[Editors Note: "The Identity & KYC conference in London hosted a workshop on using blockchain technology to improve know-your-customer...

[Editors Note: "If you were looking to enter the business, Karin Kersten argues, you might first invest in a restaurant. Next, you might...

Editors Note:  Dubai's Global Blockchain Council (GBC), a public-private initiative between local businesses, government agencies and...

[Editors Note: "Ever since Uber and Lyft left Austin, the peer-to-peer rideshare group, Arcade City, has been making waves as it has made...

[Editors Note: The Director of the Dutch-based REshape Center for Innovation Lucien Engelen recently announced a blockchain-based...

It is the first iOS wallet to transact in ether, the native currency of Ethereum’s smart contract platform. Despite not being intended for...

Steven Malby is head of the Law Development Section of the Rule of Law Division for the Commonwealth Secretariat, the executive arm of the...

Dan Elitzer is a member of the IDEO coLAB, a shared platform to discover and act on the potential of new technologies, with current...

More than 15 members of Congress met with representatives of the blockchain technology industry this week as part of a roundtable...

 The price of bitcoin appreciated nearly 4% for the week ending 27th May, but the figure is perhaps not indicative of the wild...

The European Parliament has appointed a regulator for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. In the end, these efforts will be futile, as the...

In a surprise announcement, Swedish mining firm KnC Miner said today that it is filing for bankruptcy, citing Bitcoin block reward halving...

BitOasis has secured additional funding to expand their presence beyond the United Arab Emirates. The round of financing received support...

While Goldman Sachs expects private or “permissioned” blockchains to dominate most commercial applications according to its recent...

Currently under review at The DAO, the distributed autonomous organization that has raised over $150m worth of the cryptocurrency ether to...

The Internet has fostered the development of machines that can collect sensor-generated data and sell it in return for passive...

The Russian Ministry of Finance, known for its disdain and intent to criminalize bitcoin activity, is considering the issuance of a...

Crowdfunding report analyses whether equity crowdfunding will democratize access to capital and investment opportunities. Policy briefing...

An Ethereum startup led by a Harvard researcher and the founder of blockchain ridesharing startup La’Zooz will submit a proposal to fix...

A new report from Goldman Sachs Investment Research projects that the implementation of blockchain technology could streamline the...

Bitcoin Press Release: Following $6.5 million crowdsale, Lisk deploys first truly scalable cryptocurrency, with JavaScript compatibility...

The scripting language in bitcoin is restricting application development, which is something that Ethereum can change, according to Fred...

The Diet in Japan (the legislature consisting of the Lower and the Upper Houses) has passed a bill today that mandates the regulation of...

  At the International Legal Forum, which took its place May 18-21, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Russian prime minister Dmitriy...

BitCoinIRA.com Launches Revolutionary “Bitcoin IRA” Investment Product Exclusively for Retirement AccountsA first-of-its-kind, the...

By Samburaj Das The banking- and finance-centric blockchain consortium led by New York-based startup R3 will now include its first ever...

Dubai is set to play host to a conference on digital currencies later this month, an event that comes several months after a...

Sixteen years after Robin Hanson published a seminal paper on using prediction markets to inform governance decisions, his ideas have...

The US Postal Service (USPS) has released a new report outlining how it could adopt blockchain technology within its operations. The...

Online payment service provider PayFort is among a number of participants to invest in a seed funding round for Dubai-based bitcoin...

The popularity of Bitcoin in India has seen an exponential rise, according to the Hindustantimes. The report details that more users in...

First there was TensorFlow, Google’s machine learning framework. Then there was SyntaxNet, a neural network framework Google released to...

A lawyer at Anderson Kill, PC in Washington, DC, Stephen D Palley (@palleylaw) focuses his law practice on construction, insurance and...

Nolan Bauerle is a former researcher and writer for the Canadian Senate Banking Committee, for which he drafted a 2015 report on...

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

Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this opinion...

Max Kordek is a 24-year-old Bitcoin wiz from Germany. Next week he and his co-founder, 37-year-old Oliver Beddows, will launch their...

The D.A.O., on the other hand, returns to the more radical ambitions of virtual currencies. It is set up according to computer code, with...

With the financial ecosystem on the proverbial brink of collapsing, there is a growing concern among banking industry experts. Not about...

Russian payments firm Qiwi is currently designing its own proprietary blockchain in an effort to replace its central payments processing...

The rush to capitalize on ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, is in full swing.  Bitcoin Miners Follow Profit to...

A stock exchange in Australia is developing a private equity market solution using blockchain technology. As reported by the Sydney...

Andrew "Drew" Hinkes is Counsel at Berger Singerman LLP, a business law firm in Florida. Hinkes represents companies and entrepreneurs in...

Last year Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed HB 483, allowing the creation of the Texas Gold Depository. “With the passage of this bill,...

Jeff Garzik, a bitcoin code veteran who recently launched the Bloq code-for-hire service to develop blockchain features, continues to...

