Banking

Ethereum

Striking Twice? Lightning’s Joseph Poon Takes On Ethereum Exchange Project

Lightning's Joseph Poon is now building an ethereum-based decentralized exchange in an effort to eliminate third parties from trades.

Business  ·  10 June 2017
Ethereum

Headwinds or Tailwinds? How US Tax Reform Could Impact Bitcoin’s Price

Are headwinds or tailwinds for bitcoin's price in store? That depends on Washington's ability to reform corporate tax.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 June 2017
Banking

Colu Open-Sources Protocol to Help Central Banks Issue Digital Currencies

Colu is open-sourcing its banking infrastructure known as Bankbox and becoming "blockchain agnostic" to ease adoption among cryptocurrency issuers.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 June 2017
Litecoin

Interoperability Boost: Ripple Sends Blockchain Transaction Across 7 Ledgers

Ripple has open-sourced a bitcoin plug-in, making the biggest cryptocurrency interoperable with other ledgers. Litecoin could be next.

Business  ·  2 June 2017
Russia

Russia’s Vnesheconombank Reveals Blockchain Product Strategy

A state-owned development bank in Russia has revealed its plans for launching products built around blockchain.

Business  ·  1 June 2017
India

India’s ‘BankChain’ Consortium Launches Blockchain KYC System

A blockchain consortium in India centered around banking applications has unveiled a new system for sharing information about customers.

Business  ·  30 May 2017
Banking

Fresh Off Funding, R3 Moves Corda Toward Critical Pilot

With over $100m in funding, distributed ledger consortium R3 is setting its sights on moving critical projects to pilot.

Business  ·  30 May 2017
Banking

How a Tiny Island Could Give Cryptocurrency a Big Boost

CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson discusses how efforts in the Caribbean to harness public blockchain tech could lead to regional transformation.

Business  ·  30 May 2017
Europe

Spanish Banks Form New Blockchain Consortium

A group of Spanish banks have formed a new consortium to investigate blockchain technology applications.

Business  ·  26 May 2017
Banking

Consensus 2017: Blockchain Consortia in A Rapidly Changing Market

A sense of realism came through in a series of workshops sponsored by distributed ledger consortium R3 during CoinDesk's Consensus 2017 conference.

Business  ·  24 May 2017
Regulation

Consensus 2017 Day 2 Recap: Finding Blockchain’s Common Ground

CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson recaps the second day of Consensus 2017, CoinDesk's New York blockchain conference.

Business  ·  24 May 2017
Banking

Bitt Reveals Big Plans for Cross-Caribbean Blockchain Settlement Network

A new partnership could be step one in a larger bid to unite some of the Caribbean's biggest financial institutions with blockchain tech.

Business  ·  23 May 2017
Investments

Distributed Ledger Consortium R3 Closes Record $107 Million Funding Round

Global banking consortium R3 has closed an investment round larger than $100 million, the biggest round in distributed ledger history.

Business  ·  23 May 2017
Banking

JPMorgan Partners With Zcash on Blockchain Security

JPMorgan has partnered with the makers of zcash to provide a new layer of privacy to the users of its enterprise-grade blockchain.

Business  ·  22 May 2017
Bitcoin

Banks Offering Cryptocurrency Services? A New Reality Is Arriving

Skandiabanken customers can now link bitcoin holdings to bank accounts, a signal cryptocurrency is finding its place in the broader fintech arena.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 May 2017