Interviews 1 day ago

nChain’s Jimmy Nguyen: ‘There’s finally a stable Bitcoin protocol that just wants to scale’

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero chatted with nChain’s Jimmy Nguyen on the sidelines of the CoinGeek Week conference, where they discussed his—and the community’s—excitement for the future of Bitcoin SV. https://youtu.be/iJcZTMXirlE In his opening remarks at the ...

Interviews 2 days ago

Why Squire Mining CEO Taras Kulyk is excited for the future

Squire Mining Ltd. is making moves in the crypto industry and its CEO, Taras Kulyk, is very serious about getting crypto ready for big business to use. https://youtu.be/E9y5S4jVZH0 Right on the heels of Squire’s announcement ...

Interviews 3 days ago

HandCash’s Alex Agut: With Bitcoin SV, we have that stability we can rely on

The events that transpired during the Bitcoin Cash network upgrade last November 15 have affected a lot of projects, including HandCash. Alex Agut, co-founder of the HandCash app, recalled how the November 15 hash war—fought ...

Interviews 4 days ago

Dr. Craig Wright discusses adversity and one simple Bitcoin

Dr. Craig Wright has not been afraid to respond to his Twitter critics in recent weeks about his vision for Bitcoin; he’s faced much bigger obstacles in life and overcome them. Dr. Wright recalls while ...

Interviews 4 days ago

Tokenized’s James Belding: Bitcoin SV presents ‘huge opportunity to standardize’ business communications

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke to James Belding on the sidelines of the recently held CoinGeek Week Conference about Tokenized, and how the project will bring about a standardized ledger to the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgW-Vmjybr8 Tokenized, winner ...

Interviews 1 week ago

E&S Group’s Dr. Christian Ellul: Crypto businesses get ‘Rolls Royce treatment’ in Malta

Malta is one of the first jurisdictions to embrace cryptocurrencies, providing a competitive environment for companies in the space, similar to the island’s iGaming industry. The E&S Group has been among the first legal services ...

Interviews 1 week ago

Pay in Bitcoin SV using Elizabeth White’s reloadable White Card

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero caught up with White Company CEO Elizabeth White, who’s spreading merchant adoption with her various products. https://youtu.be/u0eybY8V5ZM Elizabeth White, with her White Company, makes it easier for merchants to accept cryptocurrencies for ...

Interviews 1 week ago

Bitstocks’ Michael Hudson: For miners to feel truly secure, ‘we need genuine merchants’

In this interview with CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero, Bitstocks founder Michael Hudson explains what makes Bitcoin, Bitcoin. Michael Hudson founded Bitstocks in 2014, when “Bitcoin was really Bitcoin.” In terms of its technical properties, such as ...

Interviews 1 week ago

BadChain’s Leo Leiman adds style to the blockchain world

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke to BadChain founder Leo Leiman, who is ready to show off his blockchain-themed apparel in whatever conference he attends. Leo Leiman, founder of BadChain, has attended numerous blockchain and cryptocurrency conferences ...

Events 3 weeks ago

Alex Agut: Cashport ‘takes care of all complexities’ for businesses on Bitcoin BCH

HandCash co-founder Alex Agut took the stage at the recently held London BCH Speakers Series II, an event organized by Cryptartica, to share a glimpse of how Cashport will bring about “new money movement” for ...

Interviews 4 weeks ago

Joannes Vermorel: The first step for Bitcoin data management is to shift from full blockchain to UTXO

Joannes Vermorel, founder of quantitative supply chain Lokad, talks about how the Terab project’s main goal is to make the word UTXO challenge so boring that people wouldn’t even describe it as a challenge anymore. ...

Business 2 months ago

Now you can buy beer with crypto, thanks to CoinGeek and friends

For the launch of their new City of London bar, Brewdog, the Scottish brewery and pub chain, wanted to let their customers pay with Bitcoin Cash. So together with CoinGeek and wallet-provider Centbee, Brewdog helped their ...

Interviews 2 months ago

David Paterson: Blockchain to benefit from oversight

CoinGeek’s Stephanie Tower spoke to former New York governor David Paterson about how clear regulations could make for a more beneficial blockchain industry. https://youtu.be/gZW4pMOBqI0 David Paterson, who served as governor of New York for three ...

Events 2 months ago

CoinGeek spreads the word about Bitcoin Cash

CoinGeek took its message into the heart of a sector that crypto is set to disrupt when it set out its stall—literally—at London’s PayExpo show this week. The event claims to be the UK’s largest ...

Interviews 2 months ago

‘It’s time for Bitcoin BCH to grow up’: Jimmy Nguyen explains the importance of Bitcoin SV

In this interview with CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero, the nChain CEO discusses the three pillars of Bitcoin SV—stability, scalability, and security. https://youtu.be/Ea5sdj8yDIs October 15 marks an important event for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community. On that ...

Interviews 2 months ago

James Clapper: Blockchain has great potential for ‘disaggregated’ transactions

CoinGeek’s Stephanie Tower spoke with Lt. Gen. (Ret) James Clapper on how governments can harness blockchain technology. https://youtu.be/kbQw3lZ7yBg Lt. Gen. (Ret) James Clapper, former director of national intelligence for the U.S. government, participated in the ...

Interviews 2 months ago

Xona Partners’ Riad Hartani: First blockchain applications are in Africa

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero speaks to Riad Hartani of Xona Partners, who looks at how blockchain technology will impact markets across the world. Even at such an early point in the history of blockchain, its real-world ...

Interviews 2 months ago

Healid’s Bert Kastel seeks to fulfill blockchain’s promise—to advance humanity

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero recently interviewed Healid founder Bert Kastel, who has helped spread the message of blockchain through organizing conferences such as the Transform Africa summit. Bert Kastel has been a notable presence in the ...

Interviews 2 months ago

BTCC’s Bobby Lee: The essence of Bitcoin is that now information is money

In the seven and a half years that Bobby Lee, a co-founder of BTCC, has been studying blockchain and cryptocurrencies, he’s learned that what happens in the industry is something that “no one has control ...

