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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IBM Watson is Working to Bring AI to the Blockchain

IBM Watson is currently trying to merge artificial intelligence and the blockchain into a single, powerful prototype.

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R3 Blockchain Consortium Partners With Microsoft

After a series of experiment's Microsoft today announced a strategic partnership with R3CEV, a consortium of 42 global banks.

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SEC Chair: Agency 'Actively Exploring' Blockchain Regulation

The chair of the SEC last night spoke out publicly on the Federal regulatory agency's current and future plans for potential blockchain controls.

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Gallery: ConsenSys Plots Ethereum’s Future from Hipster Haven

The headquarters of Brooklyn-based ConsenSys, don't look like your typical financial sector offices. Check out this rare behind-the-scenes tour.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, the headquarters of Ethereum startup, ConsenSys, don't look like your typical financial sector offices. (Photo credit: Michael del Castillo)

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Microsoft Adds Ethereum to Windows Platform For Over 3 Million Developers

Millions of Microsoft developers can now build decentralized applications using the Ethereum blockchain thanks to a collaboration with ConsenSys.

Ethereum inventor, Vitalik Buterin, Consensys co-founder Andrew Keys, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, and Microsoft blockchain global strategist, Yorke Rhodes at the //Build conference in San Fransisco, Tuesday, March 29, 2016. (Photo credit: Andy Keys)

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Bitcoin Marketplace Purse Takes Page From Etsy in Expansion

Bitcoin startup Purse has expanded its online marketplace in a move that now allows a wider range of buyers and sellers to connect on the platform.

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Bitcoin Undervalued By Over $200, Investment Bank Report Finds

A comparison of bitcoin investment to gold investment lead investment bank, Needham, to price the cryptocurrency at more than 50% its current value.

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Fred Wilson, Reid Hoffman Back MIT's $900k Bitcoin Developer Fund

MIT has raised $900,000 to continue funding the work of developers on the open-source bitcoin network.

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IEEE to Talk Blockchain Tech at Cloud Computing Oxford-Con

An Oxford University event for computing professionals will explore applications for blockchain tech in cloud computing.

Oxford University

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Hyperledger On Verge of Merging Blockchain IBM, Digital Asset Code

Hyperledger today announced it successful created linked code from Digital Asset, IBM, and Blockstream. But that's just the beginning.

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