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A distributed ledger startup spun out of Deloitte has announced its first partnership with an Internet of Things company.

The Bank of Canada has published a new staff working paper on the valuation of digital currencies like bitcoin.

A new report from Japan Exchange Group (JPX) contends that distributed ledgers will work 'better' if third parties are involved.

MetLife has announced it will join banking consortium R3CEV.

While bitcoin prices have enjoyed relative calm in recent weeks, analysts believe new forces could soon fuel sharp price gains.

Samsung SDS, an IT affiliate of the South Korean electronics giant, is one of 17 new members to join the Hyperledger Project.

The US government's Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has announced the winners of a blockchain research paper contest.

Former Morgan Stanley managing director Caitlin Long has joined blockchain startup Symbiont as president and chairman of the board.

The design of a high-profile project should give the public pause about how banks are seeking to apply blockchain, analyst Frances Coppola argues.

A member of the European Parliament is proposing $1.1m be spent on a task force focused on studying digital currencies and blockchain.

IBM is reorganizing its internal blockchain team into a business unit that encompasses its artificial intelligence and cloud computing efforts.

A US judge largely denied a push by Mizuho Bank last week to dismiss charges filed against it in a class action suit tied to the collapse of Mt Gox.

Fourteen blockchain executives have signed a letter calling for changes to the way blockchain governance is managed.

Bitcoin-based social network Zapchain has announced it will close effective 31st August.

Singapore's central bank has proposed a new regulatory framework for payments that could cover digital currency exchanges.

In this OpEd, Reform researcher Alexander Hitchcock discusses how blockchain could lead to big savings in civil services.

A new proposal could make it easier for bitcoin exchanges to guard against hacks, but key challenges around enacting the change are slowing advances.

Do events like The DAO collapse prove blockchains need formal governance? Blockchain analyst Josh Stark argues that it's too early to tell.

Safety issues with some new, disruptive business models highlight why regulations exist. Surely the same goes for firms that hold our money.

Should code be law? In this opinion piece, Lukas Abegg argues there are many scientific hurdles to cross before this is likely to be possible.

One ambitious bitcoin company is seeking to make mining a hobbyist activity again.

The price of classic ether plunged against several currencies over the last week amid concerns of waning market enthusiasm.

CoinDesk explores how the ethereum hard fork affected sentiment regarding bitcoin's long-raging block size debate.

Customs agents in Finland revealed today that they seized bitcoin and other items worth about €1m earlier this year.

The Hyperledger Project, the blockchain initiative led by the Linux Foundation, has elected a new technical steering committee.