Bitcoin

As bitcoin passes the £2,000 mark for the first time, stories of lost fortunes are back in the news.

The discussion got heated over recent SegWit deployment by Litecoin.

Top investors include SBI Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Intel & Temasek.

Drowning in worth bitcoins, Laszlo Hanyecz gave away 10,000 for two pizzas – they are now worth $20m.

Founding corporate members include IBM, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CME Group, Foxconn, Mastercard, New York Life, Prudential, and Transamerica.

Partnership between Citi and Nasdaq is using Chain's blockchain infrastructure platform.

The Japanese have given bitcoin the green light as a currency.

And many more companies are continuing to get onboard.

VeChain becomes a portfolio company of PwC's incubation program to accelerate blockchain adoption in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

Gibraltar has published proposals for a regulatory framework for DLT to protect the jurisdiction.

John Olesky, a managing director for loan platforms at IHS Markit, details DLT journey so far.

Uptick in yellow metal's price and cryptocurrency's rise have started daft comparisons.

Ties to the global WannaCry ransomware attack have undone years of positive growth for bitcoin.

Three bitcoin wallets attached to the WannaCry ransomware attack have earned less than £40,000.

All non-urgent activity has been suspended, NHS England said in a statement.

Spanish telecommunications giant blackmailed by hackers.

Combined market capitalisation of all public cryptocurrencies has surged nearly 80% over the last month.

Baker & McKenzie expert says industry's adoption of Blockchain adds value into supply chain.

Lightyear.io is co-founded by McCaleb and ex-Palantir executive Brit Yonge.

Blockchain-based Trade Information Warehouse platform will run in parallel to the existing solution starting early 2018.

First pilot by social tech platform Alice helps 15 people sleeping rough in London.

Maecenas is using blockchain technology to create a secondary market in fine art for owners and investors.

Essen-based start-up presents its first open E-mobility platform with blockchain technology.

Le Pen, Brexit and Trump are driving a spectacular hike in cryptocurrency prices.

Police found a 'sophisticated' cannabis plantation and a Bitcoin wallet.

Hyperledger Composer has been accepted into incubation by the group's technical steering committee.

The attacker is asking victims to 'review Btc-e codes' by opening a Word file.

The global law firm has released its second chapter on DLT technology, focused on the insurance industry.

The Parity Bitcoin technology stack offers a new implementation of the Bitcoin protocol written in Rust.

The easily-accessible security flaw affects cyrptocurrency-mining equipment from Bitmain.