After years of grabbing global headlines, it seems bitcoin is making inroads with employees at exchanges and solutions providers in...

Ripple has introduced new features to improve its Ripple Consensus Ledger (RCL) and Interledger Protocol (ILP) to enhance...

Researchers might seem like an unlikely group to probe the private blockchain sphere, where the major players are a mix of banks...

Chain Inc., a provider of blockchain networks, has integrated a hardware security module from Thales, a provider of data...

Two law firms in Singapore and Malaysia have launched fintech practices as the growth of the financial technology sector...

From digital currencies, healthcare, diamonds, land ownership, education, voting, finance, and insurance, the growth of the...

As Britain puts into motion its exit plan from the EU, the European Commission could threaten London’s fintech position by...

SingularDTV, a blockchain entertainment studio and rights management platform building a decentralized entertainment industry...

China’s largest gold deposit in history was discovered in the province of Shandong earlier this week. Local publications...

Imagine that you have $100,000 at your disposal. You must spend all of it on either bitcoin or gold – no mixing and matching – and...

What some said was impossible has been achieved. In a series of non-public meetings where, this time, independent journalists...

Bitcoin turned heads this month when its value exceeded the price of gold, but just weeks later, the digital asset has fallen off...

Weekly Recap Asset Current Value Weekly Change S&P 500 2363 0.80% DAX 12312 2.06% WTI Crude Oil 50.81 5.92% GOLD 1247.50...

While distributed ledgers were once considered a way for financial firms to upgrade back-office processes, some appear to be...

The RegTech Association has officially launched in Australia and is aiming to aid the regulation technology sector just like...

Japan is set to begin recognizing bitcoin as a legal method of payment starting tomorrow. The country's legislature passed a law,...

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), the banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has joined Ripple in...

A bill in Arizona that recognizes blockchain signatures and smart contracts has officially become state law. The measure was first...

Ripple has roared to a 26-month high, gaining over $400 million in market capitalization in a 24-hour trading period leading...

A federal lawsuit filed by investors of a US-based bitcoin mining operation is moving ahead after months of little movement. In...

LITECOIN As forecasted on these pages several times last week, Litecoin was the star performer for currency traders this...

While the Mars rovers are assiduously searching the red planet for water over the next decade, there are whole moons full of the...

Media sources in India reported this week that the government had deemed bitcoin illegal, causing a stir that appeared to be...

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that investors in a bitcoin-farming operation can continue with their federal suit,...

Apple just released a new video ad on its YouTube channel for the Apple Watch Series 2. There are two interesting things about this...

The price of XRP, the cryptocurrency underlying the Ripple network, hit a two-year high earlier today. XRP rose to as much as...

The U.K. government is currently considering whether to extend a benefits payment trial that’s utilizing the blockchain by...

A group of international banks is reportedly planning the launch of cross-border payment services backed by blockchain. According...

Bahrain and Singapore are cementing their FinTech partnership with the Middle-Eastern monarchy looking to establish a FinTech...

Martin Hagelstrom is a bitcoin enthusiast, project executive and consultant working on IT projects at IBM. In this opinion piece,...

A new petition raised by the Indian bitcoin industry is urging influential politicians and lawmakers to deem bitcoin and...

A YouTube collection of grainy video clips highlights the progress Gravity founder Richard Browning has made toward his outlandish...

French cyber-defense and aerospace firm Thales has launched a new integration with blockchain startup Chain aimed to boost...

MultiChain, the private blockchain platform launched by Coin Sciences Ltd, has entered beta phase with the release of MultiChain...

IBM has laid claim to the world’s first blockchain ‘green asset management platform’ in China to decrease emissions while...

Bitcoin hardware startup Ledger has raised $7m in a new Series A funding round. The round was led by MAIF Avenir, an arm of French...

A 29-year-old man Bitcoin developer has said that he has been under police investigation for the last year after returning...

A group of banks and financial firms led by Credit Suisse recently completed the second phase of a blockchain...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has today unveiled its proof-of-concept (PoC) blockchain platform for trade finance...

Litecoin prices surged nearly 70% today, ending months of stagnant market activity. Prices for the alternative cryptocurrency rose...