Interviews 2 months ago

Jimmy Nguyen: There are too many tokens in the world

In this interview with CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero, nChain CEO Jimmy Nguyen shares his thoughts on how to spread the word about Bitcoin Cash (BCH) around the world. nChain CEO Jimmy Nguyen sees much promise in ...

Interviews 2 months ago

Ricardo Sancho: At the end of the day, crypto price is not the most important factor

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke to Cryptartica’s Ricardo Sancho on growing the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) economy through real markets. As exciting as it is to watch cryptocurrency prices go up, the value of the digital currency, ...

Interviews 3 months ago

CyberCapital’s Alex Fauvel chooses Bitcoin BCH

Alex Fauvel, analyst for CyberCapital BV, discusses with CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero the advantages of cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin Cash (BCH), compared to central bank-issued fiat notes. Alex Fauvel, who has served as analyst for CyberCapital BV, ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Dr. Craig Wright on how Bitcoin BCH will open Africa to global trade

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero caught up with Dr. Craig Wright, chief scientist of nChain, to discuss what Bitcoin Cash (BCH) can bring to developing countries around the world. For nChain’s chief scientist Dr. Craig Wright, the ...

Interviews 3 months ago

BitGuild’s Jared Psigoda: Blockchain gives power to the gamers

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero recently spoke to Jared Psigoda on the use of blockchain in gaming, and what could be expected from here on. Jared Psigoda, with his two-decades long experience in the gaming industry, has ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Jimmy Nguyen: Bitcoin BCH to be more massively adopted in African countries

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke to nChain CEO Jimmy Nguyen while in Kigali, Rwanda, on Africa’s potential for adoption of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). nChain CEO Jimmy Nguyen is confident that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) will be integrated ...

Interviews 3 months ago

James Howells on BCH: This is the real Bitcoin

In this Coinversation with CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero, crypto pioneer James Howells talks about how his crypto journey started and why he’s a big proponent of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). When James Howells talks about the virtues ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Chamapesa’s Michael Kimani helps Kenyans change their views on blockchain

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero got to speak with Michael Kimani, who, with his company Chamapesa, is bringing the 21st century to the practices of social savings groups in Kenya. In Kenya, and other parts of Africa, social ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Sandra Ro: Blockchain is about human connectivity

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke to Sandra Ro, CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council, who mused on the impact of blockchain across different industries. “When I think about what this technology has the potential to ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Gregory Van den Bergh: Security tokens are the next wave in crypto

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke with Bankorus CEO and founder Gregory Van den Bergh on the disruptions coming to the blockchain and financial industries. Bankorus’ Gregory Van den Bergh first developed an interest in blockchain around ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Handcash’s Alex Agut: Real crypto adoption has not happened—yet

CoinGeek’s Stephanie Tower chatted with Alex Agut, co-founder of HandCash, on making Bitcoin Cash (BCH) easier for the everyman to use. The value of Bitcoin, according to Alex Agut, is its ability to be used ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Dr. Craig Wright: Young Africans want to be part of the world of tech

In this interview with CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero, nChain chief scientist Dr. Craig Wright talks about how today is the time of great innovation in Africa, particularly blockchain technology. After visiting Africa recently, nChain’s chief scientist ...

Interviews 3 months ago

Vin Armani: Bitcoin is always supposed to be instant

CoinGeek’s Stephanie Tower spoke with CoinText CTO Vin Armani about the app’s ability to reach people who otherwise would have no use for blockchain technology, and how similar phenomena are becoming more common. When one ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Dr. Craig Wright wants Bitcoin BCH-powered tokens for everything

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke to Dr. Craig Wright at the Blockchain Summit London about tokenization on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) chain, and what can be expected in the future. nChain’s chief scientist Dr. Craig Wright ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Norbert Haguma: Africans need to understand what blockchain is about

CoinGeek's Becky Liggero spoke with Norbert Haguma, who discussed how blockchain was going to revolutionize systems in Africa. With technology constantly getting more affordable, developing countries stand to gain the most. Whereas some may adopt ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Jerry Chan: You shouldn’t just be ideological, blockchain should be profitable

Jerry Chan, chief of digital asset solutions at Tokyo-based fintech company SBI Bits, discussed with CoinGeek’s Stephanie Tower the potential of cryptocurrencies in the coming years. Blockchain technology attracts its users and advocates for various ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Lorien Gamaroff: Merchant adoption is going to drive crypto growth

Coingeek’s Stephanie Tower spoke to Centbee CEO Lorien Gamaroff on how entrepreneurs like him have a part in bringing cryptocurrency use to the mainstream. Who’s going to drive the growth of the cryptocurrency industry, the ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Regulators need to participate in crypto conferences, LivQuik’s Mohit Lalvani says

CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero spoke with Mohit Lalvani, who launched India's first cryptocurrency wallet—QuikWallet—in 2012, about his dealings as a blockchain pioneer with government regulators in the country. With increased pressure from the Reserve Bank of ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Jihan Wu: ICOs are ‘unsustainable financial bubble’

Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu recently talked cryptocurrencies with CoinGeek’s Stephanie Tower, advising caution to investors eager to make a killing off initial coin offerings (ICOs). Jihan Wu, in his early 30s, has accomplished much. He ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Adjustments to block size increases up ahead, Bitcoin ABC’s Amaury Sechet says

CoinGeek’s Stephanie Tower caught up recently with Bitcoin ABC’s lead developer Amaury Sechet, who sees Bitcoin Cash as having a significant role in the development of a truly global payment system. While Bitcoin BCH has ...

Interviews 4 months ago

Jonas Odman: Bitcoin Cash is the new Neteller for online poker players

The online gambling industry, for the past several years, has been plagued by misguided government policies that aim to protect state-owned gambling monopolies and restrict a citizen’s freedom to decide how to spend their entertainment ...

