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Blockchain security and the cryptocurrency boom
Steve Giguere, engineer at Synopsys, provides a comprehensive explainer here for crypo-n00bs.
Blockchain: How to write safe and verifiable smart contracts
Blockchain platform Zilliqa introduces Scilla, a language for formally verified smart contracts
Overstock.com and tZERO launch robo-advisor digital investment platform
Overstock chief Patrick Byrne says it continues his commitment to bridging Wall Street and e-commerce.
R3 and Hyperledger meet in Evernym identity project on Sovrin blockchain
Sovrin is working on a system of standards called 'verifiable claims' along with W3C and the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF).
Cambridge Blockchain forms identity data alliance with IHS Markit
Launched by IHS Markit in 2014, kyc.com serves 17 global banks and over 140,000 registered legal entities.
The tip of the iceberg: 800 million idle hardware wallets
Steven Sprague, CEO of Rivetz Corp, on the trusted execution environment critical to the future of blockchain security.
MakerDAO and Digix: DGX gold tokens to play a crucial role in DAI stablecoin
The Maker team plans to launch Multi Collateral Dai with a three billion debt ceiling for DGX.
Blockchain startup Provenance stars in Humanity United's $23m Working Capital fund
UK's Provenance is one of the first two companies in the portfolio, which is focused on ethical supply chain development.
Peakcoin: Regulating the future of cryptocurrencies
Dr Desné Masie considers a possible common international approach to regulating Bitcoin aired by world leaders at Davos.
From armed robbery to a $530m hack: The week cryptocurrency went mad
In recent weeks the entire cryptocurrency industry has been rocked by a shocking amount of hacks, cyberattacks, mistakes and thefts. Here are the highlights.
Former Lloyds FX head joins Cobalt blockchain post-trade platform
Ex Lloyds forex chief Darren Coote has also invested in Cobalt.
Bitcoin giant BTCC bought by Hong Kong investment fund, plans to focus on international market
BTCC has been acquired by an unnamed Hong Kong-based blockchain investment fund
Experty hacked: Over $150,000 worth of Ethereum stolen from ICO participants in phishing scam
Scammers pretending to be from Experty sent out a fake pre-ICO announcement email that encouraged users to send money to an Ethereum wallet that wasn't affiliated with the company.
Will blockchain make social media fairer?
Blockchain takes away the power from social media giants by giving the ownership of data back to users.
Coincheck hack: Massive cryptocurrency heist sees hackers steal over $500m as exchange halts trading
Hackers stole over $500m from Coincheck, a major Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, in the biggest cryptocurrency heist to date.
Blockstack focuses on building decentralised web amid crypto-token mania
Blockstack's Muneeb Ali refers to Google's motto – 'Don't be evil', and says shouldn't it be, 'can't be evil'?
Playing the game: Investment opportunities via cryptocurrencies are real
Egor Gurjev, CEO at Playkey looks at how cryptocurrency will truly empower gamers by monetising that network.
Blockchain 2.0: Exchanging value in the physical and digital world, continuously and simultaneously
The Spherity team consider liquid supply medium exchange: continuous transactions, token streaming and digital twins.
Status supports Matrix: ICO gains used to back non-blockchain decentralisation technology
Status, which last year tokenised to the tune of about $100m, has sunk $5m into non-blockchain decentralisation technology Matrix.
Blockchain identity system ShoCard meets GDPR standards
ShoCard removes the need for authentication data to be stored on an organisation's databases.
BTL's blockchain energy trading project adds Gazprom, Total, Eni and more
Mercuria, Vattenfall, Petroineos and Freepoint are also joining phase two of BTL's 'OneOffice' trading project.
ING, Societe Generale and ABN Amro do first blockchain agricultural commodity trade
The enhanced Easy Trading Connect (ETC) blockchain prototype was coordinated by seller Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC); the buyer was Shandong Bohi Industry in China.
Cryptocurrency scandal: South Korean regulators probe claims of insider trading
As speculation about South Korea's stance on crypto shifts markets, it has emerged that at least one government official in the region is under investigation for insider trading.
Æternity doubles Parity hack bounty to rival $25m reward for Osama Bin Laden
Æternity had initially offered a reward of 10% of the funds taken; it's now 20%.
From CryptoPunks to Decentraland: The work of art in the age of blockchain revolution
The Rare Digital Art Festival, which took place in New York City last week, was packed to the rafters.
The bitcoin resurgence? Cryptocurrency bouncing back after 48 hours of 'carnage'
Popular digital currency appears to rise in value after chaotic start to 2018 and particularly rough 48 hours.
Ethereum-based Digix and Republic Protocol doing dark pool crypto to gold trading
Republic Protocol is building a decentralized open-source dark pool protocol for the trading of cryptocurrency pairs across the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains.
New Satori botnet variant now targets cryptocurrency mining rigs, replaces wallet addresses
The Satori variant comes less than a month after hackers posted the working code for a Huawei router exploit, which was used by the original Satori botnet, for free.
John McAfee calm on bitcoin crash: 'Relax everyone, cryptocurrency can't be stopped'
Outspoken technology pioneer John McAfee steadies cryptocurrency investors' nerves
As bitcoin crashes, Reddit's cryptocurrency community post links to suicide hotlines
As the price of a single bitcoin tumbled for the first time in months, Reddit's cryptocurrency community started posting links to global suicide hotlines.