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Circle Then and Now: Bitcoin’s Early Champions Challenge a Blockchain World

CoinDesk interviews Circle founders Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville about their $76m blockchain payments company, its market strategy and its future.

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Consensus 2016 Hackathon Pushes Blockchain Beyond Finance

The first day of the Consensus 2016 Hackathon saw over twenty blockchain entrepreneurs pitch their ideas and concepts to a wide array of developers.

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Translucent Regulation: Fear and Loathing in a Blockchain World

How does bitcoin shape our perception of privacy in the digital age? Chainalysis co-founder Jonathan Levin explores.

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Bitcoin's Messy Push for Innovation is Winning Over Payments Developers

Despite criticism of bitcoin's approach to payments innovation, its development process may have advantages over existing methods, observers argue.

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10 Must-See Moments at Consensus 2016

Don't miss these must-see moments set to take place at next week's Consensus 2016 blockchain conference.

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Bitcoin Price Ends Turbulent Week as Bull Run Fades

Bitcoin prices fluctuated significantly during the week ending 29th April, reaching a yearly high of $470 before falling below $440.

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Europe's Regulatory Blockchain Shift on Display at Private Parliament Event

Epiphyte co-founder and general counsel Gabrielle Patrick weighs in on the major factors that shaped a recent EU Parliament event on blockchain.

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Thomson Reuters Exec Believes There Will Be 'Thousands' of Blockchain Uses

Scott Manuel, vice president and head of product management for Thomson Reuters, discusses his firm's developing blockchain strategy.

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The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity

Blockstream identity practice specialist Christopher Allen discusses how he believes identities should be managed and stored online.

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How Barclays Used R3's Tech to Build a Smart Contracts Prototype

CoinDesk goes inside Barclays' latest distributed ledger trial, showcasing how it is digitizing smart contract templates on R3's new ledger Corda.

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