Michael del Castillo

A full-time member of the Editorial Team at CoinDesk, Michael covers cryptocurrency and blockchain applications. His writing has been published in the New Yorker, Silicon Valley Business Journal and Upstart Business Journal. Michael is not an investor in any digital currencies or blockchain projects. He has previously held value in bitcoin (<a href="https://qa.coindesk.com/editorial-policy/">See: Editorial Policy</a>). Email: michael@coindesk.com. Follow Michael: <a href="https://twitter.com/delrayman">@delrayman</a>

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Policy

New York Police Win FinCEN Award for Bitcoin Investigation

The New York Police Department winning an award from the Financial Crimes Enforcement network after tracing a series of bitcoin transactions.

US Treasury Seal

Markets

The DAO: Or How A Leaderless Ethereum Project Raised $50 Million

A leaderless, distributed organization raised $50m worth of ether to invest in sharing economy projects, but how it came to be is largely a mystery.

The DAO

Finance

Why Silvergate’s CEO is Banking 15 Bitcoin Companies

As Silvergate Bank prepares to give its 16th bitcoin account its CEO talks about how he got in the business of working with digital currency startups.

Silvergate CEO Alan Lane (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Market OpenBazaar Unveils Plans for Tor Support, Mobile App

Distributed marketplace OpenBazaar pubished its plan to integrate with the Tor browser, IPFS, and to build a mobile app with chatbot integration.

Roadmap

Markets

10 Quotes That Defined Consensus 2016

Speakers from all over the world stole the show at the Consensus 2016 blockchain conference last week. Here are 10 quotes that defined the show.

Delaware Governor Jack Markell

Markets

SWIFT: Blockchain Won't Remove All Third Parties in Securities Trade

The research arm of SWIFT released a new report today which argues that blockchain won't replace all third parties in securities trade.

Accounting

Markets

Winklevoss Brothers Own 'Material' Amount of Ether

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have invested in ether as part of the lead-up to the launch of Ethereum trading on their Gemini platform next week.

Winklevoss,

Markets

Lawyers Argue Bitcoin Needs Change in Money-Transmitting Laws

Lawyers have been speaking at Consensus 2016 about their belief that some money transmitting regulations need to be changed.

Brian Klein

Markets

Educating Regulators a Priority, Say Blockchain Policy Experts

At Consensus 2016, expert panelists took turns discussing the future regulatory climate for digital currencies like bitcoin.

Bitcoin Policy

Markets

Dueling Blockchain Visions Face Off in Consensus 2016 Day Two Finale

The final panel on the last full day of Consensus 2016 featured a debate between R3 CEO David Rutter and 21 CEO Balaji Srinivasan.

r3, 21