Bitcoin

The World Federation of Exchanges represents some 200 infrastructure providers such as CCPs and exchanges.

The pre-ICO to crowdfund the BlockPay project has begun.

Loyalty systems as they currently exist are broken, according to BitScan CEO Rob Wilson.

Ripple chief technical officer Stefan Thomas gave some insights about W3C's Web Payments Working Group.

Former Bitnet engineers Stephen McNamara and Fergal Downey will run the lab.

BTC Relay is a bridge between Bitcoin and Ethereum that allows a user to pay with Bitcoin to use Ethereum.

The Bitfinex hack is driving plenty of demand for cryptocurrency cold storage solutions.

R3 said its ethos is about industry-wide collaboration and partnering with complementary technology providers.

Eight big FX participants commit to new service; First Derivatives becomes investor and tech partner.

The hackers have demanded 1m bitcoin for the release of the alleged NSA files.

Jaxx community overwhelmingly requested integration with 7th most valuable cryptocurrency.

Real dollar-to-euro trading now available on blockchain through Omni via Tether.

PwC's Ajit Tripathi discusses the limits of automating business logic in smart contracts.

Kenna said the exchange would eventually trade other digital currencies

The banks plus Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore proves Letter of Credit transactions can be executed on blockchain.

Raiden creator Heiko Hees said a 100K transactions per second proof of concept could happen by end of August.

It achieves community building and social interaction through rewards and a reputation system.

Arshak Navruzyan, founder of Startup.ML, has been applying machine learning to quantitative finance problems.

Some 25 big names in Bitcoin have joined the RSK Federation.

The deal integrates LexisNexis Risk Solutions AML risk management data into Elliptic's Bitcoin transaction monitoring.

Hackers have stolen some 119,756 bitcoin or about $65m in cash at current prices.

Thomson Reuters joins the global network of R3 partners united in its lab environment, the R3 Lab and Research Centre.

PwC's Belfast-based blockchain technology team worked with Z/Yen in undertaking the global industry survey.

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) awarded a place on the G-Cloud 8 framework agreement to Credits.

The Smart Contracts Alliance will be co-chaired by Mark Smith, CEO of Symbiont, and Sean Murphy, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright,

Users would be required to register their details with an EU-wide database accessible to intelligence services.

IBTimes spoke with IoT/blockchain innovators David Sønstebø, IOTA founder, and Tom Fuerstner, founder of Riddle&Code.

Florida laws too vague to bring prosecution against selling digital currency, judge rules in landmark case.

The launch of Agentic UK aims to boost the fintech sector following the Brexit vote in June, said a statement.

Tether uses a 'currency board' system, similar to nations that peg their currencies to other fiat currencies.