Blockstream Investors See Commercial Use Cases for Bitcoin Blockchain
Following Blockstream's $55m funding yesterday, CoinDesk speaks to investors who participated in the round.
Following Blockstream's $55m funding yesterday, CoinDesk speaks to investors who participated in the round.
French banking services group BNP Paribas hosted a development event last month focused on blockchain technology.
Blockstream has raised $55m in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to $76m over two investment rounds.
Digital Asset Holdings has announced it has raised more than $60m with the addition of IBM and Goldman Sachs to its latest round.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has hinted it could invest in blockchain startups or initiatives through its innovation fund.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) has revealed it has developed its own digital currency nicknamed "MUFG coin".
A new survey shows bankers are increasingly bullish on blockchain tech, even as they profess to a lack of understanding of the subject matter.
JPMorgan has teamed up with Digital Asset on a trial blockchain initiative that aims to make the trading process more efficient and cost effective.
BNY Mellon hosted a blockchain discussion event at its Jersey City, New Jersey, campus earlier this week.
SBI Holdings, the financial services business division of Japan’s SBI Group, has announced it is creating a new company with Ripple.
CoinDesk speaks with representatives from Banco Santander about the bank's blockchain strategy for 2016 and beyond.
A Massachusetts company developing identity solutions for the blockchain won $15k at a startup competition hosted by Santander this week.
Japanese bitcoin exchange BitFlyer has created a new startup fund aimed at investing in companies working with blockchain tech.
A managing director at investment bank Goldman Sachs called blockchain tech an innovation that could “drive change” in a new company podcast.
What impact will Digital Asset's $50m funding have on the blockchain industry? CoinDesk profiles the sector's VCs to learn more.
A bitcoin rewards concept took home $10,000 in bitcoin at the second annual Miami Bitcoin Hackathon held this weekend at The Lab Miami.
Digital Asset Holdings has released new details about its long-secretive Hyperledger blockchain platform to be maintained by the Linux Foundation.
Crypsty CEO Paul Vernon told CoinDesk that the exchange did not tell customers about a hack – or tell them to stop depositing funds – to avoid panic.
At the first stop on bitcoin's annual event calendar, opinions were diverse and divisive on how the network can scale to accommodate new users.
Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings has announced that it has raised more than $50m in a new funding round.
UBS has donated the code for a blockchain-based trading platform to a nonprofit group funding research into a cure for HIV/AIDS.
Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Gatecoin has joined a startup accelerator backed by Standard Chartered and Chinese Web services giant Baidu.
Congressman David Schweikert, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, is to speak at a blockchain event in Washington, DC, this March.
R3CEV has announced the completion of a permissioned ledger test involving 11 of its 42 banking partners.
BitGo has launched a new service that aims to allow clients to accept transactions prior to their official confirmation on the bitcoin blockchain.
John Collins, head of policy and government affairs at Coinbase, has left the company after around 14 months in the role.
CoinDesk interviews LHV Bank's new cryptocurrency product manager to learn more about its blockchain experimentations.
21 Inc has announced that consumers can now use bitcoin to purchase its 21 Bitcoin Computer.
Digital Asset Holdings has added new executives as it seeks to expand into the European market.
Two Florida law firms have filed a class action lawsuit in US district court against the digital currency exchange Cryptsy and its CEO, Paul Vernon.