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Gibraltar Updates Distributed Ledger Framework to Align With FATF Crypto Regulations
19.9.2020
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has updated its guidance notes for distributed ledger technology (DLT) providers to include recommendations for risk management, as well as clarify aspects around the issuance of digital assets. In a statement released on September 17,...
US Air Force and Raytheon Are Studying How Distributed Ledgers Could Help Command the Skies
3.9.2020
The $500,000 contract continues USAF's recent history of blockchain investments
Amid US Postal Service ‘Crisis’ USPS Files Patent for Blockchain Mail-in Voting Scheme
18.8.2020
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is falling apart at the seams and many Americans are blaming the Trump administration. The USPS may have to deal with the U.S. election ballot process, as mail-in votes may be the dominant practice thanks to the coronavirus. Amid the American public’s...
Triple-Entry Bookkeeping: How Satoshi Nakamoto Solved the Byzantine Generals’ Problem
3.8.2020
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto essentially solved the infamous computational issue called the “Byzantine generals’ problem” or the “Byzantine Fault.” Throughout the history of man, people used ledgers to record economic transactions and property ownership. A ledger is often...
ASX Under Pressure to Further Delay Rollout of DLT Settlement System
30.6.2020
The blockchain-based clearing and settlement system from Australia's biggest stock exchange faces further delays if unhappy firms get their way
How the Crypto Community Helped Us Raise $110,000 for Charity
26.6.2020
The campaign, by CoinDesk, Gitcoin, Ethereal and the Giving Block, raised money for COVID-19 relief using "quadratic funding" to make donations
Microsoft, EU-Based Universities Say Blockchain Could Help Meet Paris Agreement Carbon Goals
23.6.2020
A new paper from Microsoft and universities in Germany and Denmark sets out how blockchain technology could overcome issues with providing an international carbon credit market
Blockchain Bites: Last Day of Consensus, Will Crypto Save the Internet?
16.5.2020
It broke J.K. Rowling's Time Line
37 Questions for Cosmos’ Sunny Aggarwal
15.5.2020
Tendermint and Cosmos developer (and part-time pirate) Sunny Aggarwal is the latest intriguing soul to take the CoinDesk Confesssional questionnaire
Money Reimagined: No, Secretary Summers, Money Privacy Is a Vital Freedom
15.5.2020
Responding to Larry Summers at Consensus: Distributed this week, Michael Casey argues that money needs more privacy, not less, and that, ultimately, our rights as financial citizens are at stake
Blockchain Bites: What You Need to Know About the Last Day of Consensus: Distributed
15.5.2020
From bitcoin mining workshops to VR meetings about VR meetings, everything you need to know for the last day of Consensus: Distributed
CoinDesk 50: Bakkt – Financializing Bitcoin
15.5.2020
Bakkt's eagerly awaited debut offers new ways for institutions to get exposure to bitcoin. And it's just getting started
Blockchain Bites: Will Enterprise Blockchain Find a ‘Killer App’ or Be Killed?
14.5.2020
IBM, We.Trade and Microsoft executives spoke about the trials and tribulations of capitalizing on enterprise-grade blockchain at Consensus: Distributed
Meltem Demirors, Caffeine and Curiosity
14.5.2020
CoinShares' Demirors on her legacy: "My memoir will be short and sweet - 'Meltem. She had a good time.'"
Staying Alive: Why the World of Enterprise Blockchain Has Turned to Collaborations
14.5.2020
Enterprise blockchain isn’t dead, but survival has meant more collaboration and some smart pivots. A dispatch from this week’s Consensus: Distributed
Blockchain Bites: Capitalizing on Enterprise Blockchain and Reading Coin Metrics
14.5.2020
Today at Consensus: Distributed you'll hear from IBM, EY and ING Bank executives on enterprise blockchain profitability and Nic Carter on coin metrics
CoinDesk 50: Silvergate – The Bank That Wasn’t Scared
14.5.2020
Silvergate was among the first U.S. financial institutions to embrace the crypto industry, and it's not letting go
Blockchain Bites: The Government Won’t ‘Kill DeFi’ but FATF Might Compromise Anonymity
14.5.2020
Consensus: Distributed saw discussions over the constitutionality of FATF's Travel Rule and why regulators want DeFi in the U.S
‘History Has Repeated’: F2Pool Explains Message in Last Block Before Bitcoin Halving
13.5.2020
F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun tells Consensus: Distributed why he chose a $2.3T NY Times headline for Bitcoin's last block before the halving
1.4% of FinCEN’s Suspicious Activity Reports Since 2013 Mentioned Crypto
13.5.2020
More than 70,000 crypto-related SARs had been filed with FinCEN since 2013, director Kenneth Blanco said Wednesday