Cryptocurrency

Five of Britain's leading money managers are investigating whether blockchain could slash their costs by eliminating go-betweens. Schroders, Aberdeen Asset Management, Columbia Threadneedle, Aviva Inv

Equibit Development Corporation, a Canadian blockchain software firm, closed an angel funding round worth $150,000 from a United Kingdom investor. The company valued itself at $3 million. EDC's CEO a

The block size debate carries into 2016 with no resolution in sight, even though it started as a technical discussion among developers. The debate has devolved into name-calling. Both camps have slung

Skuchain closed a funding round with backing from Digital Currency Group, Amino Capital, and Fenbushi Capital, a venture firm based in China that focuses on blockchain investments. The Mountain View s

NeuCoin launched to reasonable skepticism. Altcoins promised the world and delivered vaporware. This one delivered. Late last month, the digital currency integrated into Jango, the popular music stre

Cambridge Blockchain took the grand prize at the Santander InnoVentures Blockchain Challenge on January 27 in New York. Eight blockchain startups competed for the $15,000 award and the chance

Eric Lombrozo runs Ciphrex and has long contributed to Bitcoin Core development. He outlined a vision for Bitcoin's future at the recent Blockchain Agenda Conference in San Diego, focusing on how the

Executives from the world's biggest banks and financial firms gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week and wrestled with the same question: could bitcoin and blockchain technology resha

Jonas Schnelli has been pushing code to Bitcoin Core since April 2013, when his first pull request landed in the repository. Over the years he accumulated 220 commits, making him the sixth-ranked cont

MiningPool has never been enthusiastic about advertising. We've tolerated ads as a stopgap while we build a reader support model. Brendan Eich, who created JavaScript and ran Mozilla as CEO, is now b

Digital Asset Holdings closed a funding round exceeding $50 million, with backing from Citi, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, ABN AMRO, Accenture, the Australian Securities Exchange, Broadridge Financial Solut

Bitcoin startups raised roughly $1 billion in venture capital during 2015, the strongest year the industry had experienced. Vinay Gupta, a cypherpunk in blockchain development, predicts a much larger

Georgetown University will host the DC Blockchain Summit on March 3rd, with the Chamber of Digital Commerce unveiling three additional speakers today. These newly added speakers complement an already

Hong Kong-headquartered digital asset trading platform Gatecoin is moving forward with plans to bring bitcoin and blockchain services to the African continent through a partnership with a local financ

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Peter Smith, head of the Luxembourg-headquartered Blockchain company, announced a landmark collaboration with Dubai's government to transition its entire administ

Gavin Smith and Marcie Terman founded First Global Credit in 2014 with a combined 35 years in financial services. The company broke new ground by becoming the first brokerage to let traders use bitcoi

Chinese financial regulators have issued serious warnings regarding MMM Global and its domestic variant, characterizing both operations as unlawful. The alert surfaced through Caixin, a major Chinese

Kraken, the European bitcoin exchange founded in 2011, is acquiring Coinsetter and Cavirtex, expanding its reach into North America. The deal represents the largest consolidation in bitcoin exchange h

Bitcoin developers divide on how to scale the network. Some advocate for larger blocks to boost transaction capacity. Others champion the Lightning Network. This architectural choice matters because i

Mike Hearn walked away from Bitcoin last week, calling the cryptocurrency a failed experiment. He'd be the most hated man in the community if Cryptsy's collapse weren't still fresh. Hearn spent years