Technology

Bitcoin

BitFury to Expand China Footprint Following $30 Million Deal

A new deal with Credit China Fintech, valued at $30m, will see see BitFury establish a joint venture in China.

Business  ·  26 January 2017
Events

Blocked By Block Size, Bitcoin’s Brain Trust Goes Back to Basics

Day two at the Satoshi Roundtable saw guests try to break new ground on some of the larger issues facing bitcoin and regroup around its core values.

Business  ·  26 January 2017
Bank of England

Bank of England Chief: DLT Could ‘Reshape’ Banking

Distributed ledger tech could "reshape" banking, Bank of England chief Mark Carney said today.

Tech  ·  25 January 2017
Australia

Commonwealth Bank Develops Blockchain for Government Bonds

A major bank in Australia is testing blockchain for the exchange of government bonds.

Tech  ·  25 January 2017
Blockchain Applications

Microsoft Unveils Project Manifest, A Plan For Blockchain Product Tracking

NASA tech lies at the heart of a new Microsoft blockchain project that would closely track products as they move around the world.

Business  ·  25 January 2017
Bitcoin Protocol

Scaling Revisited: What If Bitcoin’s Big ‘Problem’ is Its Great Strength?

Day one of the Satoshi Roundtable conference saw fervent debate on a range of topics, though scaling once again took the center stage.

Business  ·  25 January 2017
Exchanges

Deutsche Börse Unveils Bank Transfer Blockchain Project

Deutsche Börse has unveiled a new blockchain proof-of-concept focused on commercial bank money transfers.

Tech  ·  24 January 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Devs Are Feeling More Optimistic About MimbleWimble

Work is advancing on a highly anticipated bitcoin project originally proposed by an anonymous cryptographer going under the French name of Harry Potter’s nemesis. Named after one of the book series’ spells, MimbleWimble has quickly became one of the more anticipated bitcoin R&D initiatives, since it is believed it could help improve upon the scalability and fungibility of bitcoin in […]

Tech  ·  23 January 2017
Nasdaq

Nasdaq Declares Blockchain Voting Trial a ‘Success’

Exchange operator Nasdaq has come to some positive conclusions about a blockchain e-voting trial it conducted in Estonia last year.

Tech  ·  23 January 2017
Hong Kong

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Considers Blockchain Settlement Upgrades

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is looking to blockchain as it begins work on a next-generation transaction settlement system.

Tech  ·  20 January 2017
Europe

EU Watchdog: Blockchain Security Should Be Concern For Finance Firms

Financial firms need to be mindful of cybersecurity as they look to integrate blockchain, a top IT security agency for the European Union said.

Tech  ·  20 January 2017
Ethereum

Bid to Connect Ethereum and Zcash Blockchains Reaches New Milestone

Work on integrating Zcash's privacy-focused tech with ethereum’s distributed applications platform has reached a notable new stage.

Tech  ·  20 January 2017
Security

Blockstream Makes its Case for Bitcoin-Powered Private Blockchains

Could Blockstream's Liquid project soon offer financial firms a better solution than standard private blockchains?

Tech  ·  20 January 2017
Startups

Hyperledger Adds ‘Cello’ Blockchain Deployment Tool to Its Arsenal

The Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger initiative has added a new blockchain deployment tool to its growing pool of projects.

Business  ·  19 January 2017
Ethereum

Where’s Casper? Inside Ethereum’s Race to Reinvent its Blockchain

A dive into Casper, the forthcoming protocol that could radically change the rules of one of the largest blockchain networks.

Tech  ·  18 January 2017