Just recently we reported on new information concerning the hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto. Following a summary of suspects, we ended the report with the first part of an interview […] Click here to view full article
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Ripple has had the year from hell from the standpoint of its cryptocurrency price. XRP has lost over 70% of its value since its all-time high of $3.8 on […] Click here to view full article
Bitcoin isn’t the only cryptocurrency exhibiting major price swings as of late. New Economy Movement (XEM) – a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency written in Java – has seen a meteoric price […] Click here to view full article
Interesting things continue to happen for Ripple as we speak. The XRP price and an overall market cap continues to grow, but that is only part of the bigger […] Click here to view full article
It appears there are some very interesting things happening in the world of cryptocurrency and digital assets right now. Ethereum is making big gains – a pump, according to […] Click here to view full article
Even though the use case for Ripple and XRP couldn’t be any more obvious, some people still doubt the project. Ripple and XRP will succeed regardless of what most […] Click here to view full article
The constantly increasing need for computing power is driven by the creation, development, and deployment of various processor intensive tasks. In most cases, individuals, businesses, and even academia find […] Click here to view full article
Back when Iliana Oris Valiente first started pitching her colleagues at Deloitte on the possible benefits of bitcoin, she was cautioned by a senior level executive that she might […] Click here to view full article
The digital currency bitcoin is on another remarkable run, soaring nearly 65% in the last month, and smashing the symbolic $2,000 mark for the first time ever this week. […] Click here to view full article
Intel , the $167 bln US-based chip manufacturer and technology company, has officially secured a partnership with Healthcare transaction service provider and software development firm PokitDok to utilize Blockchain […] Click here to view full article
As Bitcoin continues to grow, some altcoins are not being left behind either. Last week there was an intense competition on the Top 10 of CoinMarketCap with some casualties […] Click here to view full article
Gone are the days when money used to be backed by gold or commodities, thanks to the wide-spread adoption of credit-based economic systems where debt drives consumerism and not […] Click here to view full article
VeChain, which becomes a portfolio company of PwC’s incubation program, to accelerate blockchain adoption in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Professional services firm PwC is backing VeChain , a […] Click here to view full article
Photo: Genesis Mining Only on Friday we reported that the price of Bitcoin reached $1900 thanks to a rush of investment from Asia, but that did not stay a […] Click here to view full article
FuturePerfect Lab Launches Blockchain, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Security Convergence Project
Share with: FuturePerfect Ventures’ Jalak Jobanputra, a veteran venture capitalist and an early champion and investor in some of the world’s fastest growing Blockchain start-ups, is launching a Lab […] Click here to view full article
BlockEx announced today that it will develop standardized templates "which will cover 90% of the documentation required" for bond issuances with the BlockEx Digital Asset Platform. Developed to be […] Click here to view full article
Developers from Streamr, the cloud-based platform that reacts to events in realtime data streams, are asking big questions about the future of the blockchain ecosystem. How will data be […] Click here to view full article
Bitcoin has been referred to as magic internet money. No one knows who created it and those who’ve attempted to dismiss it have gotten a history lesson in the […] Click here to view full article
On May 17, 2017, disintermediation platform Aragon announced it closed an ICO in less than 15 minutes, raking in $25,000,000 in Ether (ETH) from 2,403 investors in exchange for […] Click here to view full article
technology The Vault Contract provides developers a tool designed to make secure automated payments to recipients. The Vault Contract code is the fruit of a joint labor by open-source […] Click here to view full article
technology Status is celebrating the launch of its experimental API by hosting a weeklong virtual hackathon. It starts on June 3rd, and is free to enter and open to […] Click here to view full article
technology GridX is an electricity distribution system that seeks to redefine the energy sector worldwide. Blockchain software company ConsenSys has announced the introduction of a new electricity distribution layer […] Click here to view full article
Ethereum enthusiasts gathered in Brooklyn, New York, for the first-ever Ethereal Summit to discuss the past, present, and future of Ethereum. Hosted by ConsenSys, a venture production studio building […] Click here to view full article
People involved in the world of cryptocurrency for a few years now may have come across the SAFE Network. This project provides a decentralized data storage and communications network, […] Click here to view full article
The world’s most popular cryptocurrency is now worth over $2,000 per coin. It took That’s according to a range of bitcoin exchanges, including Coinbase and Kraken. That valuation puts […] Click here to view full article
Gem is demonstrating the health claims blockchain on Monday 22 at Consensus 2017. Los Angeles-based startup Gem has developed the first blockchain product for health claims management, which is […] Click here to view full article
Our London Correspondent Nick Ayton looks at recent events that are reshaping film and entertainment, Disney ransomware with Johnny Depp and how the Hollywood swamp is long overdue for […] Click here to view full article
Sweltering, crowded, and filled to capacity. If there were a sign that blockchain may be overhyped, or that the industry is in the midst of a massive bubble, the […] Click here to view full article
“Digital currency right now is having its Netscape moment” declared Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong at the Ethereal Summit, in Brooklyn, in a presentation about the cryptocurrency company’s most […] Click here to view full article
Share with: Storj Labs , a leading decentralized cloud storage provider, has launched a sale of its new Ethereum-based application token, STORJ (formerly SJCX). STORJ tokens will enable users […] Click here to view full article
OPINION The blockchain industry is booming in Australia recently after the Australian Tax Office (ATO) announced changes to tax laws in the 2017–2018 budget summary by the Australian government, […] Click here to view full article
Cool Kids’ Clothes Startup Rockets Of Awesome Raises $12.5 Million Series A SALT ( Secured Automated Lending Technology ), a membership-based financial ecosystem based in Denver, Colorado, is launching […] Click here to view full article
It’s a rare time when we hear about a company doing a public offering of product and presenting itself as an entity without competitors. Monopolist? Liar? Not at all. […] Click here to view full article
OPINION The blockchain industry is booming in Australia recently after the Australian Tax Office (ATO) announced changes to tax laws in the 2017–2018 budget summary by the Australian government, […] Click here to view full article
Quantum Project , a blockchain project on a mission to introduce enterprise-grade liquidity in the cryptocurrency market has recently concluded a successful ICO campaign. The platform, powered by Ethereum […] Click here to view full article
Blockchain is the new alchemy, the fabled method of turning technological lead into gold; if there’s a hole in your business somewhere, be it in security, data sanctity, transaction […] Click here to view full article
Riding on a wave of recent successes, the Litecoin Foundation in combination with Litecoin Core, has released a new litecoin roadmap that outlines plans for the next 12 months […] Click here to view full article
Riding on a wave of recent successes, the Litecoin Foundation in combination with Litecoin Core, has released a new roadmap that outlines plans for the next 12 months – […] Click here to view full article
Cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology are hailed as the harbingers of change to the existing financial system which has remained almost the same since ages. At the same time, […] Click here to view full article
Share with: SONM (Supercomputer Organized by Network Mining), the universal fog supercomputer powered by Blockchain technology, has announced its Initial Coin Offering, commencing June 15, 2017 and concluding July […] Click here to view full article
Bitcoin Games This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this […] Click here to view full article
The cryptocurrency economy has grown massively during the past few months. Bitcoin price has almost trippled during the past year. Interestingly enough, some altcoins have witnessed even higher rates […] Click here to view full article
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts venturing into the world of Ethereum for the first time will have to learn a thing or two at first. Although the learning curve is not difficult […] Click here to view full article
Share with: Blockchain startup Aragon has smashed the ICO record with $25 million dollars raised in a 15 minute ICO. The decentralized management platform for companies, announced today that […] Click here to view full article
IT IS hard to predict when bubbles will pop, in particular when they are nested within each other. It helps to keep this image in mind when considering one […] Click here to view full article
Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange protocol 0x has gone from white paper to functioning early-stage application in three months – all without leveraging an initial coin offering (ICO) to raise funds […] Click here to view full article
polybius bank Polybius Foundation , a financial services company established this year and registered in Estonia, is building a fully digital bank for businesses and individuals and the “first […] Click here to view full article
ICONOMI and CoinFund among pre-sale buyers in Aragon Barcelona, Spain – May 16, 2017 – Aragon , the decentralized management platform for companies, today announced a partnership with ShapeShift, […] Click here to view full article
As the first of its kind to emerge, bitcoin has become synonymous with “cryptocurrency”. But lately it’s been joined by a lot of others – which together now account […] Click here to view full article
At the beginning of the year, a few claimed that 2017 would see the rise of the initial coin offerings. This seems to have been fulfilled in quite a […] Click here to view full article
May 17th, 2017 Zug, Switzerland. After 12 months in stealth development, Monaco Technology GMBH unveiled it’s revolutionary Monaco VISA® Card and App today. Besides traditional funding sources, Monaco can […] Click here to view full article
