Cryptocurrency

MiningPool uncovered the link between GBMiners, an emerging bitcoin mining pool, and GainBitcoin, a Ponzi scheme operating out of India. Darwin Labs, the software vendor for GBMiners, severed its rel

Bitmaintech Israel has launched ConnectBTC, a Bitcoin mining pool positioned as \"the new home for miners.\" The move marks the first public offering from Bitmain's Israeli research center, the company'

MUFG and six other international banks plan to launch next year a cross-border wiring services that leverages blockchain technology.

Growing concerns about product authenticity throughout global commerce have made many businesses and consumers eager for solutions that can verify where goods originate and how they move through distr

A crypto fund called Token-as-a-Service is building an analytics platform named Kepler to help investors navigate the digital asset markets. Kepler will cover the full investment process: market resea

Blockchain systems are emerging as a potential solution to longstanding fragmentation in how healthcare providers exchange and manage patient information. Rather than relying on centralized in

The criticism leveled at altcoins has been consistent for years: they're dead weight in the bitcoin ecosystem, promising vague improvements but delivering nothing of substance. The landscape is litter

Cryptocurrency markets are experiencing a pronounced shift beyond bitcoin, with alternative digital assets recording dramatic gains over the past several weeks. Ethereum's token has emerged as the sta

TumbleBit is a second-layer payment system for bitcoin that draws headlines for privacy improvements, but the technology reaches beyond that single feature. The protocol could expand bitcoin's reach t

An ambitious initiative to establish a virtual reality ecosystem powered by blockchain technology has unveiled a new testing phase while transitioning into what organizers call their Bronze Age peri

The SEC's rejection of a bitcoin ETF grabbed headlines, but the bigger story has been unfolding in the altcoin market. The Bitcoin Dominance Index, which tracks bitcoin's share of the overall cryptocu

South Korea's first public blockchain project has secured $3 million in pre-ICO funding. BlockchainOS built BOSCoin to provide an alternative to Ethereum, targeting what the company views as flaws in

Establishing genuine decentralization in emerging blockchain networks presents a significant challenge that few projects have successfully navigated. Bitcoin remains the solitary cryptocurrency to ach

Wirex, a London-based provider of bitcoin payment cards, closed a $3 million Series A round led by SBI Investment Co., Ltd., the venture arm of Japan's SBI Holdings. The startup will deploy the capita

Bitcoin transaction fees climb as blocks fill to capacity. Miners collect fees in addition to their 12.5 BTC block reward. Some recent blocks have yielded over 2 BTC in fees. That revenue helps miners

The Bitcoin scaling debate has kept watchers fixated on those who maintain the network's computational security—but these operators rarely prove as eager to alter foundational code as popular commenta

South Korea's Gyeonggi-do province tested blockchain technology in a voting system for local development projects. Nine thousand residents cast votes through both online and offline channels on initia

Kraken bought Cryptowatch, a charting and trading platform popular with digital currency traders. The San Francisco exchange has pursued acquisitions as a path to expand globally, broaden its service

Jonas Schnelli presented to Bitcoin Meetup Switzerland on the upcoming Bitcoin Core 0.14 release. The update skips flashy new features but packs optimization work that most software companies avoid. F

Bitcoin changes now come through soft forks, the method standardized in BIP 9. Soft forks maintain backward compatibility with older software. Nodes still running previous versions can continue operat