Consensus 2015

CoinDesk Events

$5,000 Up For Grabs at CoinDesk’s Makeathon

CoinDesk is now accepting applications for the Consensus 2015 Makeathon, which seeks to find fresh new use-cases for blockchain technology.

Business  ·  22 July 2015
Events

Gates Foundation’s Kosta Peric on Blockchain Tech and the Unbanked

CoinDesk speaks to Kosta Peric about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's exploration of the blockchain, financial inclusion and more.

Business  ·  18 July 2015
News

For 24 Hours Only: A Special Deal For Our Readers

We're exactly 55 days away from Consensus 2015, So we're putting a limited batch of tickets on sale at 2-for-1 prices.

Business  ·  17 July 2015
News

Citi to Discuss Blockchain Tech Potential at Consensus 2015

Citi to discuss its plans for blockchain technology and digital currency at CoinDesk's Consensus 2015 conference in September.

Business  ·  10 July 2015
Exchanges

Ex-Coinbase Compliance Exec: Basic Questions Still Hold Back Bitcoin

CoinDesk speaks to ex-Coinbase CCO Martine Niejadlik regarding the state of compliance and regulation in the digital currency industry.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 June 2015
Africa

Ben Parker: Bitcoin Has Potential in Fragile States

Ben Parker, co-founder of IRIN, a humanitarian news service spoke to CoinDesk about bitcoin's potential in fragile states.

Markets  ·  20 June 2015
News

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
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