FTC Settles Charges Against Bitcoin Mining Firm Butterfly Labs
The US Federal Trade Commission says it has reached a settlement with bitcoin mining firm Butterfly Labs after it sued the company in 2014.
The US Federal Trade Commission says it has reached a settlement with bitcoin mining firm Butterfly Labs after it sued the company in 2014.
In a new report, the European Central Bank (ECB) has said it is investigating blockchain use within its securities and payments settlement systems.
New York-based bitcoin exchange itBit has hired a securities services and technology veteran to head operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Two of France’s left-leaning political parties speculated in a publication that technologies like the blockchain could lead to “massive” job losses.
The head of the People’s Bank of China opened up about its proposed digital currency initiative in a new interview.
Former Bitcoin Foundation global counsel Jim Harper discusses the challenges of applying open-source development practices to a blockchain world.
Writer Nozomi Hayase looks at how bitcoin's scalability debate should be seen as just another phase in the growth of the digital currency.
CoinDesk speaks to some of the driving forces behind Hyperledger, an initiative that aims to create an open fabric for blockchain technology.
The first complete draft of an upcoming Princeton University textbook on bitcoin has been made freely available for download.
A California bankruptcy court is set to weigh in on when or if bitcoin should be considered a currency in a dispute over a HashFast payment.
CoinDesk looks at how Earthport is adding blockchain technology to existing product lines through its Distributed Ledger Payments Hub.
Bitcoin Group Ltd has once again been forced to delay its public listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, despite its recent IPO.
Bailey Reutzel examines how the bitcoin community's reluctant to engage over standards could harm the digital currency in the long term.
CoinDesk examines the current bitcoin scaling debate through the eyes of Bitcoin Core, the project's main developer team.
A decentralized social network founded by Reddit’s former cryptocurrency engineer has moved forward to the proof-of-concept stage.
Following a months-long debate on how to scale the bitcoin network, bitcoin mining firms are voicing their support for a newly introduced proposal.
CoinDesk speaks to Blockstream CEO Austin Hill about the industry's ongoing debate on how best to scale the bitcoin blockchain.
The cost of using the blockchain for a public records system would outweigh any benefits, a report prepared for Vermont’s legislature concludes.
BitFury is moving ahead with development of a previously announced prototype for a bitcoin-enabled Internet of Things device.
Confused about the current state of bitcoin's 'block size debate'? CoinDesk rounds up thoughts from a recent influx of blogs on the subject.
A new report from the UK Government Office for Science has recommended a broad government effort to explore and test blockchain technology.
Long-time bitcoin developer Mike Hearn officially “left” the project this week, creating a negative narrative that was seized by the press.
Australian bitcoin mining firm Bitcoin Group is expected to make its long-awaited debut on the Australian Securities Exchange next month.
With low bitcoin prices, it was a tough year for miners, says MegaBigPower founder and CEO Dave Carlson, but 2016 looks brighter.
Proving provenance is becoming one of the favored use cases for firms experimenting with blockchain tech. Could it become the industry's 'killer app'?
Andrew Keys from ConsenSys offers 16 predictions for the blockchain and decentralized technologies sector in 2016.
A report on the use of blockchain technology for storing state records is to be delivered to Vermont’s legislature by the end of next week.
BitPay is among four new partners joining Microsoft's forthcoming blockchain-as-a-service offering on its Azure platform.
As part of a year-end retrospective, Visa Europe suggested bitcoin and the blockchain will soon be embraced by financial incumbents.
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee discusses the trade-offs developers are currently considering as they seek to increase the bitcoin network's capacity.