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Bitcoin survey shows 71% support SegWit and UASF popularity growing
CoinJournal asked 1,100 respondents to choose SegWit, Bitcoin Unlimited or another option.
Coloured Coins developer Colu releases Bankbox framework for digital currencies
Bankbox will enable users to provide asset verification credentials, fund a wallet, issue currencies, track the assets and manage distribution.
Sia takes on cloud giants with blockchain-based decentralised storage
Sia founder David Vorick says Amazon stores a lot of the internet's data, and with this power comes too much responsibility.
Digital money provider Billon replaces pre-paid cards for Philip Morris using DLT
Billon and Philip Morris successfully completed series of pilots in Poland over the past eight months.
Bitcoin passes $2,900 barrier to hit new record high
Crypto-currency growth continues as ethereum and litecoin also see strong gains.
Blockchain firm BTL completes energy trading pilot with BP
The 12-week European energy pilot also featured Eni Trading & Shipping and Wien Energie.
Blockchain project Æternity aims for state channels, smartphone mining and financial inclusion
The second phase of the Aeternity contribution campaign is underway and ends on 12 June.
DigixGlobal and TenX partner for gold token payments on Ethereum
There are plans to offer an exclusive TenX and Digix co-branded metal card as well.
Ethereum-funded feature film to disrupt movie industry
Braid partners with WeiFund and announces 7 June as date for token launch.
innogy Innovation Hub launches the machine economy IPRIZE
Winning startup in the three categories will get seed investment of up to €250,000 as a convertible loan.
Cornell's blockchain experts tackle off-chain transactions with Intel SGX
Cornell associate professor Emin Gün Sirer was demonstrating IC3's Teechain at Consensus 2017.
Russian scientists develop world's first quantum-proof blockchain
A major Russian bank has successfully tested a blockchain that cannot be hacked - even by a quantum computer.
Bitcoin price tumbles $500 as goldrush knocks world's largest exchange offline
Coinbase suffered an outage on 25 May as investors raced to trade bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
R3's Mike Hearn: Don't toss out existing enterprise software because of blockchain 'fashion'
R3's lead designer Mike Hearn was giving a talk about the Corda DLT platform at Consensus 2017.
Token Summit 2017: Blockchain engineers say avoid ICO hype
ICO best practice panel was taking place at William Mougayar's Token Summit at NYU.
Is the latest bitcoin bubble about to burst?
As bitcoin surges towards the $3000 barrier, cryptocurrency experts warn of another crash on the horizon.
Chat platform Kik launches Ethereum-backed Kin token
Kin will be created as an ERC20 token on the Ethereum blockchain.
This man threw away £14 of bitcoin in 2012: They are now worth £2.8m
As bitcoin passes the £2,000 mark for the first time, stories of lost fortunes are back in the news.
Consensus 2017 audience votes to clear Bitcoin log-jam
The discussion got heated over recent SegWit deployment by Litecoin.
Consensus 2017: R3 secures $107m funding for distributed ledger technology
Top investors include SBI Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC, Intel & Temasek.
Bitcoin Pizza Day: The story behind how a $25 takeaway appreciated to $20m
Drowning in worth bitcoins, Laszlo Hanyecz gave away 10,000 for two pizzas – they are now worth $20m.
Digital Currency Group launches blockchain accelerator DCG Connect with IBM, Amazon and Mastercard
Founding corporate members include IBM, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CME Group, Foxconn, Mastercard, New York Life, Prudential, and Transamerica.
Zero-knowledge proofs added to JP Morgan's Quorum blockchain
JP Morgan's Quorum is the first distributed ledger platform to feature the zero-knowledge security layer (ZSL).
Citi and Nasdaq announce straight through payment processing blockchain
Partnership between Citi and Nasdaq is using Chain's blockchain infrastructure platform.
Bitcoin breaks through $2,100, trades at $2,500 in Japan
The Japanese have given bitcoin the green light as a currency.
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance adds 86 new companies
And many more companies are continuing to get onboard.
PwC backs Chinese supply chain and anti-counterfeiting blockchain
VeChain becomes a portfolio company of PwC's incubation program to accelerate blockchain adoption in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Gem shows off first blockchain application for health claims
Gem is demonstrating the health claims blockchain on Monday 22 at Consensus 2017.
Gibraltar greets Brexit with regulatory framework for blockchain
Gibraltar has published proposals for a regulatory framework for DLT to protect the jurisdiction.
How IHS Markit's syndicated loans blockchain arrived at cash
John Olesky, a managing director for loan platforms at IHS Markit, details DLT journey so far.