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UBS-Backed Blockchain Platform Completes Live Trade Transactions

The Batavia blockchain trade finance platform has completed a pilot that conducted live cross-border transactions involving corporate clients.

By Wolfie ZhaoApr 19, 2018

Cryptocurrency mining orders have helped set a new monthly sales record for Taiwanese semiconductor maker TSMC.

By Wolfie ZhaoApr 19, 2018

Researchers have unveiled a new ethereum scaling project with a focus on security, and even Vitalik Buterin wants to see it grow and succeed.

By Alyssa HertigApr 19, 2018

A new proposal for unfreezing millions in ether is easier to swallow since it's focused specifically on Parity, but it's still causing a stir.

A new proposal explores the combination of the lightning network and NFC to move the layer-two bitcoin tech forward.

By Alyssa HertigApr 17, 2018

Decentralized protocol 0x has raised $775,000 through a SAFT sale last year.

By Nikhilesh DeApr 16, 2018

CoinDesk examines the arguments for and against a proposal that would limit the total number of ether that could ever be issued.

One of the largest crypto assets has been under fire for its technical decisions, with some developers even branding IOTA the coin they love to hate.

By Alyssa HertigApr 14, 2018

The zcash community has finished its Power of Tau ceremony in anticipation of the Sapling hard fork, which will occur later this year.

By Nikhilesh DeApr 13, 2018

The arrival of more powerful mining hardware is splitting sentiment in major cryptocurrencies, with users taking sides over how best to respond.