40 Banks Trial Commercial Paper Trading in Latest R3 Blockchain Test
A consortium of financial institutions led by startup R3CEV has completed a trial of five different blockchain solutions.

Microsoft Certifies Ethereum Offering in Blockchain Service First
BlockApps, a provider of Ethereum blockchain software for business, has become the first certified offering on Microsoft Azure's BaaS platform.

7 Cool Decentralized Apps Being Built on Ethereum
Excitement is building around the Ethereum platform, but what are innovators and creators building with the technology? Here are seven cool examples.

Inside Earthport's Bid to Push Banks Past Blockchain R&D
CoinDesk looks at how Earthport is adding blockchain technology to existing product lines through its Distributed Ledger Payments Hub.

LHV Bank: We Support Bitcoin's Values
CoinDesk interviews LHV Bank's new cryptocurrency product manager to learn more about its blockchain experimentations.

Ethereum Will Arrive (and 15 Other Blockchain Predictions for 2016)
Andrew Keys from ConsenSys offers 16 predictions for the blockchain and decentralized technologies sector in 2016.

Microsoft Explores Adding Ripple Tech to Blockchain Toolkit
Microsoft has issued an update to its blockchain toolkit offering, revealing it is exploring how to add Ripple's Interledger protocol.

Ethereum Swaps Tool Added to Microsoft's Blockchain Sandbox
Microsoft has added a new decentralized application to its Ethereum blockchain-as-a-service toolkit introduced in October.

Cryptography Pioneer Nick Szabo Touts Blockchain Tech’s Security
Smart contracts pioneer Nick Szabo spoke today at a developer conference for developers working on the public Ethereum blockchain.

This Robot Plant Needs You and Bitcoin to Reproduce
The Plantoid, debuted at last month's Ars Electronica festival, relies on bitcoin to stay alive and – once it has enough – even reproduce.