This week the bitcoin-based company Xapo has announced the firm will no longer pay mining fees for customer transactions and will forward the cost to users. The announcement comes […] Click here to view full article
The activities of scammers within the cryptocurrency industry is on the increase. It is suggested that the increased popularity of Bitcoin and other altcoins such as Ripple , Ethereum […] Click here to view full article
Smart contracts are touted as having the potential to do all kinds amazing things. But, to fulfill their promise, they need a way to communicate with the outside world. […] Click here to view full article
With blockchain and cryptocurrency technology trickling down into almost every industry, it comes as no surprise that the technology has also found its way to the music industry. The […] Click here to view full article
OPINION The battle over block size has consumed the Bitcoin community for a while now. At the core, the question comes down to this: Is Bitcoin a “store of […] Click here to view full article
Cryptocurrency should be regulated. Cryptocurrency should not be regulated. Cryptocurrency can’t be regulated. How 5 states are approaching regulation. Cryptocurrency should be regulated. Cryptocurrency should not be regulated. Cryptocurrency […] Click here to view full article
Distributed financial technology firm Ripple is on the verge of locking up billions of dollars worth of its native XRP cryptocurrency inside dozens of smart contracts designed to hold […] Click here to view full article
Share with: Aragon , the decentralized management platform for companies, today announced a partnership with ShapeShift, a leading digital asset exchange, ahead of its token sale commencing tomorrow, May […] Click here to view full article
OPINION The battle over block size has consumed the Bitcoin community for a while now. At the core, the question comes down to this: Is Bitcoin a “store of […] Click here to view full article
Cryptocurrency should be regulated. Cryptocurrency should not be regulated. Cryptocurrency can’t be regulated. How 5 states are approaching regulation. Cryptocurrency should be regulated. Cryptocurrency should not be regulated. Cryptocurrency […] Click here to view full article
Ripple has done it again. With a 24.2 percent 24-hour increase, it surpassed Ethereum to become the world’s second largest cryptocurrency. However, investors are concerned about Ripple’s mid-term price […] Click here to view full article
A lot of developers and Bitcoin enthusiasts are looking forward to issuing smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain. Up until now, this has been possible, albeit very few people […] Click here to view full article
Bitcoin is the first mover in the cryptocurrency industry. The concept introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto in a whitepaper in 2008 led to the creation of the first-ever cryptocurrency the […] Click here to view full article
Blockchain startup Userfeeds has developed a platform aimed combatting fake news through the use of reputation schemes. Thrust into the spotlight by last year’s US presidential election, the launch […] Click here to view full article
Jegar Pitchforth is a statistician, data scientist and blogger with a background in complex systems analysis. In this opinion piece, Pitchforth takes a tour of potential blockchain applications in […] Click here to view full article
Hedge-fund pay. Institutional Investor’s Alpha’s annual " Rich List of the World’s Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers " is out today, and as usual the best-paid hedge-fund manager in 2016 […] Click here to view full article
Image credit: urfin via Shutterstock.com Initial Coin Offering (ICO) funding, a means of raising funds from the crowd for a new cryptocurrency or blockchain venture, grew quickly throughout 2016 […] Click here to view full article
As the hackers behind the global ransomware attack demand payment in Bitcoin, here is a look at the basics behind the electronic currency. The digital currency Bitcoin has emerged […] Click here to view full article
Bitcoin’s scalability issue will be affected by the proposed release of RSK’s Ginger testnet due on May 22. Ginger will be the first Mainnet version of the RSK platform […] Click here to view full article
Law firm Berns Weiss LLP has begun scrutinizing Bitcoin exchanges involved in recent DDoS attacks. It will investigate claims on behalf of the users of crypto exchanges Kraken and […] Click here to view full article
Whether you are just curious about Bitcoin and Blockchain, see your career path in Fintech, or even better want to be an entrepreneur or investor you might want to […] Click here to view full article
Last week, Blockchain transfer token Ripple claimed second spot on CoinMarketCap, however, the reign was brief. In fact, smart contract pioneer Ethereum came back strongly to reclaim its place. […] Click here to view full article
Online gambling is a rapidly growing field, and the amount of players worldwide is expected to almost double by 2021, as forecasted by the report from Juniper Research. The […] Click here to view full article
The Japanese Bitcoin exchange market has led Bitcoin’s price surge over the past few months. Some analysts including Koji Higashi, project leader of ORB and co-founder of IndieSquare, believe […] Click here to view full article
Publicly traded online travel service Webjet is in the final stages of turning an internal blockchain pilot into a finished product. Designed to track the inventory of hotel rooms […] Click here to view full article
There has been a lot of attention on the ENS project as of late. The Ethereum Name Service allows anyone to access information in a decentralized manner while still […] Click here to view full article