Interviews 4 months ago

The strongest reason to on board into crypto? Ability to earn money, Ryan X. Charles says

Yours.org started in 2015 as a novel idea launched by Ryan X. Charles and Dr. Clemens Ley that allows people to get paid for doing what they love on social media: create and discover good ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Bitcoin World: Rwanda

Africa may be behind in many aspects of the developing world, but the region is ahead in terms of rapid tech adoption and leapfrogging. The continent is considered as the second-largest mobile market in the ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Dale Dickins: Filipinos are the ideal audience to get Bitcoin Cash moving

The Philippines’ jeepney has come a long way. From being the World War II jeep surplus providing postwar transportation, the jeepney—from the military vehicle “Jeep”—emerged as a popular form of affordable public transportation and a ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Joannes Vermorel: Bitcoin BCH will keep transaction fees ‘vanishingly low’ forever

In today's age of eCommerce, more and more retailers are looking for fast, reliable and low-fee payment systems to meet the demands of their customers. While most of the sector still relies heavily on traditional ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Roger Ver: Bitcoin Cash is money for the world

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been touted as tools that would bring economic freedom to every single individual in the world. The goal, after all, is to make the world a better place to live in. ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Tony Fernandes: With AirAsia’s BigPay e-wallet, remittances will be democratized​

Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia is considered as the largest airline in the country by fleet size and destinations—it flies to over 165 destinations in 25 countries. AirAsia has been in operations since 1993, when it ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Better user interfaces needed for Bitcoin commerce to emerge, nChain chief says

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has already made leaps and bounds in the first year since it forked off the legacy Bitcoin chain. From the initial default block size of 8MB, the BCH network is now at ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Christina Storey: To be a good crypto investor, think with a defensive attitude

Cryptocurrencies have been causing quite an uproar all over the world in the last couple of years, dominating news, social media, and even dinnertime conversations. Everyone wants a piece of the action, but with frauds ...

Interviews 5 months ago

Dr. Craig Wright: Atomic age is taking Bitcoin back to the original goal​

Atomic age is the term used by historians to describe the period following the detonation of the first nuclear bomb during World War II. In crypto language, it refers to something else. Dr. Craig Wright, ...

Interviews 6 months ago

Colin Goltra: 75% of Filipinos don’t have access to traditional financial services

Colin Goltra, head of cryptocurrency programs at Coins.ph, sits down with CoinGeek's Stephanie Tower for a Coinversation on Philippines' nascent cryptocurrency market, and how the crypto wallet is providing digital financial services to the "unbanked" ...

Interviews 6 months ago

Andrew Clifford: Network effect is terribly important for cryptocurrency

In business and economics, a network effect is defined as the positive effect that an additional user of good or service has on the value of the product to others. If there is a network ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Jimmy Nguyen: Bitcoin Cash can function for higher level technical programming

May 15 was a momentous day for the Bitcoin community. On that day, Bitcoin Cash (BCH)—the true remaining Bitcoin and the world’s only functional cryptocurrency—successfully executed its scheduled network upgrade, resulting in a block size ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Lorien Gamaroff: If Bitcoin experience is same as WhatsApp, Twitter, adoption will grow a lot more

Before a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash in particular, reach the level of mainstream adoption, it first needs to get the merchants on board. The road to achieve this is pretty much straightforward: all the ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Emil Oldenburg: We don’t really need Ethereum’s complicated features

As the frenzy for initial coin offerings continues, much has been said about tokens, coins, and smart contracts. But what are they really? Simply put, tokens are digital assets built on top of a blockchain, ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Ryan X. Charles: Best crypto use case is ‘ability to earn money on the Internet’

To reach the level of mass adoption, cryptocurrency needs to be used—daily, if possible. Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in particular, is currently seen as more of an investment or a commodity. But the cryptocurrency is ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Dr. Craig Wright: The more you attack the Bitcoin network, the more profitable it becomes

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is making a substantial step forward on May 15. On that day, a major network upgrade will happen that will pave the way for the introduction of features designed to make the ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Joannes Vermorel: Plan ahead to keep Bitcoin Cash network ‘super reliable, super low cost’

To become a world currency, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—Bitcoin Cash (BCH) specifically—need to scale to the level of transactions that traditional payment networks can provide. To put it simply, the Bitcoin Cash network needs to be ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Roger Ver: If you don’t think Bitcoin should be usable as cash, it’s not Bitcoin

The debate over the identity of Bitcoin has yet to see an end. In fact, the squabbling even intensified in recent weeks, with BTC Core supporters resorting to trolling in their latest attempt to claim ...

Interviews 7 months ago

Jerry Chan: Cryptocurrency mainstream adoption starts from grassroots

CoinGeek.com’s Stephanie Tower talks to Jerry Chan, chief of Digital Assets Solutions of SBI Bits, about the road ahead for Bitcoin Cash and why grassroots support is important for the cryptocurrency to reach mainstream level ...

Interviews 8 months ago

Calvin Ayre: Bitcoin Cash is a movement

To say that the global cryptocurrency community has been buzzing lately would be an understatement. For the month of March alone, more than 60 Bitcoin and blockchain-related events have been held in virtually all parts ...

Interviews 9 months ago

Jimmy Nguyen: The Bitcoin world needs more positivity

CoinGeek.com’s Becky Liggero sat down with Jimmy Nguyen, CEO of the nChain Group, for an interesting discussion about collaboration and positivity, and how these factors will ignite the growth of Bitcoin Cash. Since it split ...

Events 10 months ago

Gaming execs, crypto industry leaders join CoinPoint at Bitcoin Cash Party in London

Cryptocurrency and blockchain agency CoinPoint gathered some of the biggest names and global leaders not just in the crypto industry, but also from the gaming scene, for a night of celebration—the Bitcoin Cash way. Dr. ...

Interviews 10 months ago

Zach Piester: Blockchain startups biggest task is ‘to build things that matter’

Aside from cryptocurrencies, blockchain-based ventures have been all the rage of late. Coingeek.com's Stephanie Tower caught up with Zach Piester, chief development officer at Intrepid Ventures, and asked him about the process and methods of ...

Interviews 10 months ago

John McAfee on easing fear from government regulation of cryptocurrencies

In this interview with CoinGeek.com, computer programmer and entrepreneur John McAfee shared his views on cryptocurrencies and why banks and governments are afraid of the global phenomenon. Known for establishing one of the most successful ...

Events 10 months ago

CoinGeek bComm Conference rounds up Bitcoin’s biggest minds for one-of-a-kind event

The eCommerce sector is relying heavily on traditional card payments such as Mastercard and VISA. VISA alone handles 150 million transactions every single day. But what if there is a more convenient and secure way ...

