5 Things the Bitcoin and Blockchain Industry Needs to Stop Saying in 2017
In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, Bailey Reutzel takes aim at some of the dominant talking points in the bitcoin and blockchain space today.
In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, Bailey Reutzel takes aim at some of the dominant talking points in the bitcoin and blockchain space today.
How blockchain technology is impacting venture capital – and why that brings both cause for excitement and pause heading into 2017.
Zcash (ZEC) prices pushed closer to $40 on 15th December, extending their recent losses.
The first blockchain-based Series A has closed, and Overstock.com is on the verge of beginning trading on its blockchain platform.
Japanese blockchain consortium BCCC has passed the 100 member milestone as well as having graduated 100 students from its Blockchain Daigakko.
San Francisco-based bitcoin startup Wyre has raised $5.8m in new funding.
Bitcoin prices will likely finish 2016 between $750 and $800, according to most analysts, but the price could go even higher.
Jim Harper takes aim at bitcoin's so-called "successes" in 2016, arguing that deficient dialogue is holding back it and other blockchain-based monies.
Don and Alex Tapscott chart a broad overview of blockchain in 2016, with an eye to what is to come in the year ahead.
Bitcoin prices managed to reach one week above $760 early on 14th December. During this seven-day period, these prices reached a 2016 high of $788.49.
A Coinbase customer has gone to court to stop the IRS from subpoenaing user data from the bitcoin and ether exchange startup.
The US branch of business reporting standards body XBRL has joined ethereum startup ConsenSys to develop standards for blockchain tokens.
The Swift exec says he's not worried about being disintermediated by blockchain tech, on the contrary, the firm's trialing apps with it.
Global consultancy EY argues that despite enthusiasm for private blockchains in finance, public versions will ultimately prove more powerful.
CoinDesk profiles the most influential members of the blockchain industry, a list informed by more than 2,000 responses in our reader poll.
Deutsche Bank experts discuss what they've learned while exploring blockchain over the last year, as well as their outlook for 2017 and beyond.
San Francisco-based digital currency exchange has acquired wallet funding service Glidera.
William Mougayar reviews what we do and don't know about the real-world uses and likely effectiveness of blockchain technology.
Bitcoin wallet startup Blockchain has added former Barclays Bank group chief executive Antony Jenkins to its board of directors.
The developers behind OpenBazaar, the open-source marketplace protocol powered by bitcoin, have raised $3m in new funding.
A new white paper signals Digital Asset's increased efforts to take blockchain tech mainstream.
The CFTC's Chris Giancarlo argues that the US needs to rethink its blockchain policy for 2017 and beyond.
The price of bitcoin is now trading at a 34-month high, data from the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index reveals.
Bitcoin prices came within a few dollars of setting a new 2016 annual high on 12th December.
Blockchains in space? According to one research paper published by the Indian government, the idea isn’t so far-fetched.
A new blockchain consortium has been formed in South Korea, with both established finance firms and technology startups on its membership roster.
Deloitte’s Netherlands branch is working with the city of Rotterdam to create a prototype for recording lease contracts on a blockchain.
Circle’s announcement this week that it will no longer offer users the ability to buy and sell bitcoin is not what it seems.
Is the Fed's recent research paper on distributed ledgers a call to action or just a general reference? CoinDesks investigates.
William Mougayar looks at the current state of blockchain consortia across the globe.