Bitcoin Marketplace Purse Takes Page From Etsy in Expansion

Bitcoin startup Purse has expanded its online marketplace in a move that now allows a wider range of buyers and sellers to connect on the platform. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

CFTC Commissioner: Agency Should Revisit Rules for Distributed Ledgers

CFTC's J Christopher Giancarlo said today that he believes his agency should reexamine existing rules for distributed ledger technology. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Blockstream Among 10 New Firms to Join Hyperledger Blockchain Project

Bitcoin development startup Blockstream is among 10 firms that have joined the Hyperledger blockchain project. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Undervalued By Over $200, Investment Bank Report Finds

A comparison of bitcoin investment to gold investment lead investment bank, Needham, to price the cryptocurrency at more than 50% its current value. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

DTCC CEO Pledges Future Blockchain Trials at Technology Symposium

DTCC CEO Mike Bodson spoke today at the firm's one-day Blockchain Symposium, held in New York. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

MIT Digital Currency Initiative Announces $100k in Diversity and Inclusion Scholarships for Consensus 2016

The MIT Digital Currency Initiative has announced more than $100,000 in diversity scholarships for Consensus 2016. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

DTCC to Use Digital Asset Tech for Blockchain Post-Trade Trial

The DTCC has announced it will test a distributed ledger solution for managing repurchase (repo) agreements. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Blockchain Smart Contracts Startup Selected By BNP Paribas Accelerator

Blockchain startup CommonAccord is one of eight startups selected for BNP Paribas' new FinTech accelerator, L’Atelier. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Fred Wilson, Reid Hoffman Back MIT's $900k Bitcoin Developer Fund

Bitcoin's Core Developers will benefit from a $900k fund from Fred Wilson, Reid Hoffman, Circle, Nasdaq and others organized by MIT. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

FSA Official: Asia Should Have Competitive Edge in Blockchain Tech

A representative of Japan’s Financial Services Agency has argued Asia should emerge as a leader in blockchain technology. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

IEEE to Talk Blockchain at Cloud Computing Oxford-Con

An Oxford University event for computing professionals will explore applications for blockchain tech in cloud computing. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Coinkite Drops Consumer Wallet for Enterprise Bitcoin Hardware Pivot

Coinkite has announced it is winding down its web wallet in an effort to focus on enterprise hardware products. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Why Bitcoin’s Bad Reputation is in the Eye of the Beholder

In this opinion piece, a bitcoin industry founder seeks to unpack the digital currency's lingering reputation issues. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Central Planning of Digital Money

Bitcoin security expert Kristov Atlas discusses the network's ongoing block size debate and the role of economics in this discussion. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin and Blockchain Startups Not Immune From Selective Investors

As investment in FinTech continues to rise, investors are becoming more selective with startups, including those focused on bitcoin and blockchain. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Uncertainty Surrounds Autonomous Organization Founders

An Ethereum startup founder discusses challenges facing next-generation technology applications for autonomous blockchain-based companies. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

1,000 Bitcoin Wallets Won't Replace One Financial Revolution

TechCrunch editor and Freemit CEO John Biggs argues that the bitcoin community has become complacent in its quest for financial change. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Prices Steady As Subsidy Halving Inches Closer

Markets Weekly is a weekly column analyzing price movements in the global digital currency markets, and the technology's use case as an asset class. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Hyperledger On the Verge of Merging Blockchain Code from IBM, Digital Asset

Hyperledger today announced it successful created linked code from Digital Asset, IBM, and Blockstream. But that's just the beginning. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Behind the Scenes at the Launch of a New Blockchain Consortium

A little-known blockchain company, Domus Tower, revealed plans to form a consortium to implement technology they say runs 1m transactions per second. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

World Economic Forum Gears Up for Hands-On Blockchain Research in 2016

CoinDesk profiles the World Economic Foundation and its ongoing blockchain technology research. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Dutch Central Bank to Create Prototype Blockchain-Based Currency

The Dutch central bank has committed to developing an internal blockchain prototype dubbed “DNBCoin”. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

New York Fed Report Highlights Bitcoin Market Discrepancies

Federal Reserve analysts have published findings they say show bitcoin exchange fees discourage arbitrage and make bitcoin a worse store of value. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Vitalik Buterin Previews Ethereum's Path Forward at Coinbase HQ

Ethereum investor Vitalik Buterin gave a presentation at the headquarters of San Francisco bitcoin startup Coinbase this week. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

