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Barclays wants to help blockchain startups understand investment banking requirements
IBTimes spoke with Dr Lee Braine of Barclays about the blockchain design space.
Bitcoin, blockchains and Swift: my London FinTech Week
IBTimes gives account of some of the goings on at London FinTech Week 2015.
Ethereum user Applied Blockchain doing brisk trade amid smart contracts buzz
Adi Ben-Ari, founder Applied Blockchain was presenting a session on smart contracts at London Fintech Week
Mike Tyson Bitcoin cash machines coming to Las Vegas
Boxing legend Tyson partners with Conexus and Bitcoin Direct in first cryptocurrency celebrity endorsement.
Bitcoin artist Kuno Goda migrates to Ethereum
German Bitcoin artist Kuno Goda has done new work called Glideth based on Ethereum.
ARK becomes first ETF to invest in bitcoin
ARK Investment Management has become the first ETF to invest in bitcoin
Rabobank experiments with Ethereum via smart cash wallet
IBTimes spoke to Rabobank's CIO about experiments its doing around forthcoming SWIFT smart wallet platform.
Blockchain expert Tim Swanson talks about R3 partnership of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, UBS, Barclays et al
R3 announced a blockchain protocol partnership which so far includes nine of the biggest banks on the planet.
UBS reveals its interest in Sidechains as well as Ethereum
Alex Batlin of UBS's technology innovation and research team gave a candid explanation of blockchain strategy.
MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles charged with embezzling over $50m in bitcoin
Karpeles charged in connection with loss of bitcoins from collapsed exchange MtGox.
Clearmatics Robert Sams talks about UBS-backed 'settlement coin' and an aversion to tokens
Clearmatics teamed up with UBS to develop a 'settlement utility coin'.
Government backs blockchain via Innovate Finance and the Hartree Centre
Innovate Finance is opening a blockchain lab in partnership with the Hartree Centre.
Ex Merrill Lynch EMEA chairman Bob Wigley joins Blockchain's advisory board
Bob Wigley is a finance and technology advocate operating at the highest levels.
Nick Szabo: If banks want benefits of blockchains they must go permissionless
Legendary cryptographer said banks keep trying to re-inject points of control into blockchains.
Bitcoin trading service Magnr to offer back-office blockchain, says new chief Colin Kwan
New CEO talked about surviving Mt.Gox and legacy systems at big banks.
Interpol creates cryptocurrency to fight bitcoin crimes on dark web
Interpol's new bitcoin-like virtual currency used in simulated marketplace similar to Silk Road.
BitFury stamps its footprint on future of green Bitcoin mining with ASIC chip
Mining and infrastructure firm BitFury announces energy-efficient 16nm ASIC chip.
Bitcoin 2.0: Eris is talking to banks first and worrying about revenues later
IBTimes chatted to Brian Crain, the newly-appointed head of business development at Eris Industries.
BitPay calls on industry to form 'Bitcoin Association'
BitPay's Sonny Singh and Marcel Roelants say its time the industry joined forces to help promote Bitcoin.
Silk Road cop Shaun Bridges pleads guilty to stealing £500k of dark web bitcoins
Shaun Bridges admits stealing £500,000 of bitcoins from Silk Road users as he investigated the dark web site.
Barclays cites bitcoin's potential in rolling out cryptocurrency
Barclays has been researching bitcoin and the cryptocurrency's blockchain technology in London.
SETL's Peter Randall says banks and blockchains are all about payments
Randall wants blockchain technology to transform the post trade space the way Chi-X transformed the trading space.
Silk Road prosecutors talk about Bitcoin, Ripple and money laundering
IBTimes UK spoke to 'bad-ass crypto cops' Assistant US Attorney Kathryn Haun and Special Agent Tigran Gambaryan.
Iran's first bitcoin exchange opens in effort to exploit 'huge untapped market'
BTXCapital offers instant bitcoin deposits and real-time buy and sell orders to users in Iran.
Bitcoin schism: How Bitcoin became a victim of its own success
Uncertainty surrounds the cryptocurrency's future
Ashley Madison List: Blackmailers target UK victims demanding bitcoin ransom
Cyber criminals target UK users of Ashley Madison demanding bitcoins.
Bitcoin innovators to launch syndicated startup investment market using coloured coins
Funderbeam, the provider of data intelligence on startups, has teamed up with technology platform ChromaWay.
Deutsche Bank mulls the potential of blockchain and the problem of legacy systems
IBTimes spoke to Deutsche Bank research analyst Thomas Dapp and Magister Advisors founder Victor Basta.
Ashley Madison hack: Blackmailers demand bitcoin payments from users of adultery website
Opportunistic blackmailers are asking for bitcoins from Ashley Madison users exposed by data hack.
Rollout of 1,000 Bitcoin ATMs planned for Greece as interest in cryptocurrency surges
1,000 Bitcoin ATMs could be installed in Greece as early as October following a new partnership.