By Jamie Redman , Bitcoin exchange Coinbase is under scrutiny by the government agency the IRS, shocking the community. However, it seems...

Pete Rizzo, Spanish banking giant Banco Santander is no longer a member of the R3 blockchain consortium, CoinDesk has learned. The news...

By Stan Higgins, UBS is expanding its footprint in China, a move that will also see the Swiss banking group boost its funding for...

  By Noelle Acheson a 10-year veteran of company analysis, corporate finance and fund management. Our latest State of Blockchain...

By Brian Zimbler, Dmitry Dmitriev and Andrey Ignatenko Brian Zimbler is a lawyer and senior partner at international law firm Morgan Lewis...

  By Stan Higgins, Goldman Sachs has reportedly elected not to renew its membership in blockchain consortium R3CEV. According to The...

By Kei K, The price of the Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar has gained more attention from bitcoin enthusiasts and speculators lately....

  By Josh Stark, who is head of operations and legal at Ledger Labs, a blockchain consulting and development firm. Governance has...

By Allen Scott, Taking inspiration from Satoshi’s whitepaper, engineer Daneel Uys tells how BitData can enable peer-to-peer exchange of...

  By Michael del Castillo, The guys behind Slock.it are at it again. The team that created the now-infamous ethereum-based funding...

By Robert Tiger, Navcoin, a digital currency based on Satoshi Nakamoto’s open source Bitcoin Core, has launched NavTech — an anonymous,...

By William Suberg, Indians appear to be braving huge exchange spreads in a bid to accrue Bitcoin following demonetization of the two...

  By Stan Higgins, The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking access to user records held by bitcoin and ether exchange Coinbase...

  By Michael del Castillo, Swiss Parliament member Franz Grüter could hardly be happier that his proposal for new blockchain...

By Jamie Redman, At this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival, the fintech startup KYCK! and IBM announced a collaboration involving a...

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,...

By Stan Higgins, Dubai’s government is laying the groundwork for developing legislation around bitcoin and digital currencies. The Supreme...

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...

By Fahmida Y. Rashid IBM ventures into cognitive security, where AI systems learn to understand infosec terms and concepts well enough to...

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...

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...

  By Pete Rizzo, While some startups bask in blockchain hype, others are making a name by bucking the trend with an under-the-radar...

By Alyssa Hertig, With Bitcoin's Lightning Network nearing launch, the number of tests seeking to upgrade the micropayments network is on...

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...

By Ira Schaefer & Ted Mlynar, Ira Schaefer and Ted Mlynar are partners in the intellectual property practice at Hogan Lovells in New...

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...

By Jamie Redman, A newly published Deutsche Bank report called “Powering the flow of global capital” goes into great detail about the...

By Kevin Helms, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to declare China a currency manipulator on day one of his presidency. During...

By Jamie Redman, One of the oldest banks in South Korea, Shinhan Bank, has revealed it will launch a cryptocurrency remittance service...

By William Suberg, Indian interest in Bitcoin has skyrocketed following sudden rupee reforms, revealing serious potential to challenge...

By Michael J Casey,  Michael J Casey works on blockchain-based solutions for the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab. He is...

By Jameson Lopp, When discussing consensus mechanisms for different cryptocurrencies, one issue that often causes arguments is a lack of...

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...

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...

  By Stan Higgins, The US Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) has published a patent application submitted by bitcoin startup...

By Jamie Redman, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has officially announced a partnership with fintech firm R3. The joint effort...

By Stan Higgins, The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published a new white paper on distributed ledger tech. The HKMA, which is...

By Alex Sunnarborg, Golem, one of the latest ethereum-based projects and blockchain assets, is set to begin its public crowdfunding today....

By Alyssa Hertig, A long-proposed bitcoin feature called 'sidechains' may soon take a big step forward thanks to a pair of proposals. The...

  By Michael del Castillo, Veteran bitcoin lawyer Carol Van Cleef has a new job. The former partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips...

By Stan Higgins, The World Economic Forum has created a new working group focused on blockchain co-chaired by the former president of...

  By Michael del Castillo, "Papers, please" is a phrase with the power to send shivers through the spines of immigrants and travelers...

The Guinness World Record-winning spectacle involves the use of 500 drones flying simultaneously, piloted by one person using a single...

  ... Blips on Campaign Radar By Stan Higgins, As the US election ramped up last summer, the editorial team began to wonder: Given...

  By Charles Bovaird, Clinton or Donald Trump? While America may be undecided, there's a widespread belief among bitcoin investors...

... “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....