The Ethereum created DAO has become one of the largest crowdsale in history, overtaking today the video game project Star Citizen, which...

What if Bitcoin’s price surges beyond the 2013 record high reaching $10,000 a coin like Tim Draper predicts? Would you pay off your...

Two doctors have recently devised a concept that makes clinical trial documents immutable using blockchain technology. A universal method...

When I reviewed Amazon Aurora last October, I noted that its level of performance was far beyond any I had seen from other open source SQL...

The father and son authors of the new book "Blockchain Revolution" took to the stage this morning where Nasdaq opens and closes its market...

During a demonstration at Nasdaq's global headquarters today, the stock exchange operator unveiled a service that lets solar power...

The DAO has become the talk of the digital town since its launch less than a month ago. With nearly $150m worth of the cryptocurrency...

There's a new man in charge of the Hyperledger Project, a group of more that 30 companies working together to build an open standard for...

In April, Red Hat announced the OpenShift initiative to aid financial services industry in building hosted blockchain applications. Red...

IBM sees blockchain technology as an essential tool for business, government, and society, and as such, its development calls for...

With websites operating under the constant threat of attacks, users have long been accustomed to looking for a little green lock in web...

Back in January, Chicago-based asset management firm Northern Trust was part of a group of international financial institutions to...

Bitcoin startup Blockchain has released the first version of a payments channel prototype that finds it moving its research efforts into...

A panel on national security and cyberspace appointed by President Barack Obama heard testimony on blockchain technology from a...

Antony Lewis is a bitcoin and blockchain consultant and blogger, who previously served as the director of business development at bitcoin...

Bitcoin is a secure network that has never been hacked and is actually safer than owning gold, said Bitcoin Foundation Executive Director...

The topic of encryption is becoming more prominent in media headlines these days as consumers want to protect their privacy. But the US...

The Chinese state-owned ICBC Standard Bank (IDCBF), the world's biggest bank by assets, has agreed to buy Barclays precious metals storage...

 Tuesday will see the unveiling of the winner at the GTEC Blockchain Innovation Awards in Berlin, with startups in line for up to €20,000...

A new startup called LegacyNest will help you write a will on your behalf, as well as check whether you are still alive. But at the same...

Online shopping is becoming a significant trend all over the world, yet a lot of people show concerns of online privacy and security. A...

It is not common to speak of currency as being pro or anti-war. A freely traded currency is merely an economic tool that facilitates the...

About a week ago, at the NYC Consensus conference I was fortunate enough to get to spend four hours over dinner with Adam Back of...

In a digital currency world that is built upon the concept of decentralization, the greater Bitcoin community can seem fractured and...

BTCPOP first introduced the ability for users to create an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in December 2015, however, you might not know...

In its final report on virtual currencies and distributed ledger technology concerning the likes of bitcoin and blockchain tech, the...

Recently, there have been reports of a new fintech consultancy firm that will be headquartered in London, touting blockchain technology....

Matthew Spoke is a bitcoin and Ethereum enthusiast who has been working towards advancing the use of smart distributed protocols through...

Dr Paul Ennis is a research assistant at The Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organization at University College Dublin,...

KeepKey is one of the top Bitcoin Hardware Wallets in the industry right now. I recently had the opportunity to have a hands-on experience...

Malaysia is one of the most recent countries to look at its current regulatory guidelines and come up with changes to take part of the...

Japan seems to have Bitcoin fever these days. Trading volume is growing exponentially in the region and organizations across the land are...

A deputy governor of Japan's central bank has said that central banks worldwide need to pay close attention to developments surrounding...

Bitcoin prices fluctuated little in the week ending 13th May, staying largely between $450 and $460 amid lackluster trading volume. While...

The Bitcoin Core team is looking to refresh the process by which code changes are proposed, considered and implemented in a bid to engage...

A new service has been launched by the Cashila team, with the aim of making Ether trading more convenient for users. ICONOMI, as this new...

The business registry database, Kompany.com, made it known at a joint conference of the European Commerce Registers’ Forum (ECRF) and...

The introduction of new NFC and EMV-enabled payment cards has forced merchants to upgrade their payment terminals since last 2015....

There’s been a lot of venture capital flying around the cryptocurrency and blockchain environment this year. Some investment firms are...

Though major stock exchanges in London and New York have garnered the lion’s share of major media headlines, their peers internationally...

During an appearance on Capitol Hill earlier this week, a representative for a prominent US think tank suggested that blockchain...

Technology consulting firm CapGemini took its latest step on its bid to dramatically increase its investment in blockchain tech this week,...

A recent science publication on F1000Research ventures into the world of using Bitcoin technology to improve the trustworthiness of...

Western curiosity about Bitcoin in China remains high, but access to information is usually quite limited. By Jon Southurst As a...

Q1 2016 State of Blockchain report summarizes key trends, data and events from the first quarter of 2016. This article highlights a few of...