In an Ethereum price analysis published on May 2, Cointelegraph revealed that South Korea officially became the largest Ethereum exchange market in the world, taking over China and the […] Click here to view full article
The UN will be helping refugees in Jordan get access to food rations using the Ethereum Blockchain and biometric technology involving scanning the human iris. This technology has already […] Click here to view full article
Ethereum supporters have every reason to be elated. Not only has the value of the platform’s ether tokens jumped by about 900% since the start of the year, but […] Click here to view full article
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are well aware of how a lot of tokens are issued on the Ethereum blockchain. It also appears a lot of tokens are being issued which adhere […] Click here to view full article
Bitcoin Games This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this […] Click here to view full article
"When and how should governments intervene?" With that question, MEP Jakob von Weizsäcker kicked off a session of discussion yesterday held at the European Parliament (EP) and centered on […] Click here to view full article
Cryptocurrency adoption is growing exponentially in Japan as of late. Various exchanges are launching in the coming weeks to cater to new customers. Existing companies are slowly adding support […] Click here to view full article
After a shaky start this spring, a project called the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) appears to be attracting serious capital. Thousands of people are vying for a new set […] Click here to view full article
It is evident for everyone to see Japan is going crazy about cryptocurrency right now. This is made possible thanks to the new regulations going into effect, which removed […] Click here to view full article
International Businesses Machines (IBM), an employer of half a million with a yearly revenue of more than $80 billion, has shared an infographic which states that the industrial internet of things is the next economic revolution. According to the IoT infographic , low-cost sensors, and…
SingularDTV (S-DTV), the newly launched Blockchain entertainment studio, has just unveiled production of its first original television series ‘Singular’ – an epic science fiction adventure about the human race’s journey into a theoretical technological Singularity . Evotion Media Producer, Kim Jackson ( Blue Caprice, Inside…
Anchoring data to the Bitcoin blockchain is an emerging trend these days. Stampery is one o the companies active in this space, and they have launched a new API for industrial users. Moreover, the certification service has been improved, allowing for a faster and slicker…
A startup seeking to use the Ethereum blockchain and artificial intelligence to create an identity authentication system has been accepted into REach, an incubator backed by the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Founded in 2015, Trust Stamp is now emerging from…
As stakeholders in the world’s largest decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) descend into forums to debate its future, concerns are emerging about what the success or failure of The DAO could mean for Ethereum, the blockchain platform that enabled its creation. Front and center for those…
Blockchain app development startup BlockCypher has expanded its platform to include support for Ethereum, a move the company says will see professional services firm Deloitte among its first users. BlockCypher CEO and co-founder Catheryne Nicholson says the addition of Ethereum was in response to an…
Microsoft has announced that it is collaborating with Blockstack Labs , ConsenSys and developers across the globe on an open source, self-sovereign, blockchain-based identity system that allows people, products, apps and services to interoperate across blockchains, cloud providers and organizations. The United Nation’s Sustainable Development…
Cointelegraph spoke with Sirus Knight, one of the experts at the core of Social Kapital, a decentralized VC fund and business idea marketplace similar to The DAO. On June 20th it launches a crowdsale campaign. Whilst The DAO wants to achieve the complete automation of…
June 20th, Social Kapital , a decentralized VC fund and business idea marketplace, is to launch its crowdsale campaign. The news comes after the immense success of The DAO , a similar company, that has just closed the largest recorded crowdfunding campaign in history. Whilst…
The world of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency is spawning many new projects which deserve some attention. The DAO, which is now the largest crowdfunding campaign in history, is looking to invest in some of these projects. Peerplays is one of the projects under consideration Peerplays…
Photo: Finance Magnates A decentralized applications and custom blockchain platform , Lisk has added two American early backers of Ethereum, Charles Hoskinson and Steven Nerayoff, as senior advisers. Max Kordek Lisk CEO Max Kordek announced: “We are extremely pleased to announce Charles Hoskinson and Steven…
Decentralized organizations have a tendency to require much input from very few people, with the vast majority relying on their free and voluntary work. However, as they provide their input due to simple interest, they may be unwilling to take a fully comprehensive and professional…
Augur, the Ethereum-based prediction market platform, has selected Airbitz for accounts services, bringing Edge Security to Ethereum. It will enable a highly secure and user-friendly account creation process, along with automatic encryption, backup and synchronization that will make Augur feel like a traditional website for…