Interviews 10 months ago

Digital cash is the ‘killer feature’ in Satoshi white paper, says Bitcoin ABC’s Amaury Sechet

CoinGeek.com’s Becky Liggero sat down with Bitcoin ABC's lead developer Amaury Sechet for an interesting conversation on how the community-based development work on Bitcoin Cash is currently being done. Known in the programming community as ...

Interviews 11 months ago

Zac Cheah: Blockchain should be accessible for everyone

What if you can pay for items and load up to purchase cryptocurrencies with the swipe of a card? A bold but nonetheless simple premise, this is exactly what Pundi X Labs has been doing. ...

Interviews 11 months ago

Roberto Capodieci: Blockchain is going to bring revolution

The revolutionary aspects of blockchain technology can be extended from its current use with cryptocurrency to other use cases that require facts and verifications. CoinGeek.com asked Blockchain Zoo’s Roberto Capodieci about what he sees as ...

Interviews 11 months ago

Dr. Craig Wright: Bitcoin front-end is really problematic

CoinGeek.com engaged Dr. Craig Wright, chief scientist at nChain, and asked him about what's new and what's being done in the world of Bitcoin Cash. It's been half a year since the historical hard fork ...

Interviews 11 months ago

Oscar Darmawan: Anyone can use Bitcoin in Indonesia, but not as payment

The ever-expanding market for cryptocurrencies has been variously called a fever by analysts. CoinGeek.com caught up with Oscar Darmawan, CEO of Bitcoin Indonesia, to check the temperature for crypto in the country. As co-founder and ...

Interviews 11 months ago

Marco Krohn: If there’s 90% of community standing behind one coin, that’s Bitcoin

The global market adoption of cryptocurrencies poses significant challenges with regards to adaptive performance and scalability issues. CoinGeek.com spoke with Marco Krohn, CEO of Blockchain Consulting, and asked him about his thoughts on these pertinent ...

Interviews 11 months ago

Dr. Michael Yuan: Due to scalability, no one is using BTC as currency

With the rise of cryptocurrencies and their continued adoption globally comes the problem of maintaining performance and scalability. CoinGeek.com's Stephanie Tower engaged Dr. Michael Yuan, Chief Scientist at 5miles, in a conversation on cryptoeconomics. Due ...

Events 11 months ago

Bitcoin comedy night Jan 24th 2018

Bitcoin is all over the news right now with some people violently against it and others seeing it as the future of money. Its value has soared in the wake of the maelstrom and the ...

Editorial 12 months ago

Happy holidays from all of us at CoinGeek.com

Happy holidays from all of us at CoinGeek.com

Events 1 year ago

A Bitcoin world: with Dr Craig Wright

This event is part of the “We Are Fascinating Project” season of talks from entertaining experts and insightful individuals. The talks will each be capped off with a Q&A between the speaker and the audience. ...

Business 1 year ago

CalvinAyre.com acquires CoinGeek.com

The media company behind gaming industry news portal CalvinAyre.com has acquired cryptocurrency news site Coingeek.com as part of site founder Calvin Ayre’s deeper involvement in all things Bitcoin. CalvinAyre.com was set up to address fake ...

Business 1 year ago

Australian Lawmakers Set Sights on New Cryptocurrency Legislation

Australia has become the latest country to pursue a more formal regulation of the cryptocurrency sector, as lawmakers eye up a new bill to extend existing anti-money laundering provisions. According to a statement published this ...

Tech 1 year ago

PSA International Announces IBM Partnership For Singapore Port Blockchain Trial

Port management group PSA International has announced it is partnering with IBM to develop a blockchain-based supply chain trial. The group, which is one of the leading port operators in Asia, is working in conjunction ...

Business 1 year ago

Arab Banking Corporation Becomes Latest Member of R3 Consortium

The Arab Banking Corporation has been unveiled as the latest member of the R3 Consortium, one of the leading groups of companies developing distributed ledger technology. The Bahrain-based bank, known locally as Bank ABC, has ...

Tech 1 year ago

Russian Health Ministry to Launch Blockchain Trial

The Russian Ministry of Health has announced it is working on plans to trial blockchain technology across several key functions, as details of a partnership with one of the Russian state-owned banks emerged this week. ...

Business 1 year ago

Japanese Department Store Begins Trialing Bitcoin Payments

Japanese department store Marui has begun testing bitcoin payments across its stores, as the currency continues to gain support throughout the Japanese retail sector. The decision will see customers presented with the option to make ...

Business 1 year ago

SegWit Scaling Proposals Set To Lock-In On Bitcoin Network

Bitcoin is expected to complete the latest phase on its scaling journey today, with the Segregated Witness, or SegWit, proposals set to lock in on the network. While the proposals are yet to reach the ...

Business 1 year ago

AT&T and American Airlines accept Bitcoin voucher

You may remember that recently we tried to persuade 20 top online retail brands to accept Bitcoin for payments, by sending their Financial Directors $100 worth of Bitcoin via a QR code. The brands selected ...

Editorial 1 year ago

Trollin’, Trollin’, Trollin’ on the Twitter

Not new is it? But in the Bitcoin world its getting worse which is a pity as things should be in a pretty good place right now. Bitcoin Cash has got off to a good ...

Business 1 year ago

Swiss Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Agree Terms on Blockchain Trading Platform

The Swiss Stock Exchange and Nasdaq have penned an agreement that will see Switzerland’s stock exchange utilize blockchain technology in their over-the-counter services, in a landmark move for the technology in financial markets. As per ...

Business 1 year ago

Success of Bitcoin Cash Hits the Gaming Industry

The end of the world is nigh. Or so they screamed but it was in fact the birth of something great and now Bitcoin Cash can look to cement the cryptocurrency’s place into the history ...

Business 1 year ago

First Bitcoin Cash Block Has Been Mined, As Blockchain Split Takes Hold

The first block on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain has been mined, cementing the split in the bitcoin blockchain as official. The block was created at around 2.14pm ET on Tuesday, following a series of challenges ...

