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'Top 10' Blockchains Report Concludes: Now is the Time to Pivot

Ethereum, Digital Asset, R3, and more go head-to-head in this detailed blockchain study by Aite Group.

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EU Parliament Report Explores Blockchain's 'Substantial Impact'

The EU Parliament’s in-house research office has published a new wide-ranging report on blockchain tech.

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Bank of Canada: Digital Currencies Need Regulation to Succeed

Researchers from Canada's central bank argue that private digital currencies like bitcoin won't succeed without some kind of government involvement.

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Can A New Method for Monitoring Blockchains Stop Sybil Attacks?

A group of researchers has proposed a new way to more closely monitor the behavior of nodes that relay information on a blockchain network.

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Bitcoin Lightning Network Creator Joins MIT Digital Currency Effort

Tadge Dryja, one of the developers behind a popular bitcoin scaling proposal, has joined MIT's blockchain and cryptocurrency group.

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Report: Blockchain Could Become an $8 Billion Global Industry By 2024

The next eight years could see the blockchain marketplace grow to nearly $8bn in value, according to a new research report.

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National Science Foundation to Fund Blockchain Security Research

The National Science Foundation is seeking to fund research into how technologies like blockchain can improve cyberinfrastructure resilience.

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Santander: Bitcoin Threatens Credit Card Issuers

New research from Banco Santander suggests it believes credit card stakeholders will be impacted by bitcoin.

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Bank of Canada Paper: Bitcoin Adoption Could Stabilize Price

The Bank of Canada has published a new staff working paper on the valuation of digital currencies like bitcoin.

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Majority of Global Exchanges Now Testing Distributed Ledger Tech

The majority of global exchanges are now exploring distributed ledgers according to a new trade organization report.

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