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Called Bitcoin Cash, the effort will effectively fork bitcoin's existing software and transaction history, and in the process, give every bitcoin user new cryptocurrency tokens on a new blockchain with different rules.

The World Economic Forum has published a detailed white paper arguing that blockchain stakeholders should organize in a way that would dwarf even the largest consortia.

What should investors make of this mysterious project? And what should they think when, as part of an effort to build the platform, they hear the company is raising funds through a four-stage offering of 1 billion EOS tokens, scheduled to commence Monday?

Jun 21, 2017 at 19:25 UTCUpdated Jun 22, 2017 at 15:25 UTC. The ethereum blockchain is beginning to show signs it's being impacted by a new influx of users.

Jun 15, 2017 at 14:30 UTC. Just hours after traders reported a shift in strategy, the global cryptocurrency markets appear to be correcting - and fast.

A consortium of India-based banking firms including State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and DCB Bank has formally selected Microsoft Azure as their exclusive cloud partner.

In this article, Piasecki offers his commentary on the rising price of XRP, the native token on the Ripple Consensus Ledger, aiming to offer a valuation for the cryptographic asset based on its underlying protocol and desired utility.

Tired of scams? In this opinion piece, Mougayar argues that more failures are what's needed to take blockchain technology to the next level.

May 13, 2017 at 09:25 UTCUpdated Jul 2, 2017 at 14:08 UTC. After a shaky start this spring, a project called the Ethereum Name Service appears to be attracting serious capital.

May 8, 2017 at 13:00 UTCUpdated May 8, 2017 at 23:16 UTC. If there's one overarching theme in the blockchain technology space, it's the push for greater privacy and confidentiality.

First envisioned as a way to expand bitcoin, Lightning has yet to go live on the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Chief among concerns are the ongoing issues at British Virgin Islands-based digital currency exchange Bitfinex, as the market's dominant US dollar exchange saw banking problems appear seemingly out of nowhere earlier this month.

The future of central banks could be either on an open, permissionless blockchain or a closed, permissioned distributed ledger, according to a paper released today by bank consortium R3. That is, assuming anything changes at all.

A consensus algorithm, like bitcoin's proof of work, does two things: it ensures that the next block in a blockchain is the one and only version of the truth, and it keeps powerful adversaries from derailing the system and successfully forking the chain.

The value of these crypto tokens came, not so much for their use in the exchange of goods and services, but rather the use of the underlying service that required these tokens to operate.

In a recent talk at CoinDesk's developer-only conference Construct, developer Elaine Ou outlined how ethereum classic differs from ethereum, the blockchain that split from its original developers over an ideological disagreement last year.

Feb 14, 2017 at 15:53 UTC. Uganda's central bank is warning local residents about Onecoin, a digital currency scheme widely accused of being a scam.

Feb 10, 2017 at 13:20 UTCUpdated Feb 10, 2017 at 15:12 UTC. Following the lead of two of the market's more prominent exchanges, at least six other China-based bitcoin exchanges have announced updates to withdrawal policies as part of a bid to tighten AML oversight.

Following in the footsteps of China's 'Big Three' exchanges, smaller competitors BTC Trade, BTC100, CHBTC, Dahonghuo, Yuanbao and BitBays all moved to impose or increase trading fees yesterday in the wake of a meeting with the People's Bank of China, China's central bank.

The People's Bank of China issued a new statement today in which it laid out in writing the warning it issued to nine domestic startups in a meeting yesterday.

If monero was the top-performing cryptocurrency of 2016, don't tell that to the blockchain project's outspoken maintainer.

Jan 31, 2017 at 11:00 UTCUpdated Feb 1, 2017 at 12:55 UTC. The privacy-focused digital currency monero has captured the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has expressed concerns over its use among criminals.

If you've been following ethereum at all, you're likely aware the blockchain project has a lot riding on something called 'proof of stake'.

Though hard forking can be a particularly contentious way of upgrading open blockchains, the developers behind the project are calling the effort a success thus far.

ICOs have two primary benefits: they provide funding to the team to see the project through, and incentivize a community to contribute.

When looking at the combined qualities of liquidity and price stability together as a Commerce Index, we could see other coins catching up with Bitcoin.

Can bitcoin make an impact as an intermediary for exotic currencies not often traded? Can it help deliver cash on the ground quicker and cheaper?

Markets Weekly is a weekly column analyzing price movements in the global blockchain token markets.

Dec 29, 2016 at 23:47 UTCUpdated Dec 30, 2016 at 14:17 UTC. The digital currency ether classic surged more than 30% on 29th December, reaching its highest price in over four months.

Dec 22, 2016 at 3:10 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 22, 2016 at 3:11 p.m. UTC. The inaugural issue of academic journal Ledger has been published.