French Legislators Highlight Blockchain Tech at National Assembly Event

France’s legislature, the National Assembly, is holding a blockchain symposium today. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Why Chronicled Believes Sneakers Could Be Blockchain’s Big Market

Fresh off more than $3m in funding, Chronicled CEO Ryan Orr talks about his startup and its go-market strategy. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Commerzbank: Future of Bitcoin is an 'Open Question'

Blockchain technology constitutes a "genuine revolution" in how decentralized systems are run, Commerzbank said in a March report. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

ASX Affirms Blockchain Support Following CEO Departure

ASX remains committed to its plans for potential blockchain integration even after the man who helped lead the project resigned. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

BitGo Engineers Launch Ethereum Wallet Side Project

A group of software engineers at bitcoin security specialist BitGo have created a multi-sig wallet offering amid escalating interest in the platform. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Dubai Government Looks to Blockchain Amid Drive Toward 'Smart Cities'

CoinDesk speaks to Noah Raford a key driver of Dubai's Museum of the Future initiative, which recently unveiled its support for blockchain tech. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

German Tech Magazine t3n Trials Employee Bitcoin Payroll

German tech magazine t3n has announced it will allow employees to receive a portion of their salary in bitcoin. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

2017 or 2025? Securities Firms Debate Timeline for Industry-Grade Blockchain

Major financial institutions discussed blockchain technology and its applications at a securities trade industry conference in Boston this week. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Roger Ver Issues $100k Bitcoin Bounty for Bernie Sanders Debate

Roger Ver has offered presidential candidate Bernie Sanders $100,000 in bitcoin if he agrees to a debate on patriotism. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Doubt Cast on ASX Blockchain Trial as CEO Resigns

The ASX CEO who championed the company’s adoption of blockchain tech has resigned, prompting questions about its blockchain work. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Startups Eye Ethereum As Platform's Profile Grows

CoinDesk explores why bitcoin industry businesses are increasingly demonstrating an interest in the alternative blockchain platform Ethereum. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Remains Most Popular Digital Currency on Dark Web

Department of War Studies professors have published results of their deep dive into the Tor network. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

DTCC Open to Business Model Changes in Face of Blockchain Disruption

The company that last year processed $1.6 quadrillion in securities reveals its plans to research blockchain technology. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Rootstock Raises $1 Million to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

RSK Labs has raised $1m in funding to support the development of a smart contracts platform that would be built on the bitcoin blockchain. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Australian Government Seeks End to Double Taxation of Bitcoin

The Australian government announced its commitment today to seek a legislative solution to tax questions surrounding bitcoin. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Elliptic Raises $5 Million to Expand Bitcoin Surveillance Tools

Bitcoin surveillance startup Elliptic has raised $5m in Series A funding in a round that involved a private equity firm with US defense connections. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

How to Sue A Decentralized Autonomous Organization

In this opinion piece, Stephen D Palley discusses the potential legal liabilities facing those who run distributed autonomous organizations. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

State Regulation Changes the Game for Bitcoin Sellers in New Hampshire

A look at a recent legislative update in New Hampshire that classifies bitcoin sellers as money transmitters. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

How Washington State Became a Battleground for Bitcoin Mining

A long-running debate over power costs between bitcoin miners and a local power utility is escalating in Washington state. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Prices Stable As Volatile Ethereum Draws Trader Interest

Bitcoin prices traded largely between $410 and $420 during the week between 11th March and 18th March, as 30m BTC was traded on exchanges globally. The digital currency’s price movements were largely subdued, starting the week out at $416.24 on 11th March at 12:00 UTC before surp … | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Why Fragmentation Threatens the Promise of Blockchain Identity

William Mougayar is a Toronto-based entrepreneur, investor and independent scholar. He is the General Partner at Virtual Capital Ventures. Here, he discusses the consumer, business and ethical challenges facing blockchain entrepreneurs seeking to innovate with identity applicatio … | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Forbes Cover CEO Ola Doudin Talks Building Bitcoin Support in Dubai

CoinDesk profiles entrepreneur Ola Doudin who has emerged as a 'bitcoin pioneer' in the Middle East as the CEO of bitcoin startup BitOasis. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Family Offices See Legitimacy in Securitized Bitcoin Investments

Investors with over $1t in assets have gathered to judge if bitcoin is ready to be recognized as a mainstream asset class. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago

Bitcoin Trading Platform BitQuick Offline After Server Attack

Bitcoin trading platform BitQuick was the target of a cyberattack this week that temporarily resulted in unauthorized access to its server. | Continue reading


@CoinDesk | 8 years ago