Business 1 year ago

UASF Hits Bitcoin Blockchain To Muted Effect

The long-anticipated user-activated soft fork (UASF) in the bitcoin blockchain has come into effect, with a thus-far muted reaction to its implementation. The soft fork, which had been designed as one proposal to resolve the ...

Tech 1 year ago

New Blockchain Patents Up 100% In 2017

The rate of applications for blockchain patents has doubled in 2017, as the technology becomes accessible to a wider range of industries and use cases. According to data from the US Patent and Trademark Office, ...

Business 1 year ago

Beginning of the End: Altcoin Meets the SEC

The sale of altcoins in the US is subject to US securities regulation, according to findings from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The body tasked with regulating securities in the United States, including startups raising ...

Business 1 year ago

Sportsbooks Accepting Bets on Post-Scaling Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin is looking down the barrel of its biggest ever week, as the looming scaling deadline draws ever closer. By August 1, the bitcoin community will have either reached sufficient consensus about the future direction ...

Business 1 year ago

Australian Bitcoin Exchange Completes $815k Series A Funding

A new bitcoin exchange serving the Australian market has successfully completed a Series A funding round, raising $815,000 as it aims to move to the next level of its growth. Based in Melbourne, Bitcoin.com.au raised ...

Editorial 1 year ago

Time to back Bitcoin and shed the alts

Recent very complex and wordy stuff from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the strongest sign yet that alt coins are a distraction we can no longer tolerate. While we here at CoinGeek ...

Business 1 year ago

Hard or Soft: Bitcoin Community Gears Up For August 1 Showdown

Bitcoin is set to undergo its most significant upgrade to date, as the community wrestles for consensus ahead of the August 1 deadline. As the well-publicized scaling issues continue to delay transactions and increase settlement ...

Business 1 year ago

Belarus Central Bank Gives Blockchain for Settlement the All Clear

The Central Bank of Belarus has become the latest central bank to give the all clear to the use of the blockchain within the banking system. Blockchain technology will be used in transmitting bank guarantees ...

Business 1 year ago

Retail Titans Overstock Confirm Investment In Symbiont

Retail giants Overstock have confirmed an investment in Symbiont, the blockchain development startup, marking the start of an ambitious project to facilitate securities trading through the blockchain. The company’s Medici Ventures, an investment arm with ...

Business 1 year ago

London Stock Exchange Announces Blockchain For Unlisted Companies

A subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange group is using a blockchain-based solution for unlisted companies, in a move that could allow smaller businesses to achieve similar access to resources enjoyed by larger businesses. Developed ...

Business 1 year ago

Korean Legislators Call for Consumer Cryptocurrency Regulation

A prominent lawmaker in South Korea has called for greater regulation of cryptocurrencies for consumers, following a hearing held in the country’s legislature today. The calls came as part of a wider discussion on laws ...

Editorial 1 year ago

Smoke, Mirrors & (Seg)Wit

There has been a lot of personal Craig Wright bashing over the years but what was very clear from our recent series of interviews with the man is this: the maths, logic and detail is ...

Business 1 year ago

Swiss Private Bank Announces Asset Management Service for Bitcoin

A Swiss bank has begun offering bitcoin asset management to private clients, in a move designed to help investors maximise the value of their holdings. Private bank Falcon Group launched the service in partnership with ...

Business 1 year ago

Airbnb taking Bitcoin seriously

You may remember a couple of months ago CoinGeek.com sent the Financial Directors of 20 top online retail brands, who do not currently accept Bitcoin, $100 of Bitcoin via a QR code. The brands selected ...

Business 1 year ago

Japanese Consumer Electronics Retailer Opens Up To Universal Bitcoin Payments

One of Japan’s leading retailers of consumer electronics has announced it is to accept bitcoin as a form of payment across its entire network of outlets, in one of the first moves of its kind. ...

Business 1 year ago

Blockchain Supply Chain Startup Provenance Raises $800k Seed Funding

A UK-based blockchain supply chain startup has announced it has raised £800,000 in a fresh seed funding round. Provenance, which was founded in 2013 and seeks to explore and develop blockchain-based solution for improving supply ...

Interviews 1 year ago

Jon Matonis and Craig Wright – Shinseiki Evangerion – Arnhem 2017

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Business 1 year ago

Former Bain & Co Exec Launches New Bitcoin and Ethereum Fund

A former senior executive at consultancy firm Bain & Company has announced the launch of a new fund, positioned to give access to cryptocurrencies to the Latin American market. The newly-formed Crypto Assets Fund, launched ...

Business 1 year ago

Commerzbank Announces New Blockchain For Trade Finance Trial

Commerzbank, one of Germany’s leading commercial banks, has announced it is working to develop trials of a new blockchain to be used in digitizing trade finance arrangements. The bank announced yesterday it was working in ...

Business 1 year ago

Delaware Approves Landmark Regulation of Blockchain Securities

The legislature of the state of Delaware has approved landmark regulations that will see blockchain trading acquire legal certainty for the first time. The move comes at a time of an increasing drive towards regulation ...

Business 1 year ago

Daimler Launches $100 Million Corporate Bond Blockchain Pilot

Daimler AG, one of Germany’s foremost car manufacturers, has successfully issued a corporate bond of $100 million through a blockchain pilot, in a move that is being heralded as one of the first of its ...

Tech 1 year ago

World Economic Forum Publishes White Paper on Blockchain Governance

The World Economic Forum has published a new white paper on blockchain governance, arguing for a greater spirit of collaboration between diverse blockchain stakeholders. The report, entitled ‘Realizing the Potential of the Blockchain’, argued that ...

Tech 1 year ago

Bitspark Announces New Blockchain Trial in Tajikistan

Blockchain startup Bitspark has announced it is set to work in collaboration with the UN to develop a blockchain for use in Tajikistan. The proposal will see the startup working with the United Nations Development ...

Business 1 year ago

Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain Secures $40 million Funding

Startup bitcoin wallet Blockchain has today announced the completion of a successful funding round, which has raised as much as $40 million from investors. The announcement came as the firm concluded its Series B funding ...

Tech 1 year ago

Illinois Authorities Back Hackathon For Blockchain

The state of Illinois has announced it is to give its formal backing to a forthcoming hackathon event, designed to focus on developing new technologies on the blockchain. The hack, which has been set up ...

