Inside State Street Bank’s Blockchain Deliberations
The global custody bank's tech and product teams are keen to transform securities lending into a peer-to-peer market, but not all are on board.
The global custody bank's tech and product teams are keen to transform securities lending into a peer-to-peer market, but not all are on board.
Infamous developer Amir Taaki believes bitcoin's potential is exhausted, but he's not giving up the fight to change the world with cryptocurrency.
A member of the Ukraine Central Election Commission is investigating the use of blockchain technology in elections with a local NEM Foundation group.
SEC officials huddled with stakeholders last week on a proposed bitcoin ETF.
A firm that launched a blockchain-based application for food tracking last year has rolled out a similar service for diamonds.
After a pilot conducted in May, West Virginia is expanding use of a blockchain voting app to all 55 of the state's counties.
Bitcoin derivatives trading provider LedgerX says it saw a "record" amount of trading volume over the last two months.
A long-awaited approval on a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) may not come until 2019.
Coinbase has hired Amazon Web Services general manager Tim Wagner as its new vice president of engineering.
A biotech giant based in South Korea is turning to blockchain to allow it to share genetic data without risking patients' privacy.
A team from one of the top universities in China has developed a decentralized exchange, not for crypto assets, but for unused electricity.
Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, says it plans to launch a digital assets platform and bitcoin futures product.
Coinbase has announced a new service aimed at improving access to cryptocurrency payments for e-commerce businesses.
Trading volume on South Korea's Bithumb exchange has plummeted since it temporarily stopped offering new account registrations.
An Australian state government has awarded $100,000 to a crypto travel company in an effort to bolster its tourism industry.
Boerse Stuttgart Group is developing a suite of crypto services including an ICO platform.
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service has encouraged public and private sector companies to develop a blockchain-based stock trading system.
Handshake plans to replace the digital entities that authenticate web payments, in the process rewarding those who built the web's infrastructure.
Crypto exchange Coinbase will now support British pounds (GBP) for its UK customers, the firm announced Wednesday.
American retail giant Overstock.com's blockchain subsidiary is partnering with the Zambian government to build a blockchain land title registry.
Investment in the blockchain industry is booming in the U.S., according to a new report from "Big Four" auditing firm KPMG.
U.S.-based custody bank Northern Trust is helping traditional "mainstream" hedge funds expand into cryptocurrencies, says Forbes.
Decentralized ledger startup Hedera Hashgraph has raised $100 million to build out its platform and launch its network, the firm said Wednesday.
Decentralized trading platform Radar Relay closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Blockchain Capital, the startup announced Wednesday.
Cryptocurrency payments startup Ripple is partnering with Madonna to raise funds for orphans in the African nation of Malawi.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has acquired the open-source and anonymous mobile ethereum wallet Trust Wallet, it was announced Tuesday.
Video game marketplace Steam removed an alleged crypto miner from its platform Monday amid user complaints.
Thomson Reuters will soon track 50 crypto assets on one of its desktop finance feeds, thanks to a new deal with market data aggregator CryptoCompare.
Three-quarters of U.S. investors think bitcoin is too risky to invest in, a new poll by Gallup and Wells Fargo showed Monday.
Cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital will begin trading on the Toronto TSX Venture Exchange this week.