Crypto Debit Card Providers Hit After Visa Cuts Ties With Issuer
European bitcoin debit card providers say they were told to suspend their services by card network Visa on Friday.
European bitcoin debit card providers say they were told to suspend their services by card network Visa on Friday.
In a tweet late Thursday night, Ripple stated that three of the top five money transfer businesses will begin using its XRP cryptocurrency in 2018.
A blockchain startup received $10 million in funding from an American Medical Society backed incubator to develop a healthcare data transfer ledger.
The CEO of Facebook has announced he's open to exploring blockchains and cryptocurrencies in his first public comments on the topic.
Ripple has a complicated relationship with its native cryptocurrency XRP, one that critics contend many recent buyers of the token may not understand.
A VR penny stock saw 200 percent surge in stock price after announcing a shift in corporate focus to cryptocurrencies.
It's a long road yet to mainstream blockchain use, according to Santander's head of blockchain R&D. But integration, he argues, won't be the issue.
Merrill Lynch, the brokerage arm of Bank of America, has blocked financial advisers and clients from trading in bitcoin-related investments.
Cryptocurrency volatility isn't just here to stay, it's heralding the chaotic change of the blockchain future yet to come.
A new report by a Royal Bank of Canada analyst outlines potential use cases for blockchain technologies while predicting a $10 trillion industry.
CryptoKitties may have been the breakout blockchain game of 2017 – but it's just the beginning according to one of the viral sensation's creators.
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel's VC firm reportedly made hundreds of millions by putting $15 million to $20 million down on bitcoin last year.
Entering what could be another growth year, author William Mougayar invites the blockchain industry to take a step back and remember the basics.
Erik Voorhees always seems slightly out of step. An early evangelist for the tech, Voorhees may be a rarity in that he has not only maintained but grown his relevance on the industry stage, all the while fighting for an unpopular block size increase and launching projects that seem years ahead of their time. Still, controversy seems not to catch this sly fox, as 2017 saw a victory lap for Voorhees, who emerged as one of the few early advocates who's been able to adapt to its changes.
Was 2017 too long-term focused? Entrepreneur Tom Klein believes quick wins are what's needed to bootstrap corporate blockchains in 2018.
Blockchain in healthcare might not be sexy, but it's moving forward according to one of the sector's leading female CEOs.
Blockchains may be transformative for society, but if that's the case, we should ask what society will remain, regulator Cab Morris argues.
Competing technologies? Not so much argues Symbiont executive Caitlin Long who believes the best of both bitcoin and blockchain will prevail in 2018.
New data from Google suggests internet users searched for information on bitcoin at a rate that outpaced some of the top news stories this year.
Blockchain supply chains are coming to market, but they might not look the same as they were once envisioned.
A Chinese-based cloud company, headed by a high-profile media mogul, has moved to purchase a Delaware blockchain-based stock exchange.
A run-down of some of the more notable crypto and blockchain patents seen in 2017.
Cboe has filed with the SEC to list multiple bitcoin futures ETFs in the past week, public records show.
Julian Assange stated in a Tweet that Wikileaks is seeking to add new cryptocurrencies in the future after FPF announced the closure of its support.
An influx of get-rich-quick types could encourage the sort of behavior that bitcoin was designed to escape.
GMO Internet, a publicly listed IT firm in Japan, has officially launched its cryptocurrency mining operation.
How did the pundits fare in 2017? Author Don Tapscott reviews his own predictions, taking stock of where he went wrong and where he was on the money.
The team behind Radar Relay, a decentralized token exchange built on top of the 0x protocol, has raised $3 million in venture funding.
Financial gains may be attracting new entrants, but that's all the more reason to increase the emphasis on blockchain as a means for change.
The chief economist for Dutch banking giant ING believes bitcoin will likely wind up as a niche financial product, according to a new report.
