Lawmakers in Arizona’s legislature have unanimously advanced a bill that recognize blockchain signatures and smart contracts under state law.Source | Continue reading
US telecom Sprint is working on a new blockchain initiative focused on carrier applications. | Continue reading
Users of bitcoin exchanges and other online services are being warned to change their passwords in light of a bug tied to Cloudflare.Source | Continue reading
European regulators should embrace cryptocurrencies, the prime minister of Malta argued in a speech yesterday.Source | Continue reading
Representatives of the 'Big Four' global auditing firms were at New York's Fordham University yesterday to discuss blockchain in the capital markets.Source | Continue reading
Scotland's University of Edinburgh is partnering with blockchain startup IOHK on a new research lab dedicated to the technology.Source | Continue reading
The creator of a new ethereum project says his ambitious off-chain networks, done right, could enable more complex applications of the technology.Source | Continue reading
Ethereum, Digital Asset, R3, and more go head-to-head in this detailed blockchain study by Aite Group.Source | Continue reading
Many optimistic claims are made for applications of blockchain, but hyping the tech is not the best way forward, argues Sebastien Meunier.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin has broken through its all-time price high. | Continue reading
CoinScope, a tool that provides aggregated data about bitcoin nodes, has been made open source.Source | Continue reading
Hawaii's new 'bitcoin bill' passed a notable milestone this week.Source | Continue reading
Japan's Hitachi is working on a new blockchain test, one that explores how the tech could power its rewards points program.Source | Continue reading
Canada’s central bank said it’s willing to try out more blockchain prototypes, according to one of its senior officials.Source | Continue reading
Japanese banking group Mizuho announced today the completion of two new blockchain trials.Source | Continue reading
Decentralized storage startup Storj Labs announced today it has raised $3m in seed funding.Source | Continue reading
Authors of a new paper suggest a payment channel which reduces the maximum time taken by off chain transactions between multiple parties. | Continue reading
Zcash has published a new development roadmap, including details about a forthcoming upgrade dubbed 'Sapling'.Source | Continue reading
Blockchain IoT startup Filament has almost completed a fresh round of fundraising.Source | Continue reading
The price of bitcoin has surged overnight, closing to within $30 of an all-time high set back in 2013.Source | Continue reading
Zcash prices consistently traded below $30 during the 22nd February session, a first for the cryptocurrency.Source | Continue reading
The legal team behind the class action lawsuit against Cryptsy has launched a new site in a bid to locate potential claimants.Source | Continue reading
Danish police are claiming to have developed software for tracing bitcoin transactions that has led to successful drug convictions, according to local reports. As reported by Berlingske, a new toolkit has reportedly enabled law enforcement officials in Denmark to press forward in … | Continue reading
Legislators in West Virgina want to make it a felony to launder money with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. | Continue reading
Poland’s Financial Ombudsman has called on the country’s Ministry of Finance to regulate the cryptocurrency exchanges.Source | Continue reading
Two major European banks have released the initial results of a blockchain prototype focused on oil trading.Source | Continue reading
A new talk by ethereum's creator gave insight into the future of the world's second-largest public blockchain network.Source | Continue reading
Washington, DC-based non-profit research and advocacy group Coin Center has raised $1m from old and new supporters.Source | Continue reading
Peer-to-peer bitcoin loan market Bitbond has raised a further $1.2m from a group of angel investors.Source | Continue reading
With $6.7tn in assets under custody, Northern Trust has formally launched its first blockchain product with a little help from IBM.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices have been above $1,000 for more than a week, granting evidence that the currency has been building support at this level. Source | Continue reading
Blockstack has released a new blockchain explorer that gives a window into its budding bitcoin-powered internet product.Source | Continue reading
A lawmaker in California has proposed prohibiting the use of bitcoin and other digital currencies for private raffles.Source | Continue reading
Daimler AG, the parent company of luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz, has joined the Linux Foundation led Hyperledger project. The firm announced today that it had joined up with the initiative. Daimler is the second high-profile member to join Hyperledger this year. Late last month, … | Continue reading
Could the enterprise blockchain consortium use its own experimental technology to break away from the traditional top-down governance model?Source | Continue reading
CoinDesk Research has released its new 44-page research report on the intersection between blockchain tech and the insurance industry.Source | Continue reading
The EU Parliament’s in-house research office has published a new wide-ranging report on blockchain tech.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin continued to inch closer to annual highs set in early 2017 today, topping $1,100 for the first time since 5th January.Source | Continue reading
Swift plans hopes banks will sign up for its developing blockchain program after it issues criteria guidelines. | Continue reading
A new cryptocurrency prototype designed for machine-to-machine payments is set to debut in Spain next week.Source | Continue reading
It looks like we haven't seen the last of leaderless blockchain-based companies. Despite the spectacular demise of The DAO, developers are still excited about the concept of one day creating decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), automated companies operated by hard-coded … | Continue reading
The smart contracts hype is creating new operational challenges, according to blockchain consultant Olivier Rikken.Source | Continue reading
Japan, a relatively quiet and traditionally isolated market, is about to set a precedent that could change the cryptocurrency sector.Source | Continue reading
A new European Parliament proposal aims to prevent geo-blocking of consumers in the economic bloc, including users of digital currencies.Source | Continue reading
How bitcoin could drive the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, which are aimed to improve the prospects of everyone on the planet. | Continue reading
Everything you always wanted to know about bitcoin hashing, but were afraid to ask.Source | Continue reading
At day one of the developer-focused EDCON conference in Paris, France, attendees took different stances on the benefits of private blockchains.Source | Continue reading
Blockchain technology can't write songs or play instruments, but it might be able to ensure that those who do get the proper credit and compensation.Source | Continue reading