Tech 1 year ago

Comcast/Disney Consortium Launches Blockchain Advertising Platform

A collection of global media companies including Disney have announced the launch of a new advertising platform powered by the blockchain, one of the first solutions of its kind to utilise this new technology. The ...

Tech 1 year ago

AIG & Standard Chartered Hail Successful Multinational Blockchain Trial

UK-based Standard Chartered and the US insurance company American International Group have today announced the conclusion of successful tests of a multinational blockchain pilot, as part of a move that looks to radically simplify the ...

Business 1 year ago

Top Financial Directors to receive free Bitcoin incentive

CoinGeek.com have sent the Financial Directors of 20 top (mostly) online retail brands, who do not currently accept Bitcoin, er, $100 of Bitcoin via a QR code. This experiment is designed to understand the views ...

Interviews 1 year ago

The Problem With Sidechains & Craig Wright’s View Too

The battle rages on but, worse, two sides become more. In a recent article Jimmy Song suggests yet another alternative via sidechains. The problem? Put simply this is, basically, a return to banking as we ...

Tech 2 years ago

Thomson Reuters Plans Blockchain Smart Contracts System

Multinational media giant Thomson Reuters has become the latest company to announce it is experimenting with blockchain technology. The group, which owns a number of high-profile media brands globally, is to open its data to ...

Tech 2 years ago

European Commission Launches Study Group For Non-Financial Blockchain Applications

The European Commission has today announced it is launching a study group to investigate potential use cases for blockchain technology across the bloc. The Commission, which acts as the European Union’s executive, announced the #Blockchain4EU ...

Tech 2 years ago

UC Berkeley Announces Plans For Health Research Blockchain

UC Berkeley has today announced it has collaborated with blockchain firm Bitmark to create two separate research studies to be powered by distributed ledger technology. Concerning sharing medical records and public health administration respectively, the ...

Business 2 years ago

Western Union Unveils Plans For Coinbase Hookup

Global payments company Western Union has today unveiled plans that will see it develop an implementation of existing services with Coinbase, one of the world’s most prominent cryptocurrency exchanges. The pilot was announced by Western ...

Tech 2 years ago

Energy Firms Complete Successful BTL Group Blockchain Trial

BP and Wein Energy are amongst a group of energy firms to today announce the successful conclusion of an important blockchain trial. The pilot program was designed to facilitate energy trading, and is one of ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Take Me To Your Leader

When taking the world order its best to make sure everybody is aligned behind one mantra and, indeed, one leader. But the key is a genuine leader rather than a dictator is one that has ...

Business 2 years ago

Huobi and OKCoin Takes Steps To End China’s Bitcoin Withdrawal Lock

Two Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges are taking steps that would bring the Chinese bitcoin withdrawal ban to an end, and allow their customers to withdraw funds for the first time in months. OKCoin and Huobi have ...

Business 2 years ago

Russian Central Bank Begins Proposals for New Bitcoin Legislation

Russia’s central bank has announced they are working on preparations which could pave the way for new legislation governing bitcoin. Reports from the Bank of Russia have suggested that the organization is laying the groundwork ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Let There Be Light (At The End of The Tunnel)

Coinify having recently put into stark reality the problems facing Bitcoin right now when they admit: “In the last approximately 30 days, there has been a massive increase in transactions waiting to be confirmed. For ...

Business 2 years ago

Wyre Bot Invoices on Ethereum for Facebook and WeChat Bot

Payments company Wyre has announced it has newly launched a bot for WeChat and Facebook Messenger, an application which will authenticate invoices via the blockchain. Transactional details can be sent through the bot, which creates ...

Business 2 years ago

OTC Exchange Network Signs Up To FIX Group on Blockchain Standards

Trading institutions group OTC Exchange Network has become the latest organisation to sign up to the FIX consortium. The FIX community is a not-for-profit body, pioneering standards and interoperability through new blockchain technologies. Run by ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Clarity on Security, Bitcoin and Economics

Many people, who work within the information security industry hold a misconceived notion that information security is about technology and tools. Unfortunately, the same attitude has, wrongly, crept into Bitcoin. Security is more about economics ...

Business 2 years ago

Deloitte Signals Intent By Joining Hyperledger and Ethereum Alliance

‘Big Four’ professional services firm Deloitte has today announced it has joined two blockchain development projects, as it becomes the latest global company to recognize the benefits of the technology. The company will be joining ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Market Share, Not Market Share

While we don’t want to come over all defensive, if only because that always looks weak, we do have a small eye roll when we read headlines lines like Bitcoin is worth more than ever, ...

Business 2 years ago

Bitcoin Not A Cause For Concern, Says US National Security

A National Security think tank in the US has said bitcoin needs to be understood, rather than feared, following growing calls for legislative action to tackle digital currencies being used by terrorists and international criminals. ...

Business 2 years ago

Bitcoin Tops $1800 As Market Continues To Rise

The price of bitcoin has risen beyond $1800 for the first time, as the currency continues to push new boundaries. The archetypal blockchain-based cryptocurrency, bitcoin has enjoyed strong performance over the last couple of weeks, ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Bitcoin vs The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality

Bitcoin has been created as a libertarian form of money. Unfortunately, many of the people currently attracted to it have a bent towards socialism or anarchism. The primary feature of modern capitalism has derived from ...

Tech 2 years ago

European Stability Mechanism Could Implement Blockchain System

The European Stability Mechanism could implement a blockchain system in future, leading to easier administration and a more effective response to intrastate financial difficulties, according to the organization’s head. The body, which was set up ...

Business 2 years ago

A reminder from a China miner

As The Establishment try and blame Bitcoin for cyber-crime (the Ransomware story has somehow become more about Bitcoin than the crime itself), clever stuff boys (and we do mean boys), we have been distracted from ...

Editorial 2 years ago

The Outcome of a Hard Fork for Bitcoin

While Bitcoin soars behind the scenes the loom of the ‘Hard Fork’ grows ever stronger but that suggests two roads will the outcome. This is highly, in fact we’ll go with, wholly, unlikely. In the ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Core Subversion: Close To Conclusive

It is a fairly long-held belief that the folk behind Bitcoin Core are in the pay of the big banks but that could be a positive, they could be trying to make it recognized and ...

