Ping An, the Chinese insurance giant that built the eTradeConnect blockchain, is modifying the platform to give its 12 participating banks more control over customer relationships.
Recent OFAC actions are just the first step in crypto sanctions enforcement, write attorneys Beau Barnes and Jake Chervinsky.
State Street bank says there's no sense of urgency yet from clients for it to move into safeguarding crypto assets.
Silvergate Bank CEO Alan Lane shared his approach to serving the cryptocurrency industry with bankers at the Block FS conference.
The price of bitcoin is on its way to recording its worst monthly performance since August of 2011.
New sanctions from the US government are driving Iranian bitcoin users to pursue more secure and private wallet solutions.
ConsenSys Labs has led a $2.1 million seed round for AZTEC, a startup working to make ethereum transactions private.
Coinbase Ventures, DCG and others have provided $4.5 million in funding for an analytics startup that wants investors to think beyond market cap.
Since raising $6 million in a 2017 ICO, porn startup SpankChain has differentiated itself by actually delivering a crypto-powered platform with users.
Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, is building a privacy-focused cryptographic payments system, but says it's not a cryptocurrency.
The SEC's focus on crypto exchanges may disrupt some business models, add compliance and paperwork costs, and perhaps trigger a sector concentration.
The Lightning Network is already powering a real blogging platform with bitcoin micropayments.
There is less than $5 billion of global capacity to insure crypto wallets held in custody. Coinbase has secured a significant chunk of that.
More than a potential competition between blockchain platforms, tensions between IBM and Intel point to bigger questions around governance.
Institutional investors must set aside dollar-centric valuation models and recognize that value is a different concept in the crypto world.