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14 Banks, 5 Tokens: Inside Fnality's Expansive Vision for Interbank Blockchains

Fresh off a $63 million fundraise, execs at bank blockchain consortium Fnality shed some light on the often-secretive project's plan to tokenize fiat currency.

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MPC Explained: The Bold New Vision for Securing Crypto Money

Cryptography advances are converging to help developers bring blockchain uses to their core decentralizing principles, writes Michael J. Casey.

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Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto

For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested.

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The Speed Dreams of Security Tokens

Security tokens may have many potential advantages over traditional assets – but speed is not one of them, argues Noelle Acheson.

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The SEC Case Against Kik's ICO Appears Strong, Experts Say

The SEC seems to have a strong case on the facts in its complaint against Kik and its 2017 token sale, according to legal experts.

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SEC's Crypto Savvy Surprises Blockchain Insiders at DC Forum

SEC officials demonstrated a deeper grasp of crypto than many industry members were expecting at last week's forum.

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Anti-Patent Troll Consortium Is Recruiting Blockchain Startups

Three blockchain startups have joined a multi-industry consortium that protects its members from patent trolls.

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Maxwell, Wuille Co-Author Proposal for a Big Boost to Bitcoin's Bandwidth

A new paper outlines a proposed protocol that seeks to boost the bandwidth for bitcoin nodes.

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Who Has the Power, Retail or Institutional Investors?

The institutional and retail crypto markets are much more intertwined than we realize, argues Noelle Acheson, and each needs the other to hit scale.

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What to Expect at the SEC's Blockchain Forum Friday

At a fraught moment for government-industry relations, the SEC and crypto insiders are sitting down for a public meeting.

Jay Clayton (CoinDesk archives)