Digital currency exchange Bitfinex is planning to slowly re-enable user access following its announcement that it had been hacked and robbed of nearly 120,000 bitcoins. The exchange reiterated past statements that it was in the process of bringing the exchange online and allowing … | Continue reading
Blockchain analytics startup Elliptic has integrated with LexisNexis, a move that provides the startup's clients with access to the vendor's global money laundering database. The hope, the companies say, is to provide financial services firms with data on bitcoins transactions so … | Continue reading
Swedish banking giant SEB Group and a Danish venture capital firm have invested $4m in Coinify, a digital currency payment processor. | Continue reading
Research from financial services giant Credit Suisse examines how the stock performance of incumbent financial firms could be impacted by blockchain. | Continue reading
Few details have emerged since yesterday's news that digital currency exchange Bitfinex was hacked. | Continue reading
Overstock chairman of the board Jonathan Johnson will now serve as president of Medici, its blockchain technology division. | Continue reading
Legal expert Andrew Hinkes looks at the potential impact of a Florida court's decision to rule that bitcoin isn't money. | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices fell sharply on 2nd August, extending declines as markets responded to news that a major exchange had been hacked. | Continue reading
Microsoft is now making its Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering available to all users of its Azure testing environment. | Continue reading
Digital currency exchange Bitfinex has taken its trading platform offline following a reported hack that resulted in the theft of customer funds. | Continue reading
25 bitcoin companies plan to launch smart contract federation to support new applications of the blockchain technology previously dominated by ethereum. | Continue reading
PwC has released new details about a proof-of-concept focused on blockchain applications in the wholesale insurance market. | Continue reading
Distributed ledger technology firm Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) has hired eight new employees. At the top of the list is the firm’s addition of Carol Mathis as its new CFO. Mathis joins the company from RBS Corporate and Institutional Bank, where she worked from three years as ch … | Continue reading
Mass media company Thomson Reuters has become the latest member of the R3 blockchain consortium. The firm announced today that it had joined the effort, which has seen dozens of banks and finance firms collaborate to explore the technology. Recent members include Absa Bank, one o … | Continue reading
PwC's new US FinTech director reveals how the firm is being transformed by blockchain. | Continue reading
The United Nations Children's Fund is seeking a software developer and consultant who can help shape the organization's blockchain strategy. | Continue reading
Brazilian bitcoin exchange Foxbit has acquired payment processor BitInvest. | Continue reading
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has created a private blockchain that seeks to help make charities more transparent and accountable. | Continue reading
CoinDesk outlines a new proposal that would seek to anonymize micropayments carried out on blockchain networks. | Continue reading
IBM could launch a finance-oriented blockchain solution as early as the fall, according to The Wall Street Journal. The publication reported over the weekend that the firm’s Global Financing unit is looking to kick off a project that would focus on resolving transaction disputes. … | Continue reading
Brave Software has raised $4.5m to expand on its efforts to let users send bitcoin micropayments to their favorite websites. | Continue reading
In this opinion piece, author William Mougayar breaks down the term "community" and what it means for blockchain governance. | Continue reading
Ethereum Classic has grown to become a valuable cryptocurrency in spite of its unusual origins, thanks in large part to three value propositions. | Continue reading
Bitcoin has been called 'digital gold', but does this mean the two markets behave similarly? CoinDesk analyses suggest the answer may be no. | Continue reading
An effort is underway to encourage more researchers and academics to investigate and test bitcoin and other blockchain tech. | Continue reading
The recent split between ethereum and ethereum classic has opened the door to cross-network issues, problems that have ensnared several exchanges. | Continue reading
The launch of a new cryptocurrency designed to make real the anonymity once thought to be offered by bitcoin has been delayed. | Continue reading
A blockchain tech conference this October will bring together representatives from the French government and legislature. | Continue reading
The founder and head of Philips Blockchain Lab, Arno Laeven, is leaving the healthcare giant effective 1st August. | Continue reading
Twenty-two US senators sent a leader to senior government officials and the Federal Reserve requesting information about the regulation of blockchain. | Continue reading
Coinbase's first employee has departed to start a blockchain-focused hedge fund. | Continue reading
The co-founder of an Australian digital currency startup has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent text messaging scheme. | Continue reading
What is ethereum classic? And how does it differ from ethereum? CoinDesk profiles the ongoing split on the blockchain network. | Continue reading
KPMG has commented on the ongoing situation around The DAO, asserting it hasn't impacted client confidence in blockchain. | Continue reading
A Florida man was reportedly robbed at knifepoint during a sale of $28,000 in bitcoin this week. | Continue reading
In this opinion piece, lawyer Stephen Palley argues a recent court decision that found bitcoin isn't money is unlikely to set precedent. | Continue reading
Ahead of potential new monetary policy from the Bank of Japan, CoinDesk explores its potential impact on bitcoin markets. | Continue reading
The Financial Stability Board said in a recent annual report that it continues to assess opportunities and risks related to digital currencies. | Continue reading
A slew of recent departures from itBit suggest a changing future for a startup originally founded as a bitcoin exchange service. | Continue reading
One of South Korea's largest banks has inked an agreement with the best funded startup working in the bitcoin space. KB Kookmin announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with bitcoin payments startup Circle, as well as local startup Coinplug, today. Coinplug, which i … | Continue reading
Blockstream has acquired wallet provider GreenAddress in a move the startup says could impact the development of sidechains. | Continue reading
Forty blockchain researchers met in Chicago this week to hash out consensus mechanisms that might be employed by distributed ledgers. | Continue reading
Coinigy has raised $400,000 in new seed funding to develop an updated version of its bitcoin trading platform. | Continue reading
Coinbase reports it is taking a 'wait-and-see' approach in weighing whether it will add support for ether classic to its exchange. | Continue reading
Coinbase has expanded to Australia, bringing the total number of countries it supports to 33. | Continue reading
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin issued new statements today addressing the increasing support for Ethereum Classic. | Continue reading
A prominent digital currency service reports that institutional investors are expressing a slow but budding interest in Ethereum Classic. | Continue reading
Bitcoin micropayments startup SatoshiPay is developing a new proof-of-concept with Visa Europe’s Collab innovation unit. | Continue reading