A conversation about blockchain in capital markets highlighted the contrasting ways innovators are seeking to change financial systems.Source | Continue reading
The human cost of financial exclusion was the central focus of Money2020's first panel to focus on blockchain.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup Coins has raised $5m in funding from Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt's fund and incubators backed by local telcos.Source | Continue reading
Many banks are working on blockchain projects, but recent survey respondents expressed concerns about regulation and standards. Source | Continue reading
An industry observer's simulations of cryptocurrency index funds suggest bitcoin is hard to beat.Source | Continue reading
Medical blockchain startups are making the wrong pitches, say industry insiders.Source | Continue reading
Bitfinex is now seeking to strike a deal with the hacker who stole $65m in bitcoin from the exchange back in August. The latest twist in the ongoing story comes nearly three months after Bitfinex lost roughly 120,000 BTC in the breach. The exchange was offline for days before res … | Continue reading
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has developed tools for confidentially sharing documents via blockchain.Source | Continue reading
Following the departure of Alex Batlin, Swiss banking giant UBS has named a new head of blockchain.Source | Continue reading
Visa has announced new details about a business-to-business payments service developed in partnership with blockchain startup Chain.Source | Continue reading
IBM Japan is working with a local securities firm on a new blockchain pilot focused on developing the foundations for a bond trading system.Source | Continue reading
Perkins Coie has hired a former NYDFS counsel who worked on the state's BitLicense regulatory framework. Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin activity was quiet in September, characterized by lackluster trading activity and low volatility. Source | Continue reading
The Chinese government has released some of its first research findings on blockchain technology.Source | Continue reading
The future of bitcoin could be impacted by a mysterious new mining pool, one that has shown it's willing to go its own way on technical debates.Source | Continue reading
A judge for the Delaware Chancery Court has advocated for blockchain-based proxy voting as a means to put more power in the hands of shareholders.Source | Continue reading
Twelve members of blockchain consortium R3CEV has successfully tested a use case for Ripple's XRP cryptcurrency.Source | Continue reading
Two former bitcoin startup executives have joined the leadership team for Uphold, the digital money platform.Source | Continue reading
Five major European insurance and reinsurance companies have partnered on a new blockchain initiative.Source | Continue reading
Yesterday’s ethereum hard fork went according to plan, but the attacker has yet to be thwarted.Source | Continue reading
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (MUFG), the parent company of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, has begun work on a new blockchain trial.Source | Continue reading
CoinDesk is thrilled to welcome back Deloitte as a title sponsor for Consensus 2017, our third annual blockchain technology summit.Source | Continue reading
The US Federal Elections Committee is quietly debating whether to reclassify how it treats bitcoin donations.Source | Continue reading
Stock exchange giant Nasdaq discussed its vision for blockchain post-trade at an event in the UK last week.Source | Continue reading
Walmart and IBM are working together to help bring more transparency to China's massive pork industry.Source | Continue reading
State Street has been tapped to help launch the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).Source | Continue reading
While several implementations of the much-anticipated Lightning Network have emerged, new specifications could bridge these splintered projects.Source | Continue reading
A group of banks in Hong Kong are reportedly developing a system that uses blockchain tech to share information about mortgage valuations.Source | Continue reading
The leader of one of India’s biggest IT services firms said that his company is pursuing a wide range of potential blockchain applications.Source | Continue reading
The ECB said that digital currencies like bitcoin pose a potential threat to its ability to manage monetary policy. Source | Continue reading
Symbiont publicly launches its secretive Assembly blockchain along with newly revealed details about how it operates.Source | Continue reading
A startup aiming to bridge the worlds of blockchain tech and biometric security has raised $3m in new funding.Source | Continue reading
Axoni partners with JP Morgan and Credit Suisse to build a blockchain-based equity swaps processing prototype.Source | Continue reading
Optimism is high ahead of an ethereum network upgrade developers hope will solve "critical" network health issues.Source | Continue reading
Bitcoin Core developers are setting the launch pad for SegWit, a proposed solution to scaling the bitcoin network. Source | Continue reading
Two banks in India have reportedly partnered on a series of blockchain trials aimed at testing the waters for potential new services.Source | Continue reading
Digital Federal Credit Union has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the Washington, DC-based blockchain trade organization.Source | Continue reading
South Korea’s largest credit card company is set to use a blockchain identity solution developed by local bitcoin startup Coinplug.Source | Continue reading
A major securities exchange in Abu Dhabi has announced the launch of a blockchain-enabled voting system.Source | Continue reading
Russia's largest bank discusses the future of financial intermediaries, and how blockchain could impact today's established order.Source | Continue reading
A central divide in the blockchain industry is being mirrored in the startup cultures of two major cities.Source | Continue reading
Craig Pirrong takes a hard look at the hype surrounding blockchain technology and finds that it isn't necessarily justified.Source | Continue reading
William Mougayar argues that the traditional venture capital model is being quickly revolutionised by blockchain tech.Source | Continue reading
Marco Santori provides a basic primer on the state of US law as it applies to appcoins and ICOs.Source | Continue reading
The chief executive of Mercuria, one of the world’s largest commodities traders, is bullish on blockchain.Source | Continue reading
A Russian government agency focused on anti-trust regulation is testing blockchain to exchange and secure documents. Source | Continue reading
Russian payments firm QIWI has joined the R3 blockchain consortium.Source | Continue reading
ACI's new central bank blockchain prototype demonstrates the potential for distributed ledgers to change global banking infrastructures.Source | Continue reading