Business 2 years ago

Bitcoin Price Surges To Breach All-Time High

The price of bitcoin has surged to a new all-time high this week, following a strong upwards trend in recent months. The price of bitcoin rose $60 on the day during trading yesterday, breaching the ...

Tech 2 years ago

Russian Government Suggests Blockchain Regulation By 2019

The Russian government has announced it will be pressing ahead with plans to regulate the blockchain, but not until 2019. The announcement came from the Ministry of Communications, as part of a briefing document outlining ...

Tech 2 years ago

Hyperledger Consortium Unveils Two New Blockchain Projects

Blockchain consortium Hyperledger has today announced two new projects, broadening the scope of their research and development of distributed ledger solutions. The open-source project, which draws significant support from over 100 member companies, unveiled the ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Misinformation overdrive

Wow, the spin machines are in full flow now Ladies & Gentlemen. BraveNewCoin suggests that there is now a direct attack on Bitcoin Unlimited miners. In essence, Bitcoin’s version ethnic cleansing. If true that is ...

Business 2 years ago

Norway’s Norges Bank Unveils Plans For Digital Currency

Norway’s central bank has unveiled plans for an anonymous digital currency, as it outlines further details over its research into digital currency and the blockchain. In a presentation at the Norwegian Academy of Science and ...

Business 2 years ago

Bitcoin Hits New Historic High at $1400

Bitcoin, the world’s leading digital currency, has today surpassed a value of $1400 for the first time, as investors continue to pile in behind the currency. At the time of writing, bitcoin had surged to ...

Business 2 years ago

Jon Matonis joins nChain as VP of Corporate Strategy

nChain the Blockchain R&D specialist that was recently sold to an equity fund, has wasted no time in picking up the pace and has recruited Jon Matonis, a widely recognised and respected Bitcoin researcher. In ...

Editorial 2 years ago

The Real Numbers Behind Segwit Activation

It’s important to get your maths right; tricky, even boring though it may be, recent claims from a CryptoNews article have some very flawed claims. The key quote if you don’t want to wade through ...

Tech 2 years ago

Oh Dear More Inaccurate Headlines!

We all know the media can be misleading but sometimes it goes too far. Willian Suberg at CoinTelegraph barks: "Bitcoin Price Eyes New Highs Amid 90 Percent Plus SegWit Support." This does two things: Neatly ...

Business 2 years ago

Ripple Expands ‘Blockchain Network’ With 10 New Members

Blockchain payment protocol Ripple has added an additional 10 members to the consortium it now calls its ‘blockchain network’. The collection of companies, made up of banks and financial services firms, will contribute to the ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Bitcoin Miners Vote With Their Feet

As we become increasingly wary of adverts, offers, promises and even politicians, make that, especially politicians the increasingly important voice is, of course, our own. Take a look at tourism industry, TripAdvsior is now so ...

Tech 2 years ago

Tencent Announces Development of Blockchain Platform

Chinese Internet services company Tencent has announced it is developing its own blockchain platform for a raft of new services, becoming the latest major online brand to increase their focus on the technology. The company, ...

Tech 2 years ago

Swift Choose Hyperledger For International Payments Blockchain Proof-of-Concept

Global payments giant Swift has announced it is to develop its international payments blockchain proof-of-concept on the Hyperledger framework. A founding member of the Hyperledger consortium, Swift will be relying on Hyperledger’s Fabric protocol for ...

Business 2 years ago

Mystery Surrounds New Bitcoin Movie

A Bitcoin-positive film has hit the internet, has been well-received and, frankly, is pretty good. But, you may well ask, what’s the 'sell'? Is it a plug for an exchange service? Nope. Is it sponsored ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Segwit/Lightning vulnerable NOT Bitcoin Itself

The headline blares out at you and draws you in: "Research Shows How Bitcoin Can Be Attacked Via Internet Routing Infrastructure." Ah, ‘research’; so often like statistics i.e best summed up by British comedian Vic ...

Tech 2 years ago

Loyalty Marketing via Blockchain: How the Blockchain Changes the Game

Blockchain technology is already being exploited across industries for a range of functions - from onboarding new clients in financial services, to trade finance arrangements that keep supply chains moving. But the same technology is ...

Tech 2 years ago

Elliptic Announce Tool For Banks To Calculate Blockchain Risk

Bitcoin market analysts Elliptic have announced the launch of a new tool, designed to make banks more comfortable working with the bitcoin blockchain. The tool, which has been developed in partnership with Silvergate Bank in ...

Business 2 years ago

Chain Announces Goldman Sachs Boss As New President

Blockchain startup Chain has announced the appointment of Goldman Sachs’ managing director for business and technology as its president. Goldman’s Tom Jessop, who has worked in his current role since January 2016, brings a wealth ...

Editorial 2 years ago

“VISA has too much expensive capacity to be challenged by Bitcoin”: Oh Really?

Many have the perception that the established behemoths (OK, VISA) have unassailable banks of technological resource that make it impossible for 'normal' sized companies to compete. The reality, with tech as advanced as it is, ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Rotten to the Core

Here’s a rule of thumb to live by: the more aggressive and vociferous somebody is the more they are covering up. Their verbosity is a way of throwing you off the scent. Say something with ...

Tech 2 years ago

Royal Mint Gold Blockchain Testing Begins

The Royal Mint has announced the start of the first testing phase of its hotly anticipated gold trading blockchain. The body responsible for minting coins in the UK, and for a number of other countries ...

Business 2 years ago

Russia Plans Legal Recognition for Bitcoin By 2018

Russian authorities have announced their intention to launch a legal framework for bitcoin by 2018, in a move that would give the currency legal certainty in the country for the first time. Having traditionally expressed ...

Business 2 years ago

How To Get Bitcoin? | CoinGeek

A brief informative guide for Bitcoin beginners, this video reviews all the necessary basics for acquiring the digital currency. We’ll show you the different ways to get Bitcoin – everything from using an exchange service ...

Editorial 2 years ago

Here come the equity funds!

