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Equibit to begin beta testing blockchain-based OTC securities platform
EDC has completed its Supernode installation and partnered with data centre giant Equinix.
John McAfee: Mixing smartphones and Bitcoin will leave cryptocurrency in 'absolute chaos'
Blockchain will 'change the culture of the world', says renowned cyber expert
Fake National Rail train tickets being sold at huge discounts on the Dark Web
A gang is selling forged season tickets on the Dark Web that cost half as much as real train tickets.
China Bitcoin trading pushes price towards $700
Volumes on the three major exchanges: Huobi, OKCoin and BTCC have reached about 7m BTC in a 24 hour period.
From bank to blockchain: US agency forms 'innovation' office to probe fintech revolution
'Consumer preferences for financial products and services are changing rapidly,' says the OCC.
Major banks open to exploring blockchain but majority hesitant to commit, study finds
Security of the blockchain remains a major concern, Accenture reveals.
UK banks mull stockpiling of Bitcoin to pay off cybercrime extortion threats
Police 'don't have the resources' to combat cyber extortion attempts, expert claims.
Synchrony Financial joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
Synchrony Financial is the first credit card company to join R3's consortium of more than 70 large financial institutions.
The Ripple effect – blockchain start-up aiming to usher in new era of global payments
'We are trying to show the market that blockchain can become real', says managing director Daniel Aranda.
John McAfee set to keynote London tech conference to preach merits of blockchain
McAfee has long been a supporter of virtual currency – if not always Bitcoin
Fujitsu using blockchain to develop tech-savvy method of handling confidential data
The joint Japan-US project is expected to become a commercial reality by 2017.
Russian government testing how blockchain can revolutionise document exchanges
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has teamed up with Sberbank.
Over 8 million Bitcoin wallets left inaccessible as Blockchain.info hit with DNS hijack
Blockchain.info powers up to 100,000 Bitcoin transactions every day.
BitShares Munich chief fixes cryptocurrency volatility with smart contracts
Idea behind Smartcoins developed by Daniel Larimer, co-founder of Bitshares and Steem blockchains.
Blockchain start-up Factom raises $4.2m Series A funding
Tim Draper of Draper Associates leads investment in Factom's Series A funding.
Kim Dotcom hopes Megaupload 2.0 will bring micropayments and blockchain to the masses
Dotcom is using a bitcoin-only approach to fundraising in order to try to make bitcoin adoption mainstream.
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox: 'Privacy in a blockchain - that's our whole thing'
The Zcash blockchain is currently running on a testnet and will go live on 28 October.
Blockchain-powered ICONOMI raises $5.8m in crowdsale
So-called 'Uber for fund management' becomes third largest fintech crowdsale ever.
Bikinis, balloon art and bitcoin: Meet the cutesy idols hoping to turn Japan on to cryptocurrencies
Japan is combining its idol culture with cryptocurrency in order to teach people about the blockchain.
'World's largest' fintech hub set to open in Singapore amid attempts to boost innovation
The facility is called Lattice80 and will reportedly be a not-for-profit initiative.
Bitcoin is 'real' money rules US judge in JP Morgan hack case
The legal definition of virtual currencies in the US remains unclear as judges clash.
Bitcoin's caring side: Charity praises virtual currency after anonymous donation worth $23,000
Mystery donation shows humanitarian side of cryptocurrency.
Thousands of Seagate NAS devices hit with cryptocurrency mining malware
Researchers estimate that hackers have raked in around £64,000 using the malware.
Interpol and Europol to investigate how digital currency is used by the criminal underworld
The group will investigate how terrorists use cryptocurrency to fund operations.
Monero opens up: 'We're about as private as you can get'
Monero price spiked after being integrated by leading dark marketplace AlphaBay at the start of September.
The end of anonymity for Bitcoin? EU proposes tracking cryptocurrency users
Users would be required to register their details with an EU-wide database accessible to intelligence services.
Man charged with illegally laundering Bitcoin cleared after judge rules 'it's not real money'
Florida laws too vague to bring prosecution against selling digital currency, judge rules in landmark case.
Gibraltar Stock Exchange welcomes BitcoinETI
BitcoinETI (ticker: BTCETI) is an asset-backed Exchange Traded Instrument invested exclusively in Bitcoin.
CCEDK and Steemit bring crowdfunding to 'Projects Corner'
The OpenLedger crowdfunding app said Projects Corner is a reference to Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner.
OpenLedger adds Tether USD and EUR
Tether uses a 'currency board' system, similar to nations that peg their currencies to other fiat currencies.