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Blockchain innovators battle fake news with tokens and content scoring
Global media agency Mindshare partners with Singpore's high speed blockchain Zilliqa to test media applications
Infosys launches Finacle Trade Connect for blockchain-based trade finance
Infosys Finacle launched a pilot trade finance network with 11 banks to trial the Finacle Trade Connect solution.
Ethereum-based Digix closes seed investment round with Global Brain and Fenbushi Capital
Digix raised $1.25m in its seed round led by Japanese VC Global Brain, and joined by Fenbushi Capital, Asia's most active blockchain-focused venture capital fund.
How to realise the potential of blockchain in developing economies
Joel John, lead researcher for Blockchain-focused VC firm Outlier Ventures, looks at the history of blockchain's promise of financial inclusion.
Blockchain company BTL Group raises £9m to launch Interbit platform
The private placements of C$15.3 million (£9m) will see Interbit go live in early 2018.
Fake WiFi network used by hackers to steal more than €100,000 worth of bitcoin
Austrian police say cyber-thieves transferred bitcoins worth more than €100,000 (£89,000, $117,000) from a man's account while he was logged into a restaurant's public WiFi.
Ethereum-based hedge fund innovator Melonport taps Todd Ruppert of T. Rowe Price
Former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services joins the decentralised asset management technology developer as an advisor and member of Melon Foundation.
Paris-based TOBAM launches Bitcoin mutual fund in Europe
TOBAM has about $8.8bn in AUM and counts the California Public Employees' Retirement System as a minority shareholder.
Blockstream and Digital Garage accelerate cryptocurrency and blockchain in Japan
New strategic investment enables faster blockchain deployments with Japanese businesses.
ConsenSys prescribes blockchain for London's Brexit blues
It's significant that Ethereum design studio, ConsenSys, has chosen London to host its 'European Hub'.
Ethereum studio ConsenSys opens European Hub in London
The London hub in Shoreditch has space for 60 ConsenSys members and sponsored projects.
BitTorrent inventor holds the key to greener, less centralised cryptocurrency mining
Bram Cohen explains how proofs of space and time can solve the sort of ASIC centralisation you find in Bitcoin.
tZERO announces launch date and terms for token sale
The tZERO sale will begin on December 18, 2017 using the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (or SAFT).
Ethereum wallet firm was warned about critical bug that left $162m 'frozen in time'
After a careful analysis of the situation, the Parity confirmed that it was first made aware about the potential dangers of a coding vulnerability months before the incident.
Alleged 'PR specialist' for dark web drug market AlphaBay charged by FBI
An Illinois man who federal prosecutors say worked as a spokesman for a "darknet" marketplace for illicit internet commerce has been charged in Atlanta.
ING releases Zero-Knowledge Range Proof for more efficient blockchain applications
The bank's Zero-Knowledge Range Proof (ZKRP) solution at the inaugural Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Event in Amsterdam.
How blockchain could prevent the next major cyber-attack
Igor Barinov is co-founder and product manager of Oracles Network.
Russian cybercrime mastermind accused of $4bn bitcoin fraud
Greece's Supreme Court on Wednesday (15 November) postponed until December an extradition hearing for Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik.
Cybersecurity legend John McAfee partners with Hacken to chase new cryptocurrency
Anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has signed a partnership with Hacken, an Eastern European cybersecurity start-up built upon a new form of cryptocurrency, IBTimes UK can reveal.
Blockchain: Nuco selected by Government of Ontario for digital identity tech
Nuco has been awarded funding under the Small Business Innovation Challenge (SBIC) program delivered by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE).
Blockchain bots: Why we need a decentralised and open AI future
Nathan Shedroff is Executive Director at Seed Vault Ltd
The $20 trillion ICO real estate market and the new asset economy
Bigger than Bitcoin & more valuable than Gold, say David Parsons, Blockchain Economist, and Antony Abell, MD of TrustMe™
Global Blockchain Technologies announces $20m fund to invest in Steem SMTs
The blockchain investment company establishes major joint venture to bring funding to startups building on Steem.
Blockchain: FBG Capital and Singapore's Zilliqa partner up
FBG Capital announces a strategic partnership with the high-throughput blockchain platform developed at the National University of Singapore.
R3's Corda partner network grows to over 60 companies including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel and Microsoft
The Corda partner network is made up of technology firms such as Microsoft, HPE and Intel, consulting firms including EY, Accenture and KPMG.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise introduces 'blockchain as a service'
HPE's industry-first Mission Critical Distributed Ledger Technology helps customers deploy blockchain solutions quickly and easily.
William Mougayar's Token Summit returns in San Francisco
Speakers include Filecoin's Juan Benet, the Lightning Network's Joseph Poon and former Federal Prosecutor Kathryn Haun.
Bitfury trumpets blockchain land registry with Republic of Georgia at Harvard and UN
The blockchain-based land-titling project is being presented at both Harvard and the United Nations.
Dash transactions now 215 times cheaper than Bitcoin
Software rollout also doubles Dash transaction capacity; which is now 8 times the capacity of Bitcoin.
CoinDesk releases top five analysts and traders in cryptocurrency list
The quarterly State of Blockchain Report cross-referenced over 100 public-facing candidates to generate the Top 5 Traders and Top 5 Analysts of 2017.