A deep dive in how CGI is turning its Ripple validator node into an offering for 2,500 financial clients.Source | Continue reading
The event schedule for next week's Scaling Bitcoin conference is now available.Source | Continue reading
A think tank run by the European Parliament recently released a discussion paper on blockchain-based elections.Source | Continue reading
Hyperledger announces a new blockchain healthcare working group with Kaiser Permanente and five other companies as inaugural members.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup Blockstream has a new CEO.Source | Continue reading
A group of 50 leading blockchain legal experts has launched the Digital Currency and Ledger Defense Coalition.Source | Continue reading
Wall Street megabank JPMorgan has co-developed a permissioned version of the Ethereum network.Source | Continue reading
Former itBit client group director Antony Lewis has officially joined banking consortium R3.Source | Continue reading
The same week Broadridge invested $95m to build blockchain applications it hosted a breakfast with 50 of it clients including Credit Suisse and more.Source | Continue reading
An expert provides an overview of new cryptocurrency provisions recently added to the Money Transmitter Act in North Carolina.Source | Continue reading
Could rising interest rates impact bitcoin? CoinDesk's Charles Bovaird explores.Source | Continue reading
Despite the promise that blockchain holds for banking, the sector will likely not be first to put the burgeoning technology into real-world action.Source | Continue reading
Simon Dixon, CEO of BnktotheFuture, lays out his vision for blockchain startups and makes the case for bitcoin.Source | Continue reading
Deutsche bank is facing rising pressure that could result in the firm's financial insolvency. Source | Continue reading
The team behind a long-contentious proposal to upgrade the bitcoin protocol is making new funding available for research.Source | Continue reading
Thomson Reuters will soon launch a platform for ethereum smart contract developers.Source | Continue reading
Making blockchains editable opens up financial systems to the potential for fraud, says author and investor Brian KellySource | Continue reading
A lesser-known startup has successfully tested an important piece of bitcoin's scaling puzzle.Source | Continue reading
UBS has revealed work on a blockchain prototype being developed with IBM on Hyperledger's Fabric.Source | Continue reading
Indian bitcoin exchange startup Uncoin has raised $1.5m in a new funding round.Source | Continue reading
Dutch multinational bank Rabobank today announced a cross-border payments tool its creators argue is more powerful than a database.Source | Continue reading
A planned acquisition deal between Chinese manufacturer Shandong Luyitong and bitcoin mining hardware company Canaan is no more.Source | Continue reading
The inside story of how Microsoft and Bank of America worked together to build a blockchain prototype for trade finance.Source | Continue reading
The UK crown dependency of Jersey is pushing ahead with its digital currency legislative plans.Source | Continue reading
The Federal Reserve isn't working on any blockchain applications of its own at this time, according to Fed chair Janet Yellen.Source | Continue reading
Some of the world's banks and financial markets are bullish on blockchain products, new survey data shows.Source | Continue reading
CoinDesk spotlights the factors driving ethereum's coding community to embrace the concept of formal verification for smart contracts.Source | Continue reading
CME Group has added China-based digital currency exchange OKCoin to its bitcoin pricing indexes, first announced in May.Source | Continue reading
Recent developments around blockchain in Washington, DC are setting the stage for even bigger moves in the year ahead.Source | Continue reading
ASX says it intends to decide on whether it will migrate to a blockchain-based settlement system by the end of 2017.Source | Continue reading
CGI has launched a blockchain trade finance and supply chain laboratory to explore applications of blockchain technology.Source | Continue reading
Digital currency exchange Bitso has raised $2.5m in new funding.Source | Continue reading
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to discuss blockchain at an upcoming public forum.Source | Continue reading
The London police are investigating a digital currency scheme widely believed to be fraudulent.Source | Continue reading
CLS is working with IBM to build a blockchain platform for payments netting.Source | Continue reading
A syndicated loan exchange trial utilizing blockchain being undertaken by a group of banks alongside startups R3 and Symbiont is moving ahead.Source | Continue reading
BigchainDB has raised $3m to help turn tradition databases into blockchains.Source | Continue reading
Two central securities depositories (CSDs) have agreed to collaborate on distributed ledger initiatives in a first-of-its-kind agreement globally.Source | Continue reading
Bank of America and Microsoft have announced their intent to build and test blockchain applications for trade finance. Source | Continue reading
Swiss National Bank president Thomas Jordan says the central bank is in discussions with regulators and other central banks about blockchain.Source | Continue reading
One of Japan’s largest property insurers is co-developing a prototype blockchain system for insurance derivatives.Source | Continue reading
A group of banks within the R3 distributed ledger consortium have tested a blockchain prototype for US Treasury bond trades.Source | Continue reading
China's Juzhen Financials has raised $23m (¥153m) to develop clearing and settlement solutions based on blockchain.Source | Continue reading
Swift announced three blockchain startups that won a competition to build a distributed ledger bonds solution earlier this year.Source | Continue reading
Blockchain consortium Hyperledger today revealed five new members today.Source | Continue reading
A controversial bitcoin alternative that offers owners and miners a choice of block size may be making a comeback.Source | Continue reading
Lead developer of Drop Zone Chris DeRose argues that ICOs are little more than rebranded altcoins and come with similar risks. Source | Continue reading
Winter is coming... So does it make sense to use bitcoin miners to subsidise your heating costs? CoinDesk investigates.Source | Continue reading