Shifting to a distributed, blockchain-based infrastructure could bring huge financial benefits to the asset management industry, research indicates.
Governments are centers of trust – so why would they make the leap to blockchains as a way to extend that already vital service?
The Bank of Korea, South Korea's central bank, has launched a cryptocurrency task force to explore the technology's effects on the financial system.
President Donald Trump has signed a $700 billion military spending bill that includes a mandate for a blockchain cybersecurity research study.
A presentation by the bank's wealth management execs declared that blockchain technology has a lot of potential, but was lukewarm of cryptocurrencies.
The IC3 cryptocurrency and blockchain research project has expanded, adding researchers from several European universities to its ranks.
The European wing of the RAND Corporation, a US think tank, has argued for a slow-and-steady process for developing possible blockchain standards.
A new research note from Bank of America explores the investment implications of cryptocurrencies.
The Dutch port of Rotterdam, the biggest shipping hub in Europe, is opening a research lab devoted to blockchain technology.
Germany's central bank has published a new blockchain research paper.
A Chinese government-backed IT research body has launched a new research lab in order to support the development of blockchain technology in China.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is set to discuss blockchain and cryptocurrencies at an event this month.
Researchers at Finland's central bank have dubbed bitcoin's economic system "revolutionary" in a new staff paper.
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has finally begun formalizing his vision for proof-of-stake in a series of long-awaited white papers.
A new paper suggests bitcoin mining may naturally resist centralization – a finding with potential implications for the long simmering scaling debate.