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One of South Korea’s largest banks has inked an agreement with the best funded startup working in the bitcoin space. KB Kookmin announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with bitcoin payments startup Circle, as well as local startup Coinplug, today. Coinplug, which is based in South Korea, was previously revealed to be working with […]

Forty blockchain researchers met in Chicago this week to hash out consensus mechanisms that might be employed by distributed ledgers.

Coinigy has raised $400,000 in new seed funding to develop an updated version of its bitcoin trading platform.

Coinbase has expanded to Australia, bringing the total number of countries it supports to 33.

A prominent digital currency service reports that institutional investors are expressing a slow but budding interest in Ethereum Classic.

Bitcoin micropayments startup SatoshiPay is developing a new proof-of-concept with Visa Europe’s Collab innovation unit.

Blockchain startup Libra has announced new hires it says will help it position itself as the "Microsoft Office for blockchain".

A member of India's central bank has encouraged further collaboration between banks and startups to advance blockchain tech.

CoinDesk discusses the recent ethereum hard fork with members of major consulting firms with a blockchain specialty.

Digital currency exchange Coinbase has added support for ethereum, letting consumers buy, sell, send and store ether in their Coinbase accounts.

Consulting firm Bain & Company believes banks are at risk of missing out on the adoption of digital currencies – and the revenue that might come with it. The Boston-based firm has published research that argues financial firms are effectively holding themselves back amid an environment of regulatory and technological uncertainty. The consultancy’s report specifically targets international payments, stating […]

Mizuho Financial Group announced this week it will pilot Ripple's distributed ledger technology for use in cross-currency settlement.

A new report from JPMorgan Chase and Oliver Wyman argues that blockchain technology is an opportunity for asset managers.

A late July gathering featuring members of bitcoin’s development and mining communities will not focus on scaling.

ISITC-Europe has introduced 10 blockchain standards to help ensure the rapidly growing ecosystem of distributed ledgers work together.

Ether prices surged this week, outshining bitcoin as the Ethereum community made progress toward a hard fork for The DAO.

While SAP has been exploring blockchain for over a year, it's only recently decided to become more vocal about its work.

A CME exec this week spoke about how she believes forthcoming bitcoin ETFs are a sign the digital asset market is maturing.

An information technology affiliate of Samsung announced today that it has invested in a blockchain startup.

A Dutch asset management service that oversees the largest pension fund for government and education workers in the Netherlands has begun exploring possible blockchain applications. APG announced earlier this week it is partnering with Maastricht University and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research to explore blockchain and artificial intelligence. APG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of […]

The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing an ambitious experiment aimed at discerning if a financial market can be built on a blockchain.

Banco Santander has named Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) CEO Blythe Masters to a new role as senior blockchain advisor.

One of South Africa’s largest banks has joined the global blockchain consortium led by R3CEV.

Blockchain firm SolidX has filed with the SEC in a bid to launch a public investment vehicle that would offer exposure to bitcoin.

A top finance regulator Belgium has issued a warning about OneCoin.