Infrastructure

Swiss Tech Firm Metaco Taps Blockchain Think Tank to Bolster Services

Digital asset infrastructure provider METACO is partnering with the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center to bolster its service offerings using the think tank's research.

Business  ·  24 June 2020

NEAR Protocol Enlists Bison Trails for Validator Support as It Heads Toward Full Mainnet

Bison Trails will help host the NEAR Protocol’s early validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors.

Tech  ·  9 June 2020
Brazil

Why São Paulo Wants to Pay for Infrastructure with Cryptocurrency

The Brazilian state wants to pay for feasibility studies with a token designed for the construction industry. Can such a coin achieve network effect?

Markets  ·  19 January 2018
News

Housing or Dotcom: Which Bubble Does Cryptocurrency Mania Resemble?

It may be fair to compare what cryptocurrency and blockchains are going through to the 1990s dotcom bubble, but not to the 2000s housing bubble.

Markets  ·  16 January 2018
Wallets

6 Types of Businesses Bitcoin Will Enable for the First Time

With digital currencies spawning brand new types of companies never conceived before, here are six growing business sectors.

Business  ·  2 November 2014
Exchanges

Fixing Bitcoin’s shaky exchange infrastructure

Do Bitcoin exchanges need to decentralise to survive - and if so, what will make the newcomers successful?

Markets  ·  4 June 2013
News

What happens to Bitcoin if the lights go out?

If mobile phone communications, the internet or the power grid should fail -- whatever the reason -- Bitcoin could have a problem.

Markets  ·  30 May 2013