Fintech

Naughty America Productions and DECENT piloting next generation video content distribution platform.

The Zcash blockchain is currently running on a testnet and will go live on 28 October.

The announcement was made during a signing ceremony event at the SIBOS Annual Conference in Geneva.

Top EU cops warn 'cybercrime as-a-service' may become a major issue

Some 15% of banks and 14% of financial market institutions interviewed intend to implement full-scale, commercial blockchain solutions in 2017.

South Africa's Strate and Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD), signed a Letter of Intent at Sibos, Geneva.

Symbiont and financial services technology and data partner Ipreo created Synaps Loans LLC.

So-called 'Uber for fund management' becomes third largest fintech crowdsale ever.

Sam Pearse, Partner at Pillsbury Law, talks about the Australian Stock Exchange's blockchain plans.

Project validated blockchain-inspired technology for trading, matching and settlement.

Japan is combining its idol culture with cryptocurrency in order to teach people about the blockchain.

Sberbank CTO Pavel Khodalev talked about central bank support for blockchain strategy.

Ethereum's founder says attackers are laying siege to its network, causing it to slow down greatly.

R3's Tim Swanson and John Whelan of Santander Blockchain Labs talk about challenges and opportunities for banking consortia.

BlockApps and ConsenSys made the announcement at the Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.

The Linux Foundation/Hyperledger Project and IBM took to the stage at Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai.

The uPort digital identity system beat off tough competition from Digix Global, Cosmos and Decentralized Capital.

Demo day at International Blockchain Week in Shanghai was kicked off by IBM and Hyperledger Project.

The facility is called Lattice80 and will reportedly be a not-for-profit initiative.

A slew of announcements around private blockchains came from banks and 'big four' players.

Ethereum designer Alex Van de Sande showed off Mist light client and how it works with Swarm.

Microsoft blockchain lead Marley Gray explains how Ethereum will reach enterprise in secure and scalable fashion.

The legal definition of virtual currencies in the US remains unclear as judges clash.

The first use case of the Santander project to back tokens on Ethereum via bank accounts will be micropayments.

2nd day of DevCon had firm focus on security with Joseph Chow and Raine Revere taking to the stage.

Zcash developer Zooko Wilcox talked about how the soon-to-launch privacy blockchain will connect with Ethereum.

Ethereum DevCon 2 got underway in Shanghai with focus on security and smart contracts.

Technology analyst Richard Windsor of Radio Free Mobile talks about Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay.

Mystery donation shows humanitarian side of cryptocurrency.

The group will investigate how terrorists use cryptocurrency to fund operations.