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The central banks of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are reportedly testing a new cryptocurrency for cross-border payments.

By Stan HigginsDec 13, 2017

Markets

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has partnered with a well-known economist on a new blockchain land registry venture, and might sell the firm to fund it.

By Sujha SundararajanDec 13, 2017

Markets

Japanese internet giant GMO revealed yesterday that it soon allow staff to receive some of their salary in bitcoin.

By Sujha SundararajanDec 13, 2017

Markets

Linking local microgrids to wholesale markets will enable consumers to buy and sell surplus energy from neighbors or faraway strangers, the firms say.

By Nikhilesh DeDec 13, 2017

Markets

Indiegogo is getting into the initial coin offering (ICO) game, seeking to become the "go-to" platform for the emerging market.

By Stan HigginsDec 12, 2017

Markets

President Donald Trump has signed a $700 billion military spending bill that includes a mandate for a blockchain cybersecurity research study.

By Stan HigginsDec 12, 2017

Markets

The maker of multi-signature cryptocurrency wallets turned profitable this year, as the institutional user base it had long courted finally arrived.

By Michael del CastilloDec 11, 2017

Markets

Blockchain is now being touted as a way to revive a long-promised method of boosting financial access for the underbanked.

By Aaron StanleyDec 8, 2017

Markets

The popular online gaming platform Steam is dropping its bitcoin payments option more than a year after it first began accepting the cryptocurrency.

By Stan HigginsDec 7, 2017

Markets

Blythe Masters discusses the potential impact of the ASX decision to implement her company's distributed ledger solution.

By Michael del CastilloDec 7, 2017