Barclays and an Israel-based start-up company have carried out what they say is the world's first trade transaction using blockchain tech, cutting a process times by a mile - normally it takes between

Krypton, Ethereum-based network, has recently recovered from a 2-step attack which resulted in a total of 21,465 KR, approximately $3000 USD, being stolen from Bittrex’s wallets. The Krypton team suspects

R3 CEV, a startup working to build new Wall Street infrastructure using bitcoin technology filed for a patent that aims on bringing together more than 60 banks. Read more on WSJ

A great article on how bank shareholders are to expect a rise in their share, but everything has it's price .... More on Bloomberg

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, considered by the fintech industry as among the most forward-thinking regulators in the world, said that several groups in its preapproval stage are developing

Stefan Thomas, who introduced millions of people to bitcoin, has had a change of heart and says blockchain will struggle to get wider adoption. Read more on Bloomberg

A joint venture that is backed by 8 major banks and financial institutions has begun beta testing a peer-to-peer network that aims to use blockchain distributed ledger technology to slash billions off

According to a research done by Juniper Research blockchain start-ups have raised almost $300 million in funding in the first half of 2016 as they looked at around 30 startups worldwide - just to mention

** Airbus (airplane manufacturer from France) officially joined the Hyperledger Project, a blockchain intitative launched by the Linux Foundation.** Full story on CoinSpeaker

A real dollar-to-euro trading is now available on blockchain through Omni via Tether. Full story on IBTimes

An interesting interview by Lykke founder and OANDA co-founder, Richard Olsen, as he talks about the role for margin FX brokers in a blockchain ecosystem and much more. Photo: Richard Olsen, Founder and

OK that's a bit weird concept of a coin, but could probably do some serious harm to security teams. DDoSCoin is a theoretical cryptocurrency that uses what’s being called the “malicious proof of work”

Cryptsy CEO Paul Vernon may have stolen as much as $3.3m from the now obsolete digital currency exchange and destroyed evidence of his illicit actions. Read more on CoinDesk

The enterprise software company Chain, which works together with financial companies to help develop blockchain infrastructures for blockchain-based business solutions, has announced a partnership with

The European Payments Council (EPC) has found that 90% of poll partakers believe that the blockchain technology will have a major impact on payments by the year 2025. Read more on CryptoCoinsNews

Malwarebytes CEO, Marcin Kleczynski, says the problem of ransomware is now so widespread that even banks are buying bitcoins in order to pay off cyber-criminals in case of their files being held for ransom.

The US gov. is planning to auction over 2,700 BTC (worth around $1.6m at current prices) that were forfeited during several cases (also some from the well known bitcoin black market - Silk Road) on 22th

Florida man was robbed at knifepoint during a sale of $28,000 in bitcoins according to the deputies Read full story on Sun Sentinel If you haven't read yet you can also look at this post that was also

South Korean authorities investigating a data breach at one of the country's top online retailers say that North Korea is attempting to blackmail the said company, asking for 3 billion won ($2.66 million

Blockstream just announced that they have acquired GreenAddress as they want to strengthen Blockstream's sidechain platform! Read more on Blockstream