Cryptocurrency and blockchain have proven their utility. And there are some areas where their impact is going to be more profound. Here is our take on it.

Calls by China's president to put blockchain at the heart of the country�...

WeChat's statistics have shown that searches for the Chinese terms for "Bitcoin" and "blockchain" have surged by two to three times and 12 times

The American Bar Association (ABA) has published an extensive treatise on the US regulatory environment pertaining to cryptocurrency and other digital assets. In brief, the 353 white paper is a must-read review of current law and treatment by regulatory authorities such as the Securities and

Read the complaint (PDF).

Yesterday, a prominent group of digital asset exchanges joