Marketing expert Jeremy Epstein discusses the importance of the brand for blockchain startups in this open letter to the industry.Source | Continue reading
Three music associations have teamed up with IBM to create a blockchain solution aimed to protect the intellectual property of artists.Source | Continue reading
A new blockchain voting prototype built by the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange has been constructed using code from the Hyperledger project.Source | Continue reading
One of the industry's largest mining chip manufacturers is weighing in on new controversy surrounding how miners engage with the network.Source | Continue reading
Litecoin's price rally continues as the cryptocurrency approaches the support needed to activate SegWit. Source | Continue reading
A new allegation from a high-profile bitcoin developer has once again stoked the fire of its scaling debate.Source | Continue reading
Tech giant Samsung today unveiled its Nexledger blockchain platform, alongside a technology it could soon use to serve industry consortia. | Continue reading
In Malta this week, researchers revealed a proposal for secure blockchain voting that involves no third party for privacy or tallying votes.Source | Continue reading
Is XRP's recent price rally the result of Ripple's recent progress or 'pump and dump' traders? Ripple's CEO weighs in.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup bitFlyer has inked a new merchant deal with a major Japanese electronics provider.Source | Continue reading
Intel has revealed a solution for tracking the supply chain of fish using its Sawtooth Lake blockchain platform.Source | Continue reading
Early bitcoin entrepreneur Alex Waters looks back at the early days of what would become the network's escalating mining arms race.Source | Continue reading
The litecoin network appears to be on the cusp of enacting a technical upgrade that would boost the capacity of its network.Source | Continue reading
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia became the latest arm of the US central bank to discuss the impact of blockchain this week. | Continue reading
The land registrar offices of two Brazilian municipalities are now experimenting with blockchain tech.Source | Continue reading
A developer conference in Malta this week saw researchers present new ideas for how blockchains could be built and deployed. | Continue reading
In a new report, bank consortium R3 compares two competing concepts for moving fiat currency to a blockchain or distributed ledger.Source | Continue reading
An ethereum-based prediction market project called Gnosis is moving forward toward its public debut.Source | Continue reading
As the bitcoin scaling debate drags on, patterns are emerging that yield interesting insights into technical exploration on the network.Source | Continue reading
Venture firm Blockchain Capital has released new details about a forthcoming token sale aimed to raise money for its new startup fund. | Continue reading
A blockchain cross-border startup has acquired one of its competitors as part of an undisclosed deal.Source | Continue reading
A government agency in Poland has put in a place best practices documentation in a bid to help the blockchain industry better self-regulate.Source | Continue reading
Zcash became one of the 10 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap today, a first in the blockchain network's short history.Source | Continue reading
A notable cryptocurrency case could advance to court as soon as early 2018.Source | Continue reading
CoinDesk is excited to announce a new series in which notable individuals look back on some of the biggest moments in bitcoin's near 10-year history. Source | Continue reading
In the first of our "Bitcoin Milestones" series, Roger Ver recalls his discovery of bitcoin and his excitement when its price first rose above $1.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin ransomware threats last year meant many US government agencies were wary of blockchain, but the health department took a different view.Source | Continue reading
Should incentives in blockchain systems be a last resort? The developer of the Algorand proof-of-stake system thinks so, but other experts disagree.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup Purse is spearheading work on a new solution it believes could break the network's long-simmering scaling gridlock. In a new blog post issued today, Purse has released a specification that includes demo functionality and code for upgrading its bitcoin software imp … | Continue reading
Bitfinex has announced it has bought back all outstanding investor liabilities resulting from a hack on its platform nearly six months ago.Source | Continue reading
A controversial bitcoin scaling solution is seeing increased interest on another alternative blockchain network.Source | Continue reading
A new proposal seeks to combine two solutions to bitcoin's block size debate into one compromise to move the network forward.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup Blockstream has unveiled new technology for shielding the details of transactions on a blockchain.Source | Continue reading
A subsidiary of controversial China-based mining firm Bitmain is launching a new pool today, one that is seeking to sidestep the scaling debate.Source | Continue reading
A previously announced asset manager consortium is moving slowly to market with a blockchain technology solution. | Continue reading
Global stockholder communication platform Broadridge is now building two blockchain-based proxy voting solutions, along with several other apps.Source | Continue reading
A Nordic country known for its friendliness and stoicism may be about to show us the importance of trust.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices have surged today, rising over 3% overall since the start of trading and at one stage topping $1,141.Source | Continue reading
Cryptocurrencies are becoming a notable hobby for exchange traders, even as their businesses struggle to understand applications of the tech.Source | Continue reading
Why some researchers from Cornell's Institute for CryptoCurrencies & Contracts (IC3) are working to improve permissioned blockchain implementations.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin or gold? Picking one over the other as a long-term bet isn't easy, according to a suite of analysts.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices surpassed those of gold earlier this month, but the digital asset failed to maintain this position for long, data reveals.Source | Continue reading
A federal lawsuit filed by investors in a US-based bitcoin mining operation is moving ahead after months of little movement.Source | Continue reading
Media sources in India reported that the government had been deemed illegal, causing a stir that ultimately proved to be overblown.Source | Continue reading
The price of XRP, the cryptocurrency underlying the Ripple network, hit a two-year high earlier today.Source | Continue reading
A bill in Arizona that recognizes blockchain signatures and smart contracts has officially become state law.Source | Continue reading
Japan is set to begin recognizing bitcoin as a legal method of payment starting tomorrow. | Continue reading
A group of international banks is reportedly planning the 2018 launch of cross-border payment services backed by blockchain.Source | Continue reading