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Here's a round-up of the 25 banking partners currently working with R3 on distributed ledger technology projects.

Bitcoin-powered social media platform ZapChain has raised $350,000 in seed funding and is launching a new digital goods initiative with Coinbase.

The chief of the International Monetary Fund told a group of bankers this week that they don't have much to fear from bitcoin.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has issued new remarks about bitcoin, dismissing the digital currency's potential to survive in the long-term.

Santander InnoVentures has announced the launch of a global blockchain challenge to support early stage startups using distributed ledger technology.

Asia-Pacific banks, credit card firms and startups can be expected to focus on the blockchain in the coming years, according to a new report.

CoinDesk speaks to global payment processing giant Worldpay about its bitcoin strategy and interest in the technology.

USAA is rolling out a pilot program that will let some customers view their Coinbase bitcoin balances through their online and mobile accounts.

Bitcoin and the blockchain were frequent topics at the annual Money20/20 conference held in Las Vegas last week.

Who's said what and where? CoinDesk has rounded up the hottest bitcoin and blockchain related headlines from across the globe.

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Capital One has released a new survey that affirms the financial industry is increasingly optimistic about blockchain technology.

San Francisco-based blockchain startup Blockstack.io has entered into an acquisition agreement with Digital Asset Holdings.

Here's a round-up of some of the most notable interactions between payment giants and the world of crypto.

Money20/20 hosted its second (Bit)coinWorld track this year, a forum that highlighted ongoing terminology debates in the industry.

Computing giant Microsoft is rolling out a toolkit that will let its enterprise users build on the Ethereum protocol.

Distributed ledger startup R3CEV has gained an additional three banking partners, raising the number of total banks involved to 25. Japan’s Mizuho Bank, Nordea Bank – which operates in Northern Europe – and Italian bank UniCredit join the likes of Citi, HSBC, Barclays and Goldman Sachs in R3CEV’s blockchain project which sets out to spread the […]

MasterCard has been named as one of 11 investors in Digital Currency Group's new funding round.

Visa and DocuSign have unveiled a new proof-of-concept that uses the bitcoin blockchain for recordkeeping.

Nasdaq is set to unveil its new blockchain-based platform, which will facilitate share transfers and sales on its private market.

Often a topic of contention in the bitcoin community, CoinDesk has rounded up some of the most high profile patent submissions filed to date.

Bitcoin's biggest miner, BitFury, says it is launching the world's largest two-phase immersion cooling project.

Multinational e-commerce giant eBay has filed two cryptocurrency-related patent applications.

Spanish startup Bit2Me has won $10,000 for its new blockchain-powered remittance app Hive. The startup was awarded the prize after pitching Hive at FinTech Americas’ hackathon, held in Miami last week. Team Hive from Spain announced the winners of the @fintechamericas @Cobiscorp Hackathon! @blockchain @Sbootcamp pic.twitter.com/bkjFWta8Yh — fintechamericas (@fintechamericas) October 22, 2015 Hive is a peer-to-peer […]

American Express is using its investment in bitcoin remittance app maker Abra to investigate the technology.