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The price of bitcoin slumped again today after Bitfinex closed its order book, citing issues with its post-trade processing.

Stanford is joining NYU and Duke University in offering a course on bitcoin – kicking off with a free security webinar tomorrow.

Bitcoin is divided. The crux of the issue comes down to a single technical detail: the size of bitcoin’s blocks.

A US District Judge has approved claims against bitcoin mining company HashFast and two of its officers.

In the second part of his three-part series, angel investor William Mougayar looks at why and how banks should start embracing blockchain technology.

Two of bitcoin's best-known developers have 'forked' the software in a controversial attempt to resolve its scalability crisis.

Investor William Mougayar discusses how banks dealt with the emergence of the Internet and how blockchain tech is causing them a whole new headache.

In a new interview, bitcoin exchange itBit opens up about Bankchain, its new consensus protocol aimed at enterprise financial institutions.

A white-hat hacker has released a new tool designed to illustrate the ease with which illicit actors can steal bitcoins from brainwallets.

Jack C. Liu explores whether the industry should be pushing fiat wallets, rather than bitcoin wallets, if it wants digital currency to go mainstream.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin explores the differences between public and private blockchains and the pros and cons of both.

Long one of the most ambitious projects in the industry, decentralized application platform Ethereum is set to open to the public tonight.

A new service, CoinTape, is offering bitcoin users an answer to the burning question: what is the optimum transaction fee?

Two Accenture directors have published a new article suggesting that blockchains must operate without bitcoin to be used by major financial firms.

ItBit has launched its Global OTC Agency Trading Desk, a new, five-person over-the-counter (OTC) trading service based in New York.

CoinDesk profiles R3CEV, the stealthy crypto-venture firm working to bridge traditional finance and blockchain technology.

CoinDesk is pleased to announce the addition of Coinbase and ItBit to its Bitcoin Price Index.

Bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik has proposed increasing bitcoin’s block size limit to 2MB. Blocks – which are created every 10 minutes – currently hold only 1MB of transactions each. However, if the bitcoin network is to scale competitively it will need to exceed the three to seven transactions per second it currently supports. With the 1MB limit looking […]

A study published by the Berklee College of Music outlines how a blockchain royalty system could improve working conditions for musical artists.

Standard Chartered chief innovation officer Anju Patwardhan has penned a new essay on the potential benefits of the bitcoin blockchain.

A report commissioned by secretive consulting group R3CEV and authored by bitcoin developer Peter Todd has raised questions about Ripple's technology.

A financial services research group backed by SWIFT has announced a new blockchain technology grant.

Would a central bank ever take the step of issuing its own cryptocurrency? A new report by Deloitte explores how one might go about doing so.

A notorious Italian spyware maker has developed tools for monitoring cryptocurrency software usage, according to new leaked files.

Genesis Mining has launched a new web interface which will enable miners to gain greater control of their bitcoin mining operations.