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Caribbean fiat currencies can have digital equivalents linked in a 1:1 ratio with Central Bank issued counterparts.

Manifold Technology started looking at pain points in complex and clunky rewards programmes involving banks.

Hackers claiming responsibility for holding LA hospital to ransom in cyber attack mock US over the decision to pay up.

IBTimes spoke to Peter Todd, Vlad Zamfir, Emin Gun Sirer and Jed McCaleb about consensus protocols.

Sian Jones of the European Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Forum has given evidence before the European Parliament.

Exclusive: Factom is partnering with Ancun Zhengxin which offers electronic notarisation at 100 notarial offices in China.

Mougayar is cancelling his planned conference, 'The Business Blockchain', originally scheduled for April 19-20 in Toronto.

CEO Kai Cheng Chng explained how DigixDAO token holders can pledge support for projects using crowdsale funds.

IBTimes UK spoke to Samson Mow, COO of BTCC and co-organiser of recent Bitcoin scaling talks in Hong Kong.

Slock.it just signed a deal with Samsung and Ubuntu which is being presented at MWC 2016.

Robert Sams says 'the goal is automation without intermediation' and OTC markets are an abvious candidate.

BigchainDB co-founder Bruce Pon says the team has been inundated with inquiries since releasing its white paper.

Bitcoin payment was quickest way to return to normal from chilling healthcare hack, says official.

MIT Enterprise Forum hosts first ever Blockchain & Energy event on Monday 22 February.

As cyberattacks are reported around the world, here is everything you need to know.

Susanne Tempelhof of BitNation was joined by Alex van de Sande of Ethereum, making the live broadcast.

Coinprism is one of six startups to spend 12 weeks working with likes of Credit Suisse, RBS, Citi and State Street.

IBTimes chatted to Jason Nabi who is heading up itBit's new EMEA divsion and who also advises the PTDL group.

A statement said the bank was also looking to do KYC checks on 'a public blockchain network'.

Daniel Friedberg, a principal at law firm of Riddell Williams PS in Seattle, considers the legal implications of a hard fork.

Security research team finds bitcoin owners use passwords which can be easily and quickly guessed

Mining pools representing 70% of bitcoin network's total hashing power will not be supporting Bitcoin Classic.

The Hyperledger Project also announced a technical steering committee to review contributions.

Digital distribution platform will apparently use BitPay API.

Plutus targets contactless payments for groceries, bills, and Transport for London using token-based rewards scheme.

Part 1 of gaming and blockchain article IBTimes spoke to Tyler Smith of FreeMyVunk, and Jon Neverdie Jacobs.

Exclusive: Factom signed an MoU with technology consulting firm iSoftStone to shape a smart city strategy.

Toronto-based Equibit Development Corporation closed its angel round of financing with a $3m valuation.

Uproov also has a KYC photo tool using smartphones in development, said co-founder Jon Bulich.

Virtual currencies such as bitcoin are facing increased regulation to curb terrorist funding streams.