When economic historians take a look back at turning points in the evolution of Bitcoin it’s hard to escape the feeling that the last 10 days will be right up there. First, a major economic ...

Tech 2 years ago

Music Rights Groups Announce Blockchain for Rights Management

A consortium of three leading music rights groups have announced plans for a new blockchain, as part of a move that will help protect intellectual property rights and reduce piracy risk. The collaboration will see ...

Business 2 years ago

Russia looks to follow Japan’s lead on Bitcoin… but Bloomberg clearly don’t like it!

Media will always have an angle and it should be no surprise that a news site like Bloomberg is on the side of the existing financial quagmire. But, as Russia looks to recognize Bitcoin next ...

Editorial 2 years ago

A Bitcoin Beginner’s Blog

A friend of mine had been going on about Bitcoin for years. On and on. But I hadn’t taken the bait so he took things further and for Christmas gave me a card with $25 ...

Tech 2 years ago

Land Registry Blockchain Testing Starts In Brazil

A blockchain solution for land registry is being rolled out for testing in Brazil, the latest move of its kind that could see land rights recorded on a distributed ledger. The technology has been devised ...

Business 2 years ago

zcash Moves Into Cryptocurrency Top 10

Digital currency zcash has moved into the cryptocurrency top 10 by market cap for the first time, as investors continue to take a positive future outlook. Rising to $64.7 million, zcash joined the band of ...

Tech 2 years ago

Broadridge Announces Blockchain Solution for Proxy Voting

New York-based investor communications firm Broadridge has announced plans to develop a shareholder voting blockchain, in a move that could radically reshape their business. The firm, one of the largest of its kind in the ...

Business 2 years ago

Poll shows CoinGeek readers want Bitcoin Unlimited

Followers of bitcoin have spoken: they want ‘Unlimited, baby’. As we all know, the war has already begun over the future of bitcoin. One camp, Bitcoin Unlimited, is pressing to increase the current 1Mb block ...

Business 2 years ago

BANZAI (万歳)! Japan takes legal plunge on Bitcoin

The most important step in Bitcoin’s evolution will be when your local shop/pub/restaurant accepts the currency i.e it’s everywhere, it’s normal, it’s what people use nowadays. Sure, that maybe a while off right now but ...

Tech 2 years ago

Deloitte Partners with Hong Kong Central Bank for Trade Finance Blockchain

‘Big Four’ professional services firm Deloitte has unveiled a partnership with Hong Kong’s central bank, as part of its drive to develop a trade finance blockchain for the Hong Kong market. The announcement comes following ...

Business 2 years ago

SEC Rejects SolidX ETF Proposal

The Securities and Exchange Commission has declined to accept a proposal from SolidX that would see its bitcoin ETF listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The exchange traded fund, which would have allowed investors ...

Tech 2 years ago

European Commission Outlines Plans for Regulation on the Blockchain

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has announced plans that would see the creation of a proof-of-concept blockchain model for dealing with regulation. The project, detailed in a draft communication briefing ...

Business 2 years ago

Coinbase Cleared to Begin Litecoin and Ether Trading

Digital currency startup Coinbase has received the go-ahead from authorities in New York, in a move that paves the way for trading in cryptocurrencies Litecoin and Ether through their exchange. Their approval makes Coinbase only ...

Business 2 years ago

A Fork In The Road? Bitcoin Unlimited Vies For Top Spot

Bitcoin Unlimited, the development group trying to introduce an improved blockchain for bitcoin, has attempted to tackle fears of market disruption, as it continues to press the benefits of introducing new software into the bitcoin ...

Tech 2 years ago

IBM Launches Its First Commercial Blockchain

Technology company IBM has announced the commercial launch of its new blockchain, complete with detailed plans for the first two deployments of the technology. Based on the open source Hyperledger Fabric codebase, the blockchain is ...

Tech 2 years ago

Dubai Hooks Up With IBM in Blockchain City Scheme

The Dubai government has announced a new partnership with IBM, as it seeks to become the world’s first ‘blockchain government’. The emirate has announced that IBM will be working in partnership with ConsenSys, the ethereum ...

Business 2 years ago

Bitcoin Reaches Milestone as Price Continues to Rise

Digital currency Bitcoin has surpassed yet another milestone, after being valued at over $1,000 for a full month for the first time. The currency, which is still subject to volatile swings in price, breached $1,000 ...

Tech 2 years ago

British Government Lines Up Blockchain Solution For Future Digital Strategy

The UK government has announced that it envisages the blockchain playing a key role in its forthcoming drive to establish a digital future for the private sector. The announcement comes as part of a published ...

Tech 2 years ago

Maine Lawmakers Eye-Up Blockchain Voting System

The State of Maine has seen proposals raised in its Senate that would establish a commission to work on the idea of a blockchain voting system. Senator Eric Brakey announced the proposals, which would see ...

Tech 2 years ago

Irish Investment Group Concludes Blockchain Recording Trial

An Irish investment group has successfully completed a blockchain recording project, which aims to streamline the reporting requirements of regulatory submissions. Irish Funds, a trade group representing Irish investment firms, announced it had successfully completed ...

Business 2 years ago

Bitcoin Price Plummets, as PBOC Extends Bitcoin Oversight

The price of bitcoin has fallen by over $100 in a matter of minutes, fuelled by tightening regulation in China and concerns over an upcoming SEC ruling in the United States. The digital currency, which ...

Tech 2 years ago

Stock Exchange of Thailand To Build Blockchain Market For Startup Equity

Thailand’s national stock exchange has today unveiled plans to build a blockchain market, designed to allow startups to raise capital from investors through an efficient, secure, decentralised platform. According to reports in The Bangkok Post, ...

Tech 2 years ago

Ex-UK Prime Minister David Cameron Supports Blockchain Potential

Ex British Prime Minister David Cameron has become the latest high profile official to praise the blockchain, and its potential for overhauling security, efficiency and organisational transparency across key industries. The former Conservative Prime Minister, ...

Business 2 years ago

Central Banks Join Hyperledger Project As Member Swell Continues

Two central banks have become the latest additions to the Hyperledger project, a blockchain research programme that brings together startups, investors and stakeholders exploring blockchain technologies. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Bank ...