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Blockchain technology startup Chain has announced it will be shutting down its free bitcoin API service at the end of this year. Chain – which raised $30m with support from ...

A commissioner for the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said earlier this week that, if broadly adopted by the world’s financial institutions, the blockchain could cost recordkeeping professionals their ...

Goldman Sachs filed a patent application last month for a securities settlement system based on a new cryptocurrency called “SETLcoin”. In a US Patent & Trademark Office application, dated 19th November, Goldman ...

A proposal to add the bitcoin “B” to the Unicode computing character standard was accepted this week. Submitted by tech blogger and pencil-and-paper bitcoin miner Ken Shirriff, the proposal was ...

Google search data can predict the price of bitcoin, new research has found. Academics from the University of Cagliari, Italy, compared USD trading volume with data from Google Trends in ...

Ethereum has released new details about the state of its finances, ending speculation about the project’s financial health that has persisted among the technology’s enthusiasts. One of the most successful ...

MercadoLibre, Latin America’s answer to eBay, has announced it is integrating bitcoin into its payments platform, MercadoPago. In an email to users, the marketplace said the initiative would keep its ...

Safe Cash Payment Technologies, a blockchain-based digital cash platform that will enable consumers to purchase digital tokens in exchange for cash, has raised $1.12m in seed funding. The San Francisco-based ...

Bitfilm, the international bitcoin and blockchain-themed film festival, has released its call for entries today. Founded in 2000, Bitfilm previously showcased films using digital technology creatively. Having experimented with bitcoin as prize ...

Coinbase has announced customers across 26 countries can buy bitcoin “instantly” from today. Previously, users could top up their accounts via bank transfer, however the exchange now supports 3D Secure ...