Pete Rizzo

Pete Rizzo was CoinDesk's editor-in-chief until September 2019. Prior to joining CoinDesk in 2013, he was an editor at payments news source PYMNTS.com.

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Thomson Reuters Demos New Ethereum Blockchain Use Cases

Thomson Reuters scientist Dr Tim Nugent detailed the company's ethereum research efforts at Devcon2 today.

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Microsoft's Bletchley Blockchain Project Enters Next Phase

Microsoft unveiled a new version of its consortium blockchain software Bletchley today.

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Nasdaq Veteran Joins Ethereum Foundation as Security Lead

Nasdaq information security specialist Martin Holst Swende has officially joined the Ethereum Foundation as its full-time security lead.

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7 Financial Firms Test Blockchain for Data Management

Credit Suisse, Citi and HSBC are among seven financial firms to participate in a blockchain data management trial.

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Santander Vies to Become First Bank to Issue Cash on Blockchain

Spanish banking giant Santander is working on a project that explores how it could digitize customer cash using the public ethereum blockchain.

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Ethereum's Creator Proves Blockchain Scaling Vision is No Joke

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin gave a lengthy speech at Devcon2 this week focused on efforts to scale the protocol.

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French Bank BNP is Testing Blockchain for Mini-Bonds

BNP Paribas has announced its latest blockchain project will focus on 'mini-bonds' for small investors.

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Making Sense of Blockchain's Summer of Stupid (On Perfect Illusions)

What do we make of the blockchain's confounding summer of 2016? CoinDesk's Pete Rizzo attempts to explain.

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Bank of Tokyo is Planning to Use Blockchain for Contract Management

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) intends to begin managing its contracts on a blockchain-based platform.

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Vitalik Buterin to Debut Ethereum Scaling Paper at Devcon

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin will present a new version of his 'mauve paper' at Devcon next week.

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