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Consensus 2015: Santander Innovation Director to Discuss Blockchain Tech

Santander's head of research and development and innovation will speak about the Spanish megabank's work with blockchain tech at Consensus 2015.

Markets  ·  18 June 2015
Startups

Wences Casares: The Bitcoin-Obsessed Serial Entrepreneur

Wences Casares, serial entrepreneur and founder of bitcoin security company Xapo, tells CoinDesk why he is "obsessed" with bitcoin.

Business  ·  11 June 2015
Bitcoin

Consensus 2015: What the Internet Can Teach Blockchain Innovators

A pioneer in internet security will discuss lessons for digital currencies in the adoption of a protocol as a technical standard.

Business  ·  5 June 2015
Startups

Taringa’s Content Creation Surges Following Bitcoin Integration

The amount of content created on Taringa has risen by an average 40-50% since the company started tipping its content creators with bitcoin.

Business  ·  1 June 2015
News

Consensus 2015: DOJ’s Kathryn Haun to Discuss Blockchain Analysis and Silk Road Case

Kathryn Haun, Digital Currency Crimes Coordinator at the US Department of Justice, will discuss blockchain and transparency at Consensus 2015.

Business  ·  27 May 2015
Startups

Consensus 2015: Digital Gold and Wences Casares in the Spotlight

Hernán Botbol of Argentina's Taringa! social network is joining the Consensus 2015 lineup, which includes Nathaniel Popper and Wences Casares.

Business  ·  21 May 2015
News

Announcing Consensus 2015: A Summit on Digital Currencies and Blockchain Technologies

Digital currencies and blockchain technologies cut across numerous sectors, with the potential to impact everyone from the suits on Wall Street to the world’s unbanked. We want to drive the conversation forward by connecting the doers and thinkers in those sectors – global development and aid, civic technology, government and policy-making, financial services and more – with the technologists, entrepreneurs and investors […]

Business  ·  8 May 2015
Ripple Labs

Stellar’s Joyce Kim Talks the Launch, the Fork and the Future

Stellar Foundation co-founder Joyce Kim talks about the issues surrounding the distributed payment network and why developers see its potential.

Business  ·  21 December 2014