Following the expected surge in Bitcoin price, Ethereum recorded a staggering 16 percent daily surge in value, increasing from $265 to $317 within a 24-hour period.Since its initial surge Click here to view full article
OPINION In this guest post, blockchain theorist Melanie Swan discusses three recent developments in the blockchain economy, using classical economic principles to distinguish between hype and long-term structural change. Click here to view full article
Bitcoin cash, the offshoot of cryptocurrency bitcoin that was created yesterday, is now worth $7.6 billion, according to data provider Coin Marketcap . That pegs the value of all Click here to view full article
Abra set out in 2014 to make mobile money movement cheap and fast worldwide, using the bitcoin network as rails.But lately the fees for transferring value on that network Click here to view full article
The bitcoin blockchain may be just hours away from its first major fork.While the technical maneuver (explained in more detail here ) doesn't impact bitcoin itself, if implemented it Click here to view full article
The world's most popular digital currency exchange, Coinbase, is under fire from angry customers over its decision not to support a new version of bitcoin that could also make Click here to view full article
Bitcoin traders may soon be able to bet on their preferred version of the blockchain.As if a years-long debate over the network's technical roadmap wasn't dramatic enough , Tuesday Click here to view full article
On July 11, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted Goldman Sachs a patent for a “Cryptographic currency for securities settlement.” The patent, which was originally filed Click here to view full article
Ripple , which touts itself as the “Global Settlement Network” and has been involved with various banks to move money around the world, has its own ideas about how Click here to view full article
The Bank of England has released new details about a proof-of-concept it has developed in partnership with distributed ledger startup Ripple.Among several fintech proofs-of-concept revealed by the UK central Click here to view full article
Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CEO of Polychain Capital, a hedge fund investing in crypto assets. It has so far generated 300% returns. On April 24, Martin Köppelmann, 31, Stefan Click here to view full article
Technologists who have argued that distributed ledgers are the future of cross-border payments got a win on Monday from a surprising source: the Bank of England.Using technology developed by Click here to view full article
Digital currency prices have soared recently, with reports from the past few months showing enormous valuation increases for currencies across the board.Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum have all experienced exponential Click here to view full article
AdEx , a decentralized ad exchange platform, announced the launch of its crowdsale in an official blog post . The crowdsale is scheduled to begin on June 30, 2017 Click here to view full article
The $600m market for initial coin offerings may soon be set to expand.Announced today, investment firm Pantera Capital is launching a new hedge fund focused on investments solely in Click here to view full article
Initial coin offerings are the wild west of financing. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) Blockchain companies continue pushing the envelope. Their latest innovation: redefining how to raise capital.Initial coin offerings (ICOs) Click here to view full article
$82 bln banking giant Morgan Stanley and leading financial institution Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) are utilizing Blockchain technology-based platforms to maintain backup records and process transactions.Earlier Click here to view full article
opinion If you want a price analysis of what it means for cryptos to break $100 billion, you might do better consulting a crystal ball than a market analyst. Click here to view full article
This article highlights findings from CoinDesk Research 's new Q1 2017 State of Blockchain report, and expands on the composition of bitcoin, ethereum and other exchange trading volume into Click here to view full article
Naval Ravikant, a prominent venture capital investor and the CEO of AngelList, explains all Bitcoin has to do to become a premium store of value is to survive.“All Bitcoin Click here to view full article
The author, Lisa Froelings, is a productivity consultant with over four years of experience in human resources working for a major retailer in the US before she decided to Click here to view full article
When Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, has to explain to his mother, who lives in Kansas, what his company does, he says, "Mom, it's pretty simple. We sell Click here to view full article
It just got a whole lot easier for banks to do business with bitcoin.Yesterday, Ripple open-sourced the first bitcoin plug-in for its Interledger protocol (ILP), designed to seamlessly let Click here to view full article