The Senate of the state of Arizona has passed a bill relating to the blockchain that would give smart contracts and...

 The first Roadie tuner was a miracle in a plastic case. This little device connected to your phone and then turned the...

Blockchain startup Filament has closed a new $15m funding round. The round was led by Verizon Ventures, the venture arm...

Litecoin prices have shot up today, March 30th, nearly doubling in value over a 24-hour trading period. Data from Bitfinex...

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 multinational banking group BBVA becomes the latest financial institution to join the Hyperledger Project, a...

1. This is a massive play Throughout the livestream presentation, which I watched with a small group of journalists at the local...

A project set up last year by Sweden’s land registry authority, the Lantmäteriet, to trial blockchain technology for recording...

Indian police in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) have seized LSD worth over $100,000 in a shipment to India from the...

Matrix Labs just completed a successful crowdfunding campaign for what amounts to an AI voice recognition system for the Raspberry...

European consumers are largely shunning digital currencies when making e-commerce payments, according to a recent survey...

Garmin is back again with the Forerunner 935, a runner-specific sport watch with GPS, heart rate, and compatibility with the Garmin...

The path forward for bitcoin prices isn't clear, market analysts say. While some described the market to CoinDesk as bearish...

Facebook just made live streaming 360-degree video relatively easy, provided you have the equipment to capture the content. Users...

One of the Middle East's largest banking groups is partnering with the central bank of the United Arab Emirates on a blockchain...

The new smartphone from Andy Rubin, which will be the debut product of his new company Essential, will indeed run Android for its...

Five new companies are contributing to Iroha, one of several projects attached to the Hyperledger blockchain initiative. Among the...

Xbox One is getting an update starting today, echoing some of the major changes coming to Windows in its forthcoming Creators...

We’re squeezed into a small room filled with tall black server racks. Fans interweave with computers, sputtering cold air. The...

Blockchain technology will likely boost financial inclusion, but there's still some way to go before a major impact is felt,...

A prominent equities analyst at an Australian private brokerage sees China’s capital controls as a major factor behind the...

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 startup ShapeShift has closed a $10.4m Series A. Led by Berlin-based Earlybird Venture Capital, the round...

A vote currently taking place on ethereum's mining rewards has motivated a big response from its community, despite the fact that...

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's legislature has cleared a bill that would recognize blockchain signatures and smart contracts under state law, sending it...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially disapproved a proposal by SolidX to list its bitcoin ETF...

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 banking group BBVA has become the latest member of the Hyperledger blockchain project. Two representatives of BBVA will...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has denied a bid to list a bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the New York Stock...

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...

A group of companies including IBM has spearheaded the development of a new blockchain-based crude oil trade finance platform....

BTCChina, a Shanghai-based bitcoin and digital currency exchange has announced the upgrade of its know-your-customer (KYC)...

Google has announced that its Google Home connected speaker will launch in the UK on April 6, along with the Google Wifi router....

One of China's largest peer-to-peer lending services has launched a private blockchain service based on ethereum. Sina Tech...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and financial authority has signed FinTech cooperation...

Keeping in touch when there’s no communications infrastructure for one reason or another is nice for you and me, but critical for...

Japanese banking giant Mizuho Financial Group is nearing completion of a pilot project that utilizes the bitcoin blockchain for...

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...

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

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,...

The executive branch of the European Union wants to create a blockchain proof-of-concept focused on regulation. According to a...

It goes without saying that working with robots and heavy machinery is more than a little dangerous. While better practices and...

After falling to their lowest level in more than two months this weekend, bitcoin prices breached $1,000 again today. Overall, the...

Late last year the European Space Agency doubled down on its Mars mission, dedicating half a billion euros to the next phase of its...

An official with Beijing's municipal government is calling for the country to adopt a "standard" approach to blockchain...

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, the would-be Tesla rival facing well-documented challenges in terms of capitalization and efforts to bring its...

BitOasis has announced it will expand a credit card buying option to additional countries in the Middle East. In a move that...

Japan has suggested a common digital currency with Russia as the regional currency in place of the Russian ruble and the...