As the state of New York works to distribute its energy grid one company, Transactive Grid, hopes to be its blockchain-based payments network. | Continue reading
ShapeShift has published new details about recent digital currency thefts from the online exchange following an investigation. | Continue reading
Barclays demonstrated a smart contract platform built on Corda, R3's new distributed ledger project, in London today. | Continue reading
Poland's Ministry of Digital Affairs has issued a statement on how bitcoin and the blockchain could help digitize government services. | Continue reading
Is it too early to be thinking about blockchain standards? Investor William Mougayar argues the answer is yes. | Continue reading
Technology analyst Steve Ehrlich discusses blockchain tech from the perspective of regulators tasked with ensuring global data protection. | Continue reading
Coin Sciences CEO Gideon Greenspan attacks common misconceptions that he argues are contributing to outlandish expectations for smart contracts. | Continue reading
Who needs turing complete smart contracts? The answer, says Counterparty community director Chris DeRose, may very well turn out to be "No one". | Continue reading
In this opinion piece, entrepreneur John Rampton recalls the lessons he learned when trying to apply blockchain solutions to his startup. | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices fluctuated largely within a tight range, while the value of ether, the token on the ethereum blockchain, saw a sharp price reduction. | Continue reading
Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM, ConsenSys, Tierion and are teaming up to sponsor the "Building Blocks" Hackathon at Consensus 2016. | Continue reading
A member of the US Federal Reserve's board of governors issued new remarks this week on the potential of blockchain technology. | Continue reading
A bitcoin-based blockchain wallet application developed by LHV Bank has won the Estonian Banking Association’s 2016 Innovation Award. | Continue reading
Coin Center and Blockchain have announced the finalists for the 2016 Blockchain Awards, to be held at Consensus 2016. | Continue reading
R3CEV's top lawyer talks about 8 proof-of-concepts in the works. But the areas he focused on won't necessarily be replaced by the technology. | Continue reading
Beijing-based mining giant Bitmain has invested $1.6m in bitcoin data and trading services provider BitKan. | Continue reading
DTCC's CEO remarked in a new shareholder letter that the company seeks a leadership role in the development of blockchain tech. | Continue reading
Travel giant AirBnB has indicated it does not have any plans to incorporate bitcoin into its products or services. | Continue reading
Digital currency exchange ShapeShift says it now believes that a hacking incident announced last week involved a former employee. | Continue reading
CoinDesk looks at the ten major stock and commodities exchanges working on blockchain projects and proofs-of-concept. | Continue reading
The president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco gave a speech on financial technology earlier this week. | Continue reading
The FDIC and three state-level regulators discussed blockchain technology at a panel today centered on the future of US regulation. | Continue reading
A new investment fund is seeking to raise as much as $100m over the next two years to fuel investments in the blockchain space. | Continue reading
The head of interest rate and credit models at Banca IMI has penned a new paper on blockchain tech. | Continue reading
Could blockchain help increase the transparency of offshore trusts? Open University lecturer Robert Herian explores in this opinion piece. | Continue reading
Australia’s securities regulator has suggested it cannot yet intervene in a dispute involving bitcoin service Igot and unhappy customers. | Continue reading
A number of employees from the company behind bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip have reportedly been hired by travel accommodations startup AirBnB. | Continue reading
The Estonian Supreme Court has ruled in favor of new restrictions on bitcoin trading in the wake of a lawsuit filed by a bitcoin broker. | Continue reading
A CFTC commissioner said today he believes blockchain tech has already proved itself in the market through testing. | Continue reading
Industry commentators weigh in on the impact of Circle's new e-money license in the UK. | Continue reading
Coinalytics announced it has rebranded as Skry, unveiled a new logo, and hired a former architect at IBM Watson and AI expert. | Continue reading
Global interest groups focused on bitcoin, blockchain and digital asset-related issues have come together to create a new business forum. | Continue reading
Blockchain startup Chain has inked a new deal with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG). | Continue reading
Ripple has hired SWIFT board member Marcus Treacher as its global head of strategic accounts. | Continue reading
Banking consortium R3 discusses the implementation strategy behind its forthcoming distributed ledger tech Corda. | Continue reading
The Ethereum blockchain is being used by Transactive Grid to log energy created by solar panels so that it can be sold to connected neighbors. | Continue reading
In a letter to shareholders, Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has announced that he will take a medical leave of absence. | Continue reading
How close are smart contracts to impacting law? Blockchain legal expert Josh Stark explores in this opinion piece. | Continue reading
Bitcoin or Ethereum? One decentralized protocol developer discusses why he is sticking with bitcoin over a new alternative. | Continue reading
The recent purchase of a Tesla 3 with bitcoin is the catalyst for this story about how far bitcoin has come since the days of pizzas and Alpaca socks. | Continue reading
Today the cryptocurrency space is evolving at a fast pace and it can be difficult to see the direction in which it's headed. By examining the decades of work that led to this point, we can understand the motivations behind the movement that spawned bitcoin and share its vision fo … | Continue reading
Digital currency exchange service ShapeShift is offline after a security incident earlier this week. | Continue reading
Volumes in the bitcoin markets declined amid price stability that some traders indicate is scaring away business. | Continue reading
The Libertarian Party of Texas will log the results of its ballot initiatives on three separate blockchains implemented by Blockchain Technology Corp. | Continue reading
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is set to discuss blockchain tech at a policy meeting early next month. | Continue reading
Distributed file storage startup Storj Labs is the latest blockchain service provider to join Microsoft’s blockchain offering. | Continue reading
BNP Paribas is choosing to begin its public experiments with blockchain tech by pursuing one of its less discussed use cases – crowdfunding. | Continue reading
Bitcoin company itBit has ceased operation in Texas, once thought of as one of the most bitcoin friendly states in the United States. | Continue reading