Cryptocurrency

The WIRED Money conference takes place June 23rd at The British Museum in London, with fintech startups and established banks coming together to examine the industry's future. The one-day event featur

Bitcoin Core's developers have spent much of the past year defending their work to skeptical observers. The reference implementation's dev team improved its communication strategy over the last six mo

A research paper from Dino Mark (Smartwallet founder), Vlad Zamfir (Ethereum Foundation), and Cornell professor Emin Gün Sirer outlines nine potential vulnerabilities in The DAO's voting system. The r

Johnson Lau, a Bitcoin Core developer, has proposed a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal aimed at expanding the network's scripting language. It builds on BIP 114, which he also authored. MiningPool spoke

A new social media venture backed by blockchain technology has entered its testing phase, featuring a novel approach where content contributors and moderators can monetize their participation. Steem

Mention Ethereum to any of its advocates and you'll promptly hear about decentralized autonomous organizations. These distributed entities represent a fundamental concept the smart contract network wa

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange platform ANX International has announced a new service that will...

The exchange Bittrex has placed a hold on digital assets totaling more than $100,000 believed to originate from Cryptsy's seized accounts. According to court filings, James D. Sallah Esq., the court-a

Speaking in a recently conducted AMA session on the Chinese crypto platform 8btc, Gavin Andresen — the Bitcoin Foundation's Chief Scientist — doubled down on his commitment to Bitcoin Classic and its

Blockchain will dominate discussions at the Fintech Storm India Summit 2016, which opens Thursday in Mumbai. The two-day conference will feature a dedicated half-day workshop with the National Payment

Roger Ver was on the Crypto Show, the only terrestrial radio program in the nation covering cryptocurrency. Broadcast from Austin on 90.1 FM Wednesday and Sunday nights and rebroadcast internationally

Adam Back, president of Blockstream, outlined his approach to Bitcoin's capacity problem at a recent talk in Prague's Paralelni Polis. The roadmap tracks with what Bitcoin Core contributor Greg Maxwel

Ethereum-based investment platform The DAO has already accumulated more than $13 million in digital assets during the opening three days of its token distribution event. Operating as a decentralized a

Steam customers can now purchase games, software, and hardware using bitcoin. BitPay manages the payment processing through the store. Leaks and official hints made this outcome unsurprising. In Febr

Valve is bringing Bitcoin to Steam, the world's largest PC game platform. The company sent an announcement to developers and publishers outlining how the payment method will work alongside existing op

Shapeshift came back online April 20th following a detailed security post by CEO Erik Voorhees that laid out what happened during the breach. Three separate incidents—one involving a now-fired employe

Blockstream executives say they'll finish building sidechains within a few months. Greg Maxwell, the company's CTO, told MiningPool that his team expects to deliver a new version within two months, w

Ransomware criminals distributing the infamous CTB-Locker strain have found a novel method to deliver decryption keys to their victims: the blockchain itself. Sucuri, a security firm, first documented

Ethereum is gaining traction in Asia as traders begin swapping bitcoin for ether. Gatecoin, a Hong Kong-based exchange focused on cryptocurrency and digital assets, has witnessed a sharp rise in new s

The formerly notorious Cryptsy exchange operator Paul Vernon has apparently launched a new trading platform operating from mainland China, a representative of the new site has disclosed. While that