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While disruption is not as strong as anticipated, MoneyConf 2017 showcased how blockchain is steadily becoming an important part of the fintech scene.

Singularity University is exploring blockchain as a possible connecting layer between other exponential technologies at its Exponential Finance event.

The governor of New Hampshire has signed a bill into law that exempts digital currency traders from the state's money transmission regulations.

The University of California, Berkeley is working with blockchain startup Bitmark on a pair of research studies focused on secure data sharing.

The Australian government's top research agency has released twin reports focused on blockchain technology.

In a US first, Montana's state government is providing public funds to support a local bitcoin mining firm as part of an effort to fuel job creation.

A US congressional caucus is calling for more guidance from the Internal Revenue Service on the tax requirements for digital currencies like bitcoin.

After revealing its part in a Nasdaq to Citi blockchain, Chain's Adam Ludwin talks about the half a dozen other projects his company is behind.

Colu is open-sourcing its banking infrastructure known as Bankbox and becoming "blockchain agnostic" to ease adoption among cryptocurrency issuers.

Western Union could soon be sending people's funds via an integration with Coinbase, the remittance firm's CTO has revealed.

Cryptocurrency investment manager Tim Enneking is seeking to raise as much as $400m for a new fund.

US telecom giant AT&T has been awarded a patent for a kind of home subscriber server backed up by blockchain tech.

Nevada has become the first state to ban local governments from taxing blockchain use.

After generating €1.1bn last year, German institutional trading network Deutsche Börse reveals a three-pillared plan to blockchain.

The main US agency for governmental logistics has revealed it is launching a blockchain pilot this summer.

CoinDesk Research has released its full Q1 State of Blockchain report. Here's a look at six notable highlights.

The Digital Identity Foundation is seeing interest from key players like IBM who see potential in using blockchain for seamless online identity.

A group of energy firms including BP have completed an energy trading pilot using blockchain tech from Canadian startup BTL.

The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on virtual currencies this week.

The price of bitcoin has hit a new all-time high, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI).

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has won default judgments against cryptocurrency mining firms GAW Miners and Zen Miner.

The president of Russia briefly met with ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin during an event last week.

Legislators in Nevada completed work on a bill to block the taxation of blockchain use.

Global retail giant Walmart presented its blockchain work during an annual investor event last week, showing encouraging results.

Japanese IT firm Fujitsu has developed a new blockchain-based system for securely exchanging data.