New Scholarships Aim to Boost Diversity in Blockchain Space
Consensus 2015 and the MIT Media Lab aim to boost diversity in the blockchain space by offering 50 scholarships to young women and people of colour.
Consensus 2015 and the MIT Media Lab aim to boost diversity in the blockchain space by offering 50 scholarships to young women and people of colour.
Yesterday, social media lit up with the news that bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto had emerged from the shadows to make a transaction.
Patrick Byrne, CEO of US online retail giant Overstock, unveiled tØ.com today at the headquarters of Nasdaq in New York today.
LOT Polish Airlines is now accepting bitcoin payments, meaning the digital currency can be used for flights to 60 global destinations.
Though Swedish online checkout giant Klarna believes bitcoin holds promise, it doesn't see immediate use cases for the technology today.
Last week, wallet provider Blockchain represented the bitcoin industry in an official government trade mission.
Smart contracts platform Symbiont has announced the issuance of its first so-called smart security.
New voices from the FinTech community joined ongoing debates in the bitcoin and blockchain space at yesterday's Keynote 2015 conference.
Embattled bitcoin ATM maker Robocoin is facing yet another upset, this time in the form of a customer lawsuit.
London-based bitcoin firm Elliptic has been awarded “Security Project of the Year” by The Banker magazine. In its second edition, The Banker‘s Technology Projects of the Year awards, claim to celebrate the “most innovative and transformational contributions to financial services technology around the world”. Adam Joyce, CTO and co-founder, said in a company post that […]
Eris COO Preston Byrne talks misconceptions about his firm, which is among the more notable to claim the blockchain can exitst without bitcoin.
US retail giant Overstock has sold $5m of a recently issued "cryptobond" to FNY Managed Accounts, a New York-based trading firm.
A new partnership between Bing Rewards and startup Tango Card will let users of the search engine receive rewards in bitcoin.
A company near San Fransisco has come up with a novel way to deliver bitcoin-purchased marijuana, via drone.
The founder of Australia-based bitcoin exchange igot has refuted claims that his business is a scam.
Blockchain startup Ripple Labs has added a former US Treasury Department official to its board of advisors.
Three US universities are set to conduct research on cryptocurrencies using roughly $3m in grant funding from the National Science Foundation.
American Banker's Digital Currencies + the Blockchain featured speakers from across the blockchain and finance sectors.
The topic of how blockchain technology can be used to support social good was discussed at an event hosted by Microsoft last night.
We take a look at the companies hoping to increase the ease of WiFi access with bitcoin micropayments.
A bitcoin entrepreneur and a trading veteran have partnered on a blockchain project that aims to streamline the way assets are exchanged.
A deal to create an official Mike Tyson-branded bitcoin ATM in Las Vegas has been met with criticism following questions about the companies involved.
Wences Casares, the CEO of bitcoin company Xapo, has begun legal proceedings against online identity firm LifeLock in response to a suit filed by the company which alleged contract violations against him and several Xapo employees. The cross-complaint filed by Casares at California’s Superior Court on 24th July states: “LifeLock’s highly dysfunctional management proved itself […]
FuturePerfect Ventures founding partner Jalak Jobanputra talks opportunities in the bitcoin and blockchain space and VC funding trends.
Bitcoin exchange itBit is hosting a private gathering of financial professionals in New York on Monday.
IBM is among the sponsors of a forthcoming India-based hackathon set to focus on bitcoin, the blockchain and FinTech.
New Gallup data points to a small degree of trust for digital wallets among consumers.
Australian cryptocurrency firm DigitalBTC bought $10.1m worth of bitcoin in Q2 of this year, the company's latest quarterly report reveals.
CoinDesk speaks to ShoCard CEO Armin Ebrahimi about his company's efforts to disrupt identity verification via the blockchain.
Last month, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded bitcoin startup Bitsoko $100,000 to help troubleshoot Africa's mobile money systems.