Distributed Ledger Technology

Crime

How Unsuspecting Homeowners Helped Hackers Mine 500 Million Dogecoins

Security flaws opened the door to a dogecoin mining scam that may have affected thousands.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 June 2014
Latin America

Latin America’s First Ripple Gateway Now Serving Seven Local Markets

Launched by e-payments provider AstroPay, Ripple LatAm will serve Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and more.

Tech  ·  12 June 2014
Regulation

Ripple Labs Joins Mainstream NACHA Financial Industry Alliance

Ripple Labs has been accepted into the NACHA Payments Innovation Alliance, a non-profit organization that oversees the ACH network.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 June 2014
XRP

Ripple Price Rebounds After CEO Pledges 7 Billion XRP Donation

Ripple CEO Chris Larsen has committed to donate large portion of the digital currency he owns to the underbanked.

Tech  ·  27 May 2014
XRP

Price of Ripple Plummets as Co-Founder Plans 9 Billion XRP Selloff

Jed McCaleb, co-founder of Ripple Labs, has announced the sale of his sizable stake in the platform's native currency.

Tech  ·  22 May 2014
Bitcoin

Could This Holy Bitcoin Trinity Revive Colored Coins?

Coinprism, Iridis, and ChromaWallet want to rekindle interest in colored coins, a year after it fizzled. Can they?

Tech  ·  20 May 2014
Mexico

Ripple Network Expands to Mexico With Addition of First Peso Issuer

Bitso's entry point into the Ripple network means it will be able to transfer pesos, US dollars and bitcoin.

Tech  ·  12 May 2014
Exchanges

Ripple Explained: Medieval Banking with a Digital Twist

Antony Lewis of itBit explains how the ripple digital currency and payment protocol works, so anyone can understand it.

Tech  ·  11 May 2014
Ripple Labs

Fidor Becomes First Bank to Use Ripple Payment Protocol

A German bank is the first mainstream financial institution to offer the Ripple network's payment features to its customers.

Tech  ·  5 May 2014
Exchanges

What Really Happens Inside a Bitcoin Audit

CoinDesk discovers how to audit a bitcoin exchange, who can do it, and what can be proven.

Business  ·  2 May 2014
Bitcoin

Ripple Labs’ Grand Plan to Build a Global Payment Protocol

Ripple wants to build the best global payment protocol, and it needs talented people in order to do that.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 April 2014
Ripple Labs

Professor Susan Athey Tapped for Ripple Board of Directors

Athey joined the board of directors at Ripple this week, after previously serving as the company's advisor.

Business  ·  9 April 2014
Exchanges

Rising Stars of Bitcoin Set Ambitious Goals for 2014

BitPay, Blockchain, Coinbase and Ripple are thinking big when setting goals for their operations in 2014 and beyond.

Business  ·  26 March 2014
Ripple Labs

Ripple Courts Developers, Entrepreneurs With New Initiatives

Ripple is on the lookout for developers and entrepreneurs, hoping to attract third-party support for its payments protocol.

Business  ·  5 March 2014
Ethereum

Ethereum Launches ‘Cryptocurrency 2.0’ Network

Ethereum is no altcoin; it is an operating system for altcoins, say developers.

Tech  ·  23 January 2014