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IT Giant Fujitsu Is Launching a 'Ready-to-Go' Blockchain Service

Fujitsu has launched a new blockchain consultancy service it claims will deliver a minimum viable product in just five days.

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A $3.3 Billion Claim: Has Cardano's Blockchain 'Solved' Proof-of-Stake?

Charles Hoskinson explains cardano's iterative approach to security, and how its interaction with academic gives it an advantage over other designs.

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85% Of Canadians Are 'Aware' Of Bitcoin, Says Bank of Canada

The results of a nationwide bitcoin survey conducted December by the Bank of Canada are now in.

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$3 Million Fund to Create 25 Marketplaces for Kik Messenger's Token

Kik CEO Ted Livingston created the kin token so people could easily buy and sell digital stuff online. Now he's paying devs to make the stuff.

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Torrent Site Pirate Bay Warns Users About Monero Mining Software

Torrent website The Pirate Bay is doubling down on its plan to use visitors' processing power to mine crypto.

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Augur Is Live: Decentralized Prediction Market Launches After 2-Year Beta

A platform for creating decentralized prediction markets, which held one of the first-ever ICOs, has gone live. Finally.

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$42 Million In Crypto Is Now Being Airdropped to NEO Investors

The second half of the Neo Council's airdrop of ONT tokens is finishing up. Now NEP-5 ONT holders need to migrate to Ontology's mainnet.

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Crypto Bounty Hunting Is Becoming a High-Tech Way Out of Poverty

Completing small tasks by "bounty hunting" for cryptocurrency is becoming a lucrative career for users in less advantaged regions of the world.

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What Happened When Secret Bitcoin Keys Went Public

The long-awaited reveal of the private keys, once able to trigger a bitcoin alert system, occurred Monday via an email from Bitcoin Core devs.

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With Journalists on Ethereum, Will Fake News Meet Its Match?

The ambitious project thinks token-based governance can tackle not just censorship, but fake news, echo chambers and journalism's other crises.

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