Fintech

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.

IBTimes UK shows you how to use the privacy-conscious, anti-censorship decentralised internet network.

Tired of censorship and lack of privacy on the open web, more internet users are turning to ZeroNet.

DC will be demoing their product during International Blockchain Week's Demo Day on September 22 in Shanghai.

The BoE needs to 'do more to meet the growing demands of consumers'.

Monero price spiked after being integrated by leading dark marketplace AlphaBay at the start of September.

Dridex developers have also been recently observed to be blacklisting configurations commonly used by security researchers.

Huge demand was seen for fintech jobs such as data engineers, data analysts and data scientists.

Nick Hungerford, co-founder of investment management company, says wealth managers need to "generate relevance".

Security experts Webroot predicts Bitcoin may be replaced by privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero.

Steven Farmer of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman explains how European privacy laws are playing catchup.

Israeli startup Wave graduated from the Barclays TechStars accelerator.

The project is supported by Humanity United, part of the far-reaching philanthropy of the Omidyar Group.

Ma also discussed promotion of the Electronic World Trading Platform (eWTP).

MaidSafe's funding on BnkToTheFuture begins on 12th September and runs for 30 days.

Apple only allows Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Litecoin, DOA tokens and Ripple on its App Store.

Krzana provides data-hungry companies like hedge funds with relevant signals drawn from over 10,000 sources.