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Leaked email from HBO hacker shows network offered $250,000 payoff as 'bug bounty'
Alleged email reveal talks with criminal who published Game Of Thrones Scripts.
Bitcoen is world's first kosher cryptocurrency for the Jewish community
Russian entrepreneur invests $500,000 into bitcoin-like digital currency.
Synereo launches WildSpark to reward content creation with cryptocurrency
Incentives on WildSpark are facilitated by AMP, the cryptocurrency token issued by Synereo in 2015.
Shadow Brokers have allegedly already made nearly $90,000 from their monthly hacking tool dumps
The mysterious hacker group has reportedly raked in thousands in Monero between July and August.
Blockchain, big data and the value of global trade
Blockchain and data science experts talk about the hidden value of distributed ledger technology.
Two Iranian citizens facing US federal charges for hacking 'conspiracy'
The alleged plot involved hacking and credit card fraud by Iranian citizens.
Solidum Partners completes first catastrophe bond on a blockchain
$148m of notes were settled using the ILSBlockchain.
Tor Network co-founder denies criminal activity enabled by anonymous browsing platform
Tor software is a force for good in the world, argues co-founder Roger Dingledine.
Eleven banks develop trade finance app on R3's Corda DLT platform
App built following twelve months of development and testing, holds potential to improve trade flows, particularly for SMEs in developing economies.
Hard forks and contract hacks – Tezos aims to solve blockchain's problems
Tezos is a smart contract blockchain platform that recently raised $232m.
Who are the Black Death? Dark web group linked to terrifying kidnap of British model
Police found a note about the group which read: "If you wish, we can kidnap a specific target for your needs".
Filecoin laments shutting out crypto supporters to meet SEC regulations
IPFS creator Juan Benet talks about Filecoin, which has already gathered $52m from investors.
WannaCry hackers are converting bitcoins to 'totally anonymous' Monero to hide their tracks
Monero is an extremely privacy-oriented cryptocurrency and is nearly impossible to track.
Could there be a national cryptocurrency? The 21st century gold standard
Luis Cuende is co-founder and project lead of Aragon, co-founder of Stampery and creator of world's first Linux distro with facelogin.
MultiChain 1.0 released: Gideon Greenspan muses on blockchain privacy and smart contract languages
MultiChain's partner programme includes the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Medici Ventures.
Canada's ETHWaterloo to be world's largest Ethereum hackathon
Ethereum chief scientist Vitalik Buterin dropped out of University of Waterloo, Ontario.
Bitcoin Cash fork – how, what, when and why?
Charles Hayter, CEO of CryptoCompare, takes stock of BitcoinCash and the split in the community.
Alex Tapscott launches digital asset investment firm NextBlock Global with $20m financing
NextBlock Global will immediately give investors diversified exposure to the most promising investments.
Europe must supercharge its efforts to support cross-border fintech
Jevgenijs Kazanins, P2P Platform Lead at TWINO, looks at fintech in Europe.
R3's Richard Brown: IBM should adopt Corda
Richard Gendal Brown, chief technology officer at R3, was previously executive architect for banking and financial markets at IBM.
Accord Project joins Hyperledger to push standards for smart contracts
Hyperledger welcomed 10 new members in total.
There is no 'but it's blockchain' exemption in US Securities law
Stephen D. Palley, a lawyer in the Washington D.C. office of Anderson Kill, talks about token sales.
Is Kim Jong-un on World of Tanks? The internet habits of North Korea's elite revealed
Only elites access the web in North Korea, and they apparently love World of Tanks.
Is Dream Market still online? Dark web users panic on Reddit after global crackdown on drug sites
AlphaBay and Hansa marketplaces are now offline - but many fear what comes next.
Apple finally accepts Dash as approved cryptocurrency on App Store
Apple has now formally reversed decision to deny entry to the App Store for applications integrating Dash.
IOTA Foundation partners with Imperial College London to drive Tangle DLT
Imperial will help build IOTA protocol enhancements, PoCs and data visualisation of the IOTA 'Tangle'.
Bitfury launches Exonum, securely anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain
Bitfury is embarking on an international roadshow to showcase Exonum to the global IT community.
Is Bitcoin heading for a catastrophic meltdown?
Anyone holding digital currency bitcoin could soon face some unsettling problems.
Warning: Bitcoin network disruption imminent as cryptocurrency splits
Bitcoin users are warned to stop accepting payments at least a day before 1 August to prevent losses.
Falcon Private Bank gets regulatory approval to offer Bitcoin to its wealthy clients
The bank is working with Bitcoin Suisse AG, a regulated financial service provider and crypto-assets broker.