South Africa startup Wala is using microraiden for high volume, low-value, off-chain ethereum transactions. And people are using it in the thousands.
It's debatable whether investing in a range of coins limits downside as Markowitz's MPT framework would suggest, but it might help capture upside.
Rather than simply an expedient way for porn performers and other sex workers to get paid, crypto has become a part of their retirement savings plan.
Dapps have not achieved anything like the userbases of centralized applications, but a few have made a promising start.
Several leading institutions are working towards producing tokenized digital central bank money, a more viable approach than unbacked crypto-assets.
Ethereum uses transparency as part of its security but potential problems with data exposure are now being addressed.
At a vote of the coalition launching EOS last night, process troubles and a visit by the software's creator seemed to cause the latest delay.
A platform for managing token sales, spun out of the famed investment platform AngelList, has raised funds from a notable cast of investors.
At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with a 51% attack, a vulnerability users used to scoff at.
CryptoKitties meets Pokemon Go? That's FOAM's initial goal, but the team thinks its decentralized location-tracking tech has more serious potential.
There are now two EOS blockchains being tested by rival groups. And while that might be worrisome, the groups say they'll work together in the end.
Three years after Ripple shelved Codius, Stefan Thomas is bringing the smart contract platform back to life with his eyes set on disrupting Ethereum.
No, it's not a "race to the bottom." Reputable token issuers seek jurisdictional quality and clarity, and they're not finding it in the U.S.
Less than a year since Casper was formalized, ethereum clients are starting to test a smart contract for the network's big consensus change.
Blockchains should do for the global value chain what shipping containers did for transport of goods, says HSBC trade finance expert Vinay Mendonca.