Brave Software responds to a cease-and-desist letter it received from a newspaper association about its ad-blocking software. | Continue reading
Techn giant Intel unveiled a new experimental distributed ledger platform dubbed "Sawtooth Lake" at a Hyperledger meeting today. | Continue reading
A new research paper explores the role the Internet has played in allowing private forms of money like bitcoin to compete against fiat alternatives. | Continue reading
Consortium startup R3CEV took steps to highlight its more experimental internal work with shared ledgers this week. Here are nine big takeaways. | Continue reading
The operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been working with a Japanese think tank as part of a months-long exploration of blockchain technology. | Continue reading
Credit default swaps and blockchain capabilities come together in a successful test announced by the DTCC, J.P. Morgan, Markit, and others. | Continue reading
Bitcoin Core, the volunteer community that develops the open-source bitcoin software, has announced a new sponsorship program. | Continue reading
The open-source peer-to-peer marketplace software OpenBazaar is now live, marking a major milestone for the long-running project. | Continue reading
Bitcoin wallet startup Circle has been granted an electronic money license from a top UK financial regulator. | Continue reading
R3 is building a blockchain platform designed to work without a central controller while still working with banks and regulators. | Continue reading
Blockstream has hired online security pioneer Christopher Allen as its standards and identity practice specialist. | Continue reading
In this opinion piece, blockchain investor William Mougayar explores how regulation could impact clearing and settlement. | Continue reading
IBM Watson is currently trying to merge artificial intelligence and the blockchain into a single, powerful prototype. | Continue reading
Bitcoin trading platform ZeroBlock is closing down on Thursday, according to a notice posted to the service’s website. | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup BitPagos is now giving its wallet users access to credit lines in a bid to boost e-commerce spending. | Continue reading
Delaware Governor Jack Markell will deliver the opening keynote for Consensus 2016, in which he will unveil the "The Delaware Blockchain Initiative". | Continue reading
One of Ireland’s “Big Four” banks has recently completed a blockchain trial centered on trade reporting. | Continue reading
Red Hat announced its first blockchain initiative today, an effort aimed at assisting financial firms as they embark on tech trials. | Continue reading
A subsidiary of BNP Paribas Group has launched a blockchain tech initiative centered on the crowdfunding of private securities. | Continue reading
CoinDesk recaps the DTCC's first Blockchain Symposium, an all-day event held in New York last week. | Continue reading
The developers of OpenBazaar, the decentralized marketplace protocol, have released the first live version of the software. | Continue reading
A Florida court has frozen the assets of the digital currency exchange Cryptsy and placed it under the control of a receiver. | Continue reading
Steptoe & Johnson partner Jason Weinstein argues that, despite perception, blockchain tech benefits law enforcement agents more than criminals. | Continue reading
After a series of experiment's Microsoft today announced a strategic partnership with R3CEV, a consortium of 42 global banks. | Continue reading
One-time bitcoin derivatives startup Hedgy is now positioning itself as a blockchain applications development specialist. | Continue reading
Bitwala has raised €800,000 (about $910,000) to expand its online bitcoin payment service. | Continue reading
The owner of a cryptocurrency wallet recovery service is seeing increased business following the launch of Ethereum's blockchain. | Continue reading
Markit VP and blockchain leader Jeffrey Billingham examines the challenge of building a long-term framework for the technology in financial services. | Continue reading
CoinDesk contributor Martin Hagelstrom talks about the word 'blockchain' and what the impact of this word means for the industry. | Continue reading
In this opinion piece, the challenges of blockchain-based smart contracts are explored. | Continue reading
Caribbean digital currency exchange Bitt has received $4m in new funding from online retailer Overstock. | Continue reading
The price of bitcoin experienced relative price stability and consistent volume during the seven days through 1st April. | Continue reading
The Kialara has fast become one of bitcoin's key collectibles, but it also raises questions about the value of art. | Continue reading
The chair of the SEC last night spoke out publicly on the Federal regulatory agency's current and future plans for potential blockchain controls. | Continue reading
A temporary solution to the ongoing text size debate has been reached, CoinDesk has learned. | Continue reading
Industry leaders speak out about the great 'text size' debate embroiling leading industry news source CoinDesk. | Continue reading
CoinDesk's news blockchain is experiencing technical difficulties. | Continue reading
A research consultant for Canada's central bank has published a paper that envisions a world with a monetary standard based on bitcoin. | Continue reading
The headquarters of Brooklyn-based ConsenSys, don't look like your typical financial sector offices. Check out this rare behind-the-scenes tour. | Continue reading
The US Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is looking to establish a framework for regulating financial technologies like blockchain. | Continue reading
Coincheck, CHBTC, Korbit and Quoine are among a new group of exchanges that have added support for Ethereum's digital currency ether. | Continue reading
Interpol conducted a war game scenario last week that centered on discovering the identity of a blackmailer demanding a bitcoin ransom. | Continue reading
The Financial Stability Board reviewed distributed ledger technology as part of a meeting to set its 2016 priorities this week. | Continue reading
A platform for developing enterprise blockchain applications has raised €600,000 in seed funding. | Continue reading
Millions of Microsoft developers are now able to build decentralized applications using the Ethereum blockchain thanks to a collaboration between the software giant and Consensys, announced today. By building Ethereum’s Solidity programming language for writing smart contracts di … | Continue reading
Bitcoin exchange Cointrader has announced that it is shutting down following what it claimed was a debilitating hack. | Continue reading
DTCC CEO Michael Bodson asked Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters yesterday for advice on how his company should respond to blockchain tech. | Continue reading
Nominations are now open for the 2016 Blockchain Awards to be held as part of the first Coin Center Annual Dinner. | Continue reading