCoin, the digital currency investment scheme...

An Australian financial regulator is launching a new innovation centre dedicated in part to blockchain research. According to...

A blockchain venture backed by Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Group has launched a new startup accelerator. The kick-off, which...

Noelle Acheson is a 10-year veteran of company analysis, corporate finance and fund management, and is a member of CoinDesk's...

CoinDesk Research's 2017 State of Blockchain report summarizes key trends, data and events in the public and enterprise blockchain...

"We believe that Dubai is the global capital of blockchain. We know how to execute and we're creating the ecosystem." That...

'Such crypto. Very currency. Wow.' So went the enthusiastic, disjointed dialogue of the 'Doge', the cute Shiba Inu dog turned...

Chris DeRose is a software developer, bitcoin evangelist and the controversial co-host of the podcast Bitcoin Uncensored. In this...

The Danish shipping giant Maersk has revealed the completion of its first live blockchain trial, aimed at simplifying the way in...

As evidenced by a Google search for 'bitcoin casino', bitcoins and gambling go together like two pedals on the same bike. Bitcoin’s...

We hear plenty of talk of how public blockchains are going to change the world, but to function on a global scale, a shared public...

The price of ether, the cryptocurrency of the ethereum network, has surged over the last week, rising to the most in more than...

The beach-side city of Acapulco recently played host a bitcoin scaling debate, which saw personally-charged moments amidst the...

Exchange Bitfinex platform has added new markets for dash, the digital currency that has seen big price moves this week. The...

Central bank-issued digital currencies could stifle private-sector payments innovation, a senior Federal Reserve official said...

Russian payments firm Qiwi has created a new subsidiary that will focus on blockchain development and consulting. The group, called...

A Texas lawmaker has put forward a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect the right to own and use digital currencies...

Australia’s government has committed funding to develop blockchain standards in the country, while a new roadmap for the initiative...

Sid Kalla is CTO at fintech firm Acupay, and a freelance journalist specializing in financial technology, bitcoin and...

A lot has changed since the DTCC last year held its first ever Blockchain Symposium. Perhaps the most obvious shift is the name...

"We think we're the real ethereum." In a recent talk at CoinDesk's developer-only conference Construct, ethereum classic developer...

HAW Technologies has developed a bitcoin-based lending market concept, recently presented at an event hosted by Japan’s central...

Bitcoin traders remain optimistic that the digital currency's price will increase, even as it continues to reach new all-time...

Some have called it scam, others a cutting-edge digital currency. Either way, the price of dash has surged in recent days. The...

A bill that would have enabled North Dakota lawmakers to more closely study the issue of whether to regulate digital currencies...

The alleged lack of available talent for blockchain industry jobs was high on the agenda at the DTCC's Fintech Symposium, held at...

Bitcoin's price has reached parity with the per-ounce spot price of gold, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The...

Craig Wright, the Australian academic and businessman who previously claimed to be pseuduonymous bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto,...

Blockchain services firm AlphaPoint has completed a proof-of-technology trial of its blockchain platform for Canada's Scotiabank....

Ethereum is under attack again. Following denial of service attacks on the ethereum network last year, which were stopped with a...

A consortium of 47 banks has completed a distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot that is now set to move to production in 2017....

Bitcoin prices keep hitting new all-time highs, buoying the current rally's staying power. The cryptocurrency's price reached new...

Thailand's national stock exchange is reportedly planning to launch a blockchain-based market through which startups can raise...

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced the acquisition of market portal Cryptowatch, a site that provides real-time market...

The community of companies and startups supporting the ethereum classic blockchain is planning to put a cap on the total amount of...

This article highlights findings from CoinDesk Research's new 'Spotlight Study' on blockchain token sales (or ICOs). Based on a...

The potential of digital currencies like bitcoin is "being overstated", a senior official for the Reserve Bank of India said in a...

Startups, by definition, seek disruption – but that age-old trend is being bucked by developments in the blockchain...

An official from Japan’s central bank invoked failed ethereum project The DAO in a speech yesterday, suggesting that reoccurrences...

A new blockchain-focused nonprofit organization has launched in Switzerland with the aim of promoting and researching the tech....

Bitcoin is showing no sign of dropping below its all-time highs. After trading above $1,000 for more than two weeks, the bitcoin...

A group of global enterprises representing the oil and gas industry, the financial sector and software development firms will...

An airline industry trade group, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has revealed that a blockchain startup will be...

'Big Four' accounting firm EY has revealed it is rolling out a new identity management platform based on blockchain tech for an...

BTCC, one of China's 'Big Three' digital currency exchanges, has announced a new promotion that will see fees cut on US...

Microsoft has added JPMorgan’s Quorum project to its blockchain tool box. Speaking at the launch of the Enterprise Ethereum...

In a televised speech at the launch of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance today, the platform's creator, Vitalik Buterin, delivered a...

Former British prime minister David Cameron has said that bitcoin and blockchain technology have the potential to improve both...

The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston are among 11 new members of the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger...

The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston are among 11 new members of the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger...

By Kevin Helms, Bitfortip is a platform that lets users earn bitcoin by answering questions or providing...

By Jamie Redman, Proof-of-existence (PoE) is a utility built into the Bitcoin blockchain that allows anyone to...

  By Michael del Castillo, Blockchain startup Monax has joined Hyperledger, the Linux Foundation-led...

By Noelle Acheson, This past week, European banks ING and Société Générale unveiled a blockchain platform designed...

  By Charles Bovaird, While bitcoin traders have many tools they can use to evaluate the cryptocurrency...

By Stan Higgins, Digital currency exchange Coinbase said today that it will stop serving customers in Hawaii...

By Jamie McCormick, As the bitcoin and blockchain companies develop in a multitude of directions, many start-up and incumbent products and...

By Corin Faife, The cryptography world has been buzzing with the news that researchers at Google and CWI Amsterdam have succeeded in...

By Kevin Helms, The Prime Minister of Malta, Dr. Joseph Muscat, spoke on Thursday at the CEPS Ideas Lab event where he proposed that...

By Kevin Helms, Money transfer platform Bitspark announced on Wednesday that they have expanded their service to Pakistan, a $20.3 billion...

By Wendy McElroy, For the EU and US, the Wild West days of bitcoin are over. 2017 will be the year of bitcoin regulation and taxation...

Stan Higgins, Lawmakers in the lower chamber of Arizona’s legislature have unanimously advanced a bill that enshrine blockchain signatures...

By Alyssa Hertig, Newly released research shows that top-layer networks, usually trumpeted as the future of bitcoin and ethereum scaling,...

By Michael del Castillo, Research and advisory firm Aite Group is preparing to release a detailed comparison of what it deems the 'Top 10'...

By Stan Higgins Bitcoin prices hit a high of $1,172.09, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) – surpassing a level first set...

By Erin Griffith There’s an easy way to tell when the hype around a technology trend has peaked. Ask yourself the...

By Angela Moscaritol, he rollout in Tempe comes after Uber pulled its self-driving fleet off the streets of San...