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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Blockstream Investors See Commercial Use Cases for Bitcoin Blockchain

Following Blockstream's $55m funding yesterday, CoinDesk speaks to investors who participated in the round.

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Commonwealth Pushes Member Countries to Declare Bitcoin Legal

The Commonwealth has released a new report that calls on its 53 member countries to speak out on the legality of digital currencies.

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Euroclear Sees Seven Steps to Bring Blockchain to Capital Markets

Post-trade settlement specialist Euroclear has released a new report on how blockchain tech can be adapted for capital markets.

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Blockstream Raises $55 Million to Build Out Bitcoin’s Blockchain

Blockstream has raised $55m in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to $76m over two investment rounds.

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Digital Asset Funding Tops $60 Million With IBM, Goldman Sachs Investments

Digital Asset Holdings has announced it has raised more than $60m with the addition of IBM and Goldman Sachs to its latest round.

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Japan’s Largest Bank Latest to Develop Own Digital Currency

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) has revealed it has developed its own digital currency nicknamed "MUFG coin".

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BAFT Event Attendees See Future With Billions of Blockchains

A new survey shows bankers are increasingly bullish on blockchain tech, even as they profess to a lack of understanding of the subject matter.

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Japan's SBI Holdings Teams With Ripple to Launch New Company

SBI Holdings, the financial services business division of Japan’s SBI Group, has announced it is creating a new company with Ripple.

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Bank of England to Explore Distributed Ledger Tech for Settlement

The Bank of England has said it will consider the impact of distributed ledgers as part of a plan to modernize the country’s settlement system.

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Amid Scaling Debate, Bitcoin Core Goes on Outreach Offensive

CoinDesk examines the current bitcoin scaling debate through the eyes of Bitcoin Core, the project's main developer team.

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