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Ukraine’s National Bank has warned against the associated risks that come with digital currencies such as bitcoin. A statement from the bank dated 1st October, first reported by Ukrainian news site Finance.ua, said it ...

21 Inc, the best-funded company in bitcoin, has pledged to support the network’s declining number of nodes. In a blog post co-authored yesterday, CEO Balaji Srinivasan said the firm wants to maintain ...

Tokyo-based startup Orb, the company behind new cryptocurrency management platform SmartCoin, has raised $2.3m in seed funding. Orb, previously known as Coinpass, drew support from various investors including leading Japanese VC firm SBI Investment. ...

The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), a nonprofit dedicated to creating consistency among US state laws, is set to discuss a draft version of a model law meant to guide states ...

Blockchain technology could potentially transform payments, says a new report by American multinational banking corporation BNY Mellon. Although the report – titled “Innovation in Payments: The Future is FinTech“– notes ...

Following the first Block Chain Summit this April – a widely publicized affair held at Sir Richard Branson’s private Necker Island, lead event sponsor BitFury has organized a less talked ...

Three months ago, Chris Gledhill was an innovation technologist at one of the UK’s largest banks, Lloyds. While it was a great job, he told CoinDesk, it was also incredibly frustrating. The scale ...

Blockchain platform Setl claims it is now capable of processing 1 billion transactions per day, a figure it terms a “milestone” for scaling the technology. The firm, which is building ...

Poland’s Ministry of Finance has said regulating bitcoin should form “part of initiatives at the EU level, due to the transborder character of cryptocurrency transactions”. The ministry provided this statement in a written ...

European cryptocurrency exchange Yacuna has announced it will close next month. The firm shared the news with customers via email this afternoon, asking them to withdraw any remaining funds before 15th ...