Wallet provider Blockchain has released data that indicates its users are complaining more about service disruptions amid increased network demand. | Continue reading
IT solutions firm Ghana Dot Com has launched a bitcoin mining facility it claims is the first in Africa. | Continue reading
CoinDesk contributor Dan Cawrey argues that the bitcoin ecosystem should embrace and encourage competition in its development community. | Continue reading
Payments startup Qiwi is pushing ahead on a cryptocurrency project despite an uncertain climate for the tech in Russia. | Continue reading
CoinDesk's flagship conference Consensus 2016 is now accepting applicants to our startup pitch competition. | Continue reading
German utility company RWE has partnered with Ethereum-based blockchain startup Slock.it to explore applications of the technology. | Continue reading
A top Australian blockchain lawyer speaks out against what he feels are actions by local banks and governments that restrict FinTech competition. | Continue reading
UBS's Alex Batlin discusses the future of decentralized applications and how they can resist centralizing forces. | Continue reading
A look at the challenges facing permissioned blockchains and their inability to deliver the efficiencies derived by the immutable record. | Continue reading
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has issued new comments criticizing the Bitcoin Core development team, reiterating his support for Bitcoin Classic. | Continue reading
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. While the bitcoin network’s capacity challenges have been generating substantial visibility, the digital currency enjoyed robust tr … | Continue reading
A New Jersey pastor and former credit union executive has been indicted for allegedly taking bribes tied to the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Coin.mx. | Continue reading
Bitcoin and blockchain technology were heralded as innovations by members of the US government at a conference this week. | Continue reading
Japan's national Diet proposed changes to current legislation today to include a definition for virtual currencies under domestic law. | Continue reading
CoinDesk speaks to 'Big Four' financial firm KPMG about its blockchain strategy and theses on the current industry market. | Continue reading
JPMorgan has unveiled a blockchain project dubbed Juno, presented this week at a meeting of the Hyperledger Project. | Continue reading
Guardtime is to deploy a blockchain system to secure over 1 million patient records within Estonia's eHealth programme. | Continue reading
CoinDesk analyzes the recent decrease in transaction capacity on the bitcoin network and its affect on bitcoin users. | Continue reading
Health care giant Philips has officially launched the Philips Blockchain Lab, a research and development center located in Amsterdam. | Continue reading
Germany’s top securities regulator has published a report that explores blockchain tech, offering early hints at how it views the technology. | Continue reading
A new report from Deloitte focuses on Israel's development into a 'blockchain hub', outlining 38 startups working in the space. | Continue reading
A consortium of financial institutions led by startup R3CEV has completed a trial of five different blockchain solutions. | Continue reading
High net-worth investors can now gain exposure to speculative bitcoin mining through what’s being billed as the world’s first "bitcoin mining fund". | Continue reading
CoinDesk profiles distributed ledger startup Ripple's recent market strategy for XRP, the digital asset, in the face of new competitors. | Continue reading
A European Parliament event in Brussels today saw experts and regulators discuss the potential for encoding oversight into blockchain applications. | Continue reading
Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent discussed the possibility of central bank-issued digital currencies today. | Continue reading
Visa has revealed it is seeking to hire a software engineer to help it create a "secure, scalable blockchain network". | Continue reading
Bitcoin startup Abra is one of five blockchain startups to be accepted into the latest FinTech incubator run by Plug and Play. | Continue reading
A new survey has revealed that the current buzz around blockchains is driving a focus on technological investment within the financial sector. | Continue reading
A legislator in Japan’s ruling political party has called for bitcoin purchases to be exempt from an 8% consumption tax, a regional news source says. | Continue reading
Bank of America has revealed it is working on a blockchain-based trial centered on trade finance. | Continue reading
BlockApps, a provider of Ethereum blockchain software for business, has become the first certified offering on Microsoft Azure's BaaS platform. | Continue reading
D+H executive Moti Porath tells CoinDesk about his firm's recent blockchain integration with its global payments hub. | Continue reading
A new report suggests that bitcoin wallet providers are not providing features that promote consumer privacy and financial independence. | Continue reading
Standard Chartered is moving ahead toward "full commercialization" with its blockchain trial for trade finance. | Continue reading
The Korea Exchange, South Korea’s lone securities exchange, is reportedly moving to create an over-the-counter trading platform using blockchain. | Continue reading
The Bank of Russia has set up a working group to investigate potential applications of blockchain technology within finance. | Continue reading
Sequoia Capital has predicted that the rise of blockchain technology could put a damper on earnings at MasterCard. | Continue reading
Artists are being inspired by bitcoin's mystery, but are they converting into digital currency users? | Continue reading
What tech challenges face the bitcoin Lightning Network? Jameson Lopp analyzes in this in-depth feature piece. | Continue reading
A look at how financial firms could benefit from the adoption of blockchain tech and some pitfalls to avoid along the way. | Continue reading
An expert examines the relationship between China's mainstream stock market, regulators and the digital currency ecosystem. | Continue reading
Court documents suggest that the controversial digital currency exchange Cryptsy was expected to fail weeks before it announced its insolvency. | Continue reading
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. Despite periods of volatility, the global bitcoin market remained calm this week, gaining 1% while fluctuating between $410 and $45 … | Continue reading
IT giant Intel is running an internal blockchain trial centered on a fantasy sports market. | Continue reading
Social tipping service ChangeTip has announced a new wallet service, citing demand from the bitcoin community. | Continue reading
OB1 CEO Brian Hoffman discusses the current infighting among bitcoin's developers and why he believes a change in thinking is needed. | Continue reading
The head of Australia’s top securities watchdog said earlier this month that blockchain technology will have “profound implications”. | Continue reading