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Mining giant BTCC talks about road ahead for Bitcoin following failed 'coup'
IBTimes UK spoke to Samson Mow, COO of BTCC and co-organiser of recent Bitcoin scaling talks in Hong Kong.
RWE and Slock.it – Electric cars using Ethereum wallets can recharge by induction at traffic lights
Slock.it just signed a deal with Samsung and Ubuntu which is being presented at MWC 2016.
Ethereum-inspired Clearmatics to save OTC markets from eternal darkness
Robert Sams says 'the goal is automation without intermediation' and OTC markets are an abvious candidate.
Meet BigchainDB – 'the scalable blockchain database' hitting one million writes per second
BigchainDB co-founder Bruce Pon says the team has been inundated with inquiries since releasing its white paper.
MIT Cleantech Committee explores how blockchains can distribute renewable electricity
MIT Enterprise Forum hosts first ever Blockchain & Energy event on Monday 22 February.
Bitnation launches Decentralised Borderless Voluntary Nation Constitution with Ethereum
Susanne Tempelhof of BitNation was joined by Alex van de Sande of Ethereum, making the live broadcast.
Coinprism and Openchain chosen to join Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab
Coinprism is one of six startups to spend 12 weeks working with likes of Credit Suisse, RBS, Citi and State Street.
itBit Bankchain talks about heading to London and the Post Trade Distributed Ledger project
IBTimes chatted to Jason Nabi who is heading up itBit's new EMEA divsion and who also advises the PTDL group.
South Korea: KB Kookmin Bank to offer blockchain remittance services using Coinplug
A statement said the bank was also looking to do KYC checks on 'a public blockchain network'.
Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Project trumpets code contributions from across 30 founder members
The Hyperledger Project also announced a technical steering committee to review contributions.
Gaming on the blockchain – the trillion dollar jackpot
Part 1 of gaming and blockchain article IBTimes spoke to Tyler Smith of FreeMyVunk, and Jon Neverdie Jacobs.
Factom signs smart city deal to roll out blockchain verification across China
Exclusive: Factom signed an MoU with technology consulting firm iSoftStone to shape a smart city strategy.
OTC securities blockchain builder Equibit closes $3m angel round
Toronto-based Equibit Development Corporation closed its angel round of financing with a $3m valuation.
Uproov launches 'Call Recorder Blockchain' for smartphones to record all phone calls
Uproov also has a KYC photo tool using smartphones in development, said co-founder Jon Bulich.
Blockstream: This is a marathon, not a sprint started with 'marketecture'
Blockstream has just announced $55m Series A funding and a partnership with PwC.
Could high-frequency trading tricks be killed off by a blockchain-based 'capital markets utopia'?
A report by Oliver Wyman and Euroclear considers a brave new financial system.
Leaping into the future: Nigeria's rural microfinance community gets connected using Stellar and Oradian
IBTimes spoke to Joyce Kim, CEO of Stellar and Antonio Separovic, MD of Oradian, about the new Nigeria pilot.
Blockchain innovator SatoshiPay offers alternative to advertising for web publishers
SatoshiPay's nonopayment system offers new ways of monetising web content and digital goods in general.
DCG's Barry Silbert: 'We're excited by blockchain – but just as excited about Bitcoin'
IBTimes spoke to Digital Currency Group founder Barry Silbert about banking blockchains, innovation and BitPesa.
Skuchain: Here's how blockchain will save global trade a trillion dollars
IBTimes spoke to Skuchain about how blockchains will optimise antiquated, paper-based trade.
Ethereum-based credit rating and KYC platform Cetas picks up Citi innovation prize
Algorythmix has picked up first prize for the most transformative use of blockchain in Citi Mobile Challenge.
Citi Digital Money Symposium bets on India to become the new Kenya
IBTimes UK learns how India is replicating the success of mobile money in Kenya.
Ethereum's William Mougayar announces Business Blockchain books and conference
The Business Blockchain Conference will be held in Toronto on 18-20 April.
Barclays selects Smart Contract Templates internal team to join its Accelerator programme
EXCLUSIVE: Dr Lee Braine from Barclays details the bank's latest smart contract initiative.
How are banks actually going to use blockchains and smart contracts?
IBTimes spoke to Dr Gideon Greenspan, founder of Coin Sciences and MultiChain, about enterprise blockchains.
Genesis Mining billboards say Jamie Dimon is right - 'Bitcoin will eat your lunch'
JP Morgan CEO mocked by cloud mining operation.
FCA's Makoto Seta: 'Blockchains will transform the way regulators work'
Seta joined a blockchain panel hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright called Unlocking the Blockchain.
BTL launches blockchain remittance platform Interbit
BTL is launching remittance platform Interbit at the BC Tech Summit on January 18th & 19th in Vancouver.
Bitcoin innovators SatoshiPay poised to recover website revenues lost through ad-blocking
Cryptocurrency in the form of nanopayments can provide content providers with an alternative revenue stream.
Digital currency: Putting blockchain regulations into the broader context of today
Steve Ehrlich, an associate at Spitzberg Partners, surveys the regulatory landscape regarding blockchain.