Hyperledger has announced eight new members to round off the year, including a venture-backed startup and a state-owned telecoms company.Source | Continue reading
Who pays for blockchain? Tierion's CEO pens a measured look at how open-source projects achieve this feat so businesses can make better decisions.Source | Continue reading
Will bitcoin prices surpass $1,000? They should in the near future, according to several market experts. Source | Continue reading
The IRS has asked a US court to let it continue with its search for Coinbase user information in spite of an earlier countersuit.Source | Continue reading
As the year comes to a close, the price of bitcoin continues to test the $1,000 mark as it seeks to set a new three-year high.Source | Continue reading
Vinny Lingham predicts a $1,000 bitcoin by the year's end, and further climbs to come in 2017.Source | Continue reading
The Bank of Korea has published research on issues it believes could hinder distributed ledger adoption, with a "supernode" being one solution.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin Core developer David Vorick explains why ensuring bitcoin's fungibility remains a top priority for 2017.Source | Continue reading
As the price surges, Third Key's Pamela Morgan suggests the best practices for bitcoin users who want to secure their digital cash.Source | Continue reading
CoinDesk looks back on the big stories that shaped the industry in 2016, and that may cast a shadow on the year ahead.Source | Continue reading
As 2016 comes to a close, bitcoin development remains at a crossroads. Take the long-anticipated scaling solution, the Lightning Network. An open-source project that aims to boost bitcoin's capacity to millions of transactions per second (and by extension the technology's value), … | Continue reading
As backlash against fake news continues, CoinDesk's Bailey Reutzel explores how blockchain solutions could play a role in promoting the truth.Source | Continue reading
The DAO loomed large over 2016 – now, its developers have their sights on new steps that can be made in the year ahead.Source | Continue reading
Peter Loop of Infosys gives his overview of why blockchain is poised to be more widely tested, deployed and adopted in 2017.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices surged this week, breaking through $800 before starting a sharp rally that pushed prices above $900. Source | Continue reading
A look back at the price of ether during some of the major moments of 2016. Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices have shot past $900, the latest move in a week of dramatic market increases.Source | Continue reading
Dubai's immigration agency is seeking a blockchain startup to develop a system that will cut illegal residency in the country.Source | Continue reading
Coinplug CEO Ryan Uhr looks at how blockchain technology has fared in Korea over the last 12 months and makes some predictions for 2017.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices continue to surge after passing the $800 mark earlier this week. Source | Continue reading
The inaugural issue of peer-reviewed cryptocurrency and blockchain research journal Ledger is now available.Source | Continue reading
New York-based blockchain startup Axoni has raised $18m in a new funding.Source | Continue reading
Markit's Jeffrey Billingham recaps the successes and tribulations of a year spent working on smart contract applications.Source | Continue reading
Close collaboration continues to be the absolute necessity for blockchain success, argues Richard Collin of Thomson Reuters.Source | Continue reading
French bank BNP Paribas conducted its first blockchain-based payments for a collectible trading card firm and a packaging company.Source | Continue reading
A major state-owned telecommunications provider in Switzerland has joined the open-source Hyperledger blockchain project.Source | Continue reading
A newly formed blockchain consortium hopes to get a boost from a regulatory sandbox currently in the final phases of implementation.Source | Continue reading
NRI's Takeo Nishikata examines some of the discussion around blockchain, seeking to "clarify all the misunderstandings" around the technology.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices have broken past $800 for the first time since February 2014, setting a fresh 34-month high.Source | Continue reading
A group of global banks and financial institutions has completed the first pilot of a new blockchain-based gold trading platform.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices surged more than 80% in 2016, pushed higher by developments such as the Brexit, the halving and the Bitfinex hack. Source | Continue reading
As Big Finance starts to better understand blockchain, central bank-issued cryptocurrencies will likely follow, says FirstRand Bank's Farzam Ehsani.Source | Continue reading
A look at the challenges marketers – and the broader blockchain technology community – face when attempting to win new enthusiasts to the tech.Source | Continue reading
12 members of Hyperledger conducted a first-of-its kind test by sending an unusual digital asset across an ocean.Source | Continue reading
France’s central bank quietly released new details about its work with blockchain last week.Source | Continue reading
Banco Santander's Julio Faura looks back on what he calls a "remarkable" year for blockchain development in the financial industry.Source | Continue reading
The inability of banks and financial institutions to collaborate could restrict growth of new blockchain use cases next year.Source | Continue reading
Noelle Acheson examines whether the big banks will reappraise their relationship with bitcoin following its recent successes.Source | Continue reading
Chuck Thompson argues that the coming year will see distributed ledger tech arrive firmly on the radar of the regulators.Source | Continue reading
Ethereum classic (ETC) made a comeback this week, enjoying a surge in both price and hashrate after successive roadblocks.Source | Continue reading
Akin Fernandez gives a passionate overview of the cryptocurrency industry's year – 12 months that he says prove "there can be only one bitcoin".Source | Continue reading
Overstock's CEO marks the end of the first ever day of blockchain trading with an unusual offer to the SEC.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices repeatedly surpassed $780 on 16th December, fluctuating within a very close range of this price for several hours. Source | Continue reading
ABN Amro has begun a new blockchain pilot focused on real estate transactions.Source | Continue reading
In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, Bailey Reutzel takes aim at some of the dominant talking points in the bitcoin and blockchain space today.Source | Continue reading
How blockchain technology is impacting venture capital – and why that brings both cause for excitement and pause heading into 2017.Source | Continue reading
Zcash (ZEC) prices pushed closer to $40 on 15th December, extending their recent losses. Source | Continue reading
The first blockchain-based Series A has closed, and Overstock.com is on the verge of beginning trading on its blockchain platform.Source | Continue reading