By Jamie Redman, China’s first online insurance company ZhongAn has officially announced its ZhongAn IT Services subsidiary. The newly...

By Michael del Castillo, Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) has revealed new blockchain technology it believes could one day connect the world's...

 ...At Levels Last Seen During The Great Depression! KWN - This year the Gold/Oil ratio hit all-time highs, shattering the record from the...

 ...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...

By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Rootstock is now available on seven of Jaxx’s platforms. Anthony Di Iorio, CEO of Jaxx, announced the Rootstock...

By Jamie Redman, Switzerland-based blockchain content distribution network DECENT has just launched its web application prototype. DECENT...

By Evan Faggart, Virtual Accelerator concept EtherCamp plans to provide not only a decentralized method of competition, but fundraising as...

By Matthew Spoke Matthew Spoke is CEO and founder of enterprise blockchain startup Nuco. He is a bitcoin and ethereum enthusiast, who has...

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...

By Catherine Wong US-educated Jason Chau describes trials and tribulations of bringing a new product and service to mainland China. The...

By Jamie Redman, Distributed computing firm Suchflex launched in August, promising to aggregate idle compute cycles from computers and...

By Scott Collie, More details about the charging corridors to run across America have been released. The Obama Administration has...

BY STEPHANIE MLOT Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Skype are being throttled. Access to social media and messaging...

By Jamie Redman, Bitcoin wallet Airbitz just announced a partnership with the Wings Project (wings.ai). Wings is a platform that enables...

By Jamie Redman, A blockchain platform called Iroha, created by members of the Japanese startup Soramitsu, has recently joined the Linux...

  By Alyssa Hertig , At its core, bitcoin is about giving users better control of their money. Often called "programmable money",...

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,...

By Jamie Redman, The Bank of Canada has announced that it will soon publish the results of its own coordinated blockchain experiment. As...

By Jon Southurst, China observers have noticed a pivot in the national government’s approach to blockchain technology and even Bitcoin...

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...

By Pete Rizzo, Blockchain and digital currency lawyers Marco Santori and Patrick Murck have officially left Pillsbury Winthrop to join...

By Stan Higgins, The European Union is moving closer to establishing a dedicated task force focused on digital currencies. Late last...

Michael del Castillo, Microsoft will soon enter the next phase of its blockchain work with the formal launch of its Ethereum Consortium...

By Jamie Redman, Bitcoin company Circle Financial recently announced it’s expanding into Spain and Ireland. The firm is also focused on...

By Jamie Redman, Financial technology, Bitcoin, and blockchain startups may soon face regulatory oversight from the Office of the...

By Stan Higgins, Its national railway service may have already jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon, but Switzerland is taking a...

What is Zcash Worth? As Price Tops $1,000 Traders Remain Unsure By Charles Bovaird, Days after the launch of Zcash, the cryptocurrency...

By Stan Higgins, An effort to create a template for digital currency legislation in the US could be finalized by the end of the summer....

By Alyssa Hertig, Bugs are a normal part of software, but on ethereum, they may be uniquely hazardous. That may be the takeaway from an...

By William Suberg, New York regulators have issued just two BitLicense permits in the 18 months since the regulations became law, it has...

By Stan Higgins, A Brooklyn blockchain startup has been awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its work using...

By Michael del Castillo, There's soon to be a new man in charge of distributed ledger startup Ripple. Four years and almost $100m after...

  BY TOM BRANT, Henrik Fisker, who recently relaunched his namesake car company, today unveiled what he hopes will be a competitor to...

Most Have No Idea. The author of the article below wants to know, “How much money there is in the world?” It’s a great question. But the...

BY ALASDAIR MACLEOD There is little doubt that the rapid expansion of both dollar-denominated debt and monetary quantities since the...

BY ALASDAIR MACLEOD It is time to revisit the Fiat Money Quantity (FMQ), which totals US dollar money deposited in the banking system, the...

  By Jp Cortez, October 30, 2016 marks an important holiday in the Indian culture. Diwali begins. Diwali is one of the biggest...

By DANIELLE MUOIO & MATTHEW DEBORD The solar roofs that Musk showed off were installed on houses on Universal Studio’s famous backlot,...

  By Stephen Leeb With most markets on lockdown on Halloween trading day, here is a big picture view of where the world is headed....

By Julio Gil-Pulgar, Bitcoin, the blockchain, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and other Fourth Industrial Revolution...

By Jamie Redman, Israel-based blockchain 2.0 company Synereo recently announced some new innovations and a successful funding campaign...

By Jamie Redman, On October 21 the Internet suffered a severe Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. In fact, reports say nearly...