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Blockchain company ConsenSys launches $50m venture capital arm
Kavita Gupta will be founding managing partner of ConsenSys Ventures.
State of Blockchain Report: Digital assets leave equities, gold and property in the dust
Coindesk report finds digital assets are nearly 20 times more lucrative than property, gold and stocks combined.
Imperial College examines crypto-economic flaws in ICO tokens
Imperial deepens its partnership with blockchain specialist Outlier Ventures.
Top ECB official says central bank working on licensing rules for fintech
Daniele Nouy believes the nascent but important industry needs guidelines as digitisation proliferates.
Luxury apartments, supercars and concierge services – how to spend your cryptocurrency gains
Baroness Michelle Mone OBE and businessman Doug Barrowman unveil luxury apartment complex to be bought with Bitcoin
China brands ICOs 'illegal fundraising' and bans them outright
The People's Bank of China issued the regulatory statement on its website, Monday 4 September.
Utility Settlement Coin: A blockchain stepping stone to fiat digital currency
Six additional major banks have joined the Utility Settlement Coin project.
Blockchain builder BTL moves to beta of Interbit platform
BTL is preparing patent applications for its Interbit platform expected to be made by no later than Q4 of this year.
Want to pay some tax on your cryptocurrency gains – anyone?
Lykke partners with CryptoTax to provide customers with country-specific tax reports.
The Illinois Blockchain Initiative creates self-sovereign identity at birth
In partnership with Evernym to create a secure self-sovereign identity for Illinois citizens during the birth registration process.
Popular Darknet Markets tutorial on bitcoin mixing is a dubious phishing scam
Experts say that the instructional by itself is a good source, but links leading out of it are masked and disguised scams.
Nuco's Matthew Spoke: Today's blockchains don't talk to each other – but they will
Aion will allow instant, global transfer and recording of data and value between blockchains
When a machine is the customer – designing for machines
Dr. Carsten Stöcker is Senior Manager in the Machine Economy Innovation Lighthouse Lead at innogy SE.
DFINITY announces 'infinite blockchain computer'
DFINITY combines the deterministic properties of blockchains with random number generating algorithms.
John McAfee's cyber firm to boost bitcoin mining operation with new $2.4m investment
MGT has reportedly mined 1,000 bitcoins since September 2016.
Blockchain 'Atomic Ledger' experiment records 20 million timestamped stock trades
The experiment involved the National Physical Laboratory, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TMX), and Z/Yen.
Coinsilium to launch Terrastream for Gibraltar's blockchain regulatory framework
Gibraltar is expected to become the first jurisdiction globally to develop a regulatory framework for blockchains.
Ethereum identity system uPort working with Brazil's Ministry of Planning
uPort is a self-sovereign identity system that allows people to own their identity and control the flow of their personal information.
Bitcoin anonymity busted by retail website cookies
Once-anonymous cryptocurrency users can be identified by web cookie data, researchers warn.
Hackers use leaked NSA exploit to stealthily spread cryptocurrency mining malware
'EternalBlue' tool being used to infect Windows PCs with fileless crypto malware.
IBM enlists Walmart, Nestlé, Unilever, Dole for food safety blockchain
The IBM Blockchain Platform solution also includes Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick and Company and more.
'Big Tech', not fintech, causing greatest disruption to traditional finance
The competitive landscape in banking and insurance is being shaped increasingly by large technology firms.
R3 and Synechron collaborate on phase 2 of corporate KYC
The LEIA 2 project includes 12 banks and follows on from the KYC work already carried out by R3 with its members.
Boutique UK fintech firm Prodigy Finance raises $240m in funding
Company provides loans to international students from emerging markets with no alternative sources of finance.
IG Group launches trading on cryptocurrency Ethereum
Global online trader says move down to rising "popularity of cryptocurrencies."
John McAfee is changing jobs: Why the cyber pioneer is glad to be 'back where he belongs'
McAfee confirms move from boardroom to product design in company reshuffle.
'Hello World': Blockstream Satellite to broadcast Bitcoin to the entire planet
Blockstream Satellite offers a low-cost way for anyone, anywhere to operate and maintain Bitcoin nodes.
John McAfee: Why the word 'bubble' cannot be applied to bitcoin
Cybersecurity expert sheds light on the new currency paradigm.
SWIFT provides instant payments in the US
US banks will have the option to connect to new TCH real-time payments system via SWIFT gateway.
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance launches Legal Industry Working Group
Some 14 law firms and institutions have joined EEA's group to establish the legal status of smart contracts.