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MasterCard talks tokenisation, Bitcoin and biometrics
IBTimes talked about the working of card networks with Ann Cairns, president of international markets, MasterCard.
Swift hopes for harmony with 'new kids on the blockchain'
IBTimes spoke to Fabian Vandenreydt, head of markets at Innotribe and the Swift Institute, about blockchains.
Imogen Heap shows how smart music contracts work using Ethereum
Imogen Heap released single Tiny Human for developers to build into blockchain-powered services.
Vitalik Buterin theorises about monetising an Ethereum browser, the price of Bitcoin and education in China
IBTimes spoke to Vitalik Buterin about Ethereum's plans involving alternative revenue streams and its moves in China.
Smart securities issuer Symbiont fires shots in the private blockchain arms race
Symbiont tells IBTimes about its smart contracts server and why it is ahead of the competition.
Michael Young: Blackmailer jailed for 8 years after claim of injecting pumpkins with cyanide
The ex-military policeman demanded £50,000 from a 70-year-old Lincolnshire farmer.
Credits testing KYC blockchain on the Isle of Man
The Credits team is following a tradition of technology testing on the Isle of Man.
World's first bitcoin computer could bring an end to online advertising
21 Bitcoin Computer allows web users to pay for content with power generated by their computer.
Dr Gideon Greenspan: Blockchain design is academic work and shouldn't just be decided by banks
MultiChain's Gideon Greenspan talks about Bitcoin and Ethereum in the context of enterprise blockchain design.
Jon Matonis: Banking cartels could use private blockchains as blockades
IBTimes caught up with former Bitcoin Foundation executive director Jon Matonis during FinTech Week 2015.
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.