Cryptocurrency

Rather than watch from the sidelines as R3 Banks experiment with blockchain innovations, credit union organizations have decided to build their own consortium. Launching CULedger, a platform d

WISeKey released WISeID 6, an updated application for protecting personal data and managing digital identities on a blockchain. The platform lets users control their digital ID while keeping their sec

Bitcoin payments still require users to scan QR codes or manually copy and paste long alphanumeric address strings. That friction has finally started to disappear. Two competing standards—BIP-47 and B

Visa Europe Collab is piloting a blockchain-based settlement system with Blockchain Tech LTD, known as BTL Group. The proof-of-concept program will enable banks to move funds across borders and curren

Seeking to enhance transparency across its trade verification systems, the Kimberley Process has begun exploring blockchain technology as a potential solution for streamlining diamond authenti

Physical bitcoins don't work. Bitcoin is digital money. When people put bitcoin onto metal coins, they get a novelty item at best, a scam at worst. Most designs etch the private key into the metal, th

IndieSquare and EverdreamSoft have joined forces to launch a blockchain gaming platform arriving in September. IndieSquare manages Counterparty wallets and APIs, providing backend infrastructure for c

Roy Zou discovered Bitcoin through a technology blog feed on Google Reader. A Chinese entrepreneur trained as an engineer, he was impressed by Bitcoin's core ideology. When Ethereum Classic launched o

KeepKey, an American hardware wallet maker, and ShapeShift announced a partnership allowing customers to trade cryptocurrencies from their device in two clicks. Neither company had collaborated with a

Tether has released EURT, a token representing euros and operating on the Bitcoin blockchain. Each EURT token corresponds to one euro held in a Taiwan banking trust, matching the structure of Tether's

Official copyright registration through your nation's copyright office remains irreplaceable. I need to emphasize this because Blockai has faced some skepticism about its value proposition. Yet Blocka

During remarks at the American Financial Services Association's Vehicle Finance Conference in Las Vegas, a top PricewaterhouseCoopers executive explored how blockchain systems might reshape se

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency remittance platform Bitspark has entered into an agreement with Vitaxel Group, positioning the company to expand operations into Malaysia. Through this arrangement, cust

SmartContract has launched Smart Oracles, a platform designed to connect blockchain networks with traditional financial infrastructure and data sources. The American startup's solution bridges Ethereu

Mining power that once loomed as a threat to Ethereum Classic has shifted into its corner. Chandler Guo, a prominent GPU operator in the Ethereum ecosystem and head of Bitangle, previously warned he w

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman sat down with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at Coinbase's San Francisco office. They talked about the moderation practices on /r/Bitcoin, whether Reddit should remove subreddit

Major cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has now embraced Ethereum Classic, the alternative chain that emerged following the July hardfork. The listing marks another significant development in the increa

New York-headquartered blockchain consortium Agentic Group marked its arrival in the United Kingdom with the opening of its London base on July 25th, extending its European footprint. This marks the s

Poloniex added Ethereum Classic to its platform yesterday morning with no advance notice, setting off a firestorm in the digital currency community. ETC is the version of Ethereum that runs on the ori

Ernst & Young is bringing back its third startup challenge, this time focusing on blockchain applications for two sectors the firm views as ripe for disruption: digital rights management and energy tr