Chain Unveils Blockchain Platform Built By and for Financial Industry
Blockchain startup Chain is today releasing a new permissioned protocol built in collaboration with 10 financial and telecom firms.
Blockchain startup Chain is today releasing a new permissioned protocol built in collaboration with 10 financial and telecom firms.
CoinDesk's ‘Building Blocks’ Hackathon at Consensus 2016 concluded today. Here's our recap of the event's big winners.
The first day of the Consensus 2016 Hackathon saw over twenty blockchain entrepreneurs pitch their ideas and concepts to a wide array of developers.
Don't miss these must-see moments set to take place at next week's Consensus 2016 blockchain conference.
Blockchain data startup Tierion has raised $1m in seed funding from several of the industry’s leading venture capital firms.
IBM has announced a new framework for securing blockchain systems running in its cloud services.
Scott Manuel, vice president and head of product management for Thomson Reuters, discusses his firm's developing blockchain strategy.
Australian stock transfer company Computershare is working with a UK-based blockchain startup to create securities registries using the technology.
Russia’s sole central securities depository has announced it has tested a blockchain-based voting system.
Confirming a long-rumored move, gaming and digital media platform Steam is now accepting bitcoin payments through processing service BitPay.
CoinDesk goes inside Barclays' latest distributed ledger trial, showcasing how it is digitizing smart contract templates on R3's new ledger Corda.
Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange bitFlyer has raised $27 million in new funding, one of the largest rounds for a Japanese digital currency firm to date.
Itaú Unibanco has become the first Latin America-based bank to join blockchain and distributed ledger consortium R3CEV.
An Ethereum startup founded by one of the blockchain project’s founders has raised $750,000.
Bitcoin mining company BitFury has inked a deal with the Georgian government to develop a system for registering land titles using the blockchain.
Morgan Stanley has issued its predictions for how the blockchain industry could evolve over the next decade.
Digital currency may be set to play a prominent role in a TV drama called “StartUp”, set to debut on streaming service Crackle this fall.
International payments network SWIFT is looking to build its own distributed ledger platform, a new report reveals.
Russian payments provider Qiwi has revealed it wants to launch a domestic blockchain consortium.
Kraken has hired Edward Stadum from Fidor Bank to help oversee the complicated legal work related to running a global digital currency exchange.
Deutsche Bank's Ed Budd talks about the investment bank's blockchain strategy and how it is pursuing trials that explore its real-world use.
Hyperledger project member Accenture has proposed using blockchain tech to fight the spread of counterfeit drugs.
Barclays demonstrated a smart contract platform built on Corda, R3's new distributed ledger project, in London today.
R3CEV's top lawyer talks about 8 proof-of-concepts in the works. But the areas he focused on won't necessarily be replaced by the technology.
Beijing-based mining giant Bitmain has invested $1.6m in bitcoin data and trading services provider BitKan.
The FDIC and three state-level regulators discussed blockchain technology at a panel today centered on the future of US regulation.
A new investment fund is seeking to raise as much as $100m over the next two years to fuel investments in the blockchain space.
The head of interest rate and credit models at Banca IMI has penned a new paper on blockchain tech.
Australia’s securities regulator has suggested it cannot yet intervene in a dispute involving bitcoin service Igot and unhappy customers.
A number of employees from the company behind bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip have been hired by travel lodgings startup Airbnb.