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Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee: Blockchain Builders Should Beware Misuse

Sir Tim Berners-Lee encouraged the blockchain space to think about the unintended consequences of its actions in a talk at Ripple's Swell conference.

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Downplaying 'Digital Assets': Blockchain Reigns at Ripple's Swell Event

An upstart financial conference yesterday saw discussion of digital assets – though so-called "unregulated" cryptocurrencies were the butt of barbs.

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Pump or Progress? Bitcoin Cash Nears $400 on Korea Trading Surge

Bitcoin cash saw a big boost today, spurred like many recent rallies by strong volumes from South Korea's local exchanges.

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The New Classic? Protesters Are Already Plotting Alternative Ethereums

An Ethereum hard fork wouldn't be complete without a protest movement or two. But what do the latest rebels want?

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Sibos Highlights Swift's Complicated Relationship With Blockchain

Day one of Swift's annual Sibos conference found the interbank messaging platform under pressure from the rising tide of cryptocurrencies.

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Bulls Take Breather? Bitcoin Slows as Price Struggles to Breach $6,000

The price of bitcoin neared $6,000 last week, but charts suggest little evidence a big push across that threshold will be forthcoming.

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Obvious Bubble? SEC Committee Lashes Out at Bitcoin and ICOs

Mainstream institutional investors had some harsh critiques for the cryptocurrency and ICO token community at a recent SEC committee meeting.

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IBM's Stellar Move: Tech Giant Uses Cryptocurrency in Cross-Border Payments

IBM has been settling real cross-border payments in the South Pacific on a blockchain using Stellar's Lumen cryptocurrency.

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Hours to Go: How to Watch Ethereum's Fork as It Happens

Hard forks have become a kind of spectator sport in the cryptocurrency community. Here's how to watch the latest: ethereum's Byzantium upgrade.

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Collaboration FTW: How Blockchain Came So Far, So Fast

Without further cooperation, DLT risks ultimately recreating the many silos and disjointed systems that already exist, warns an executive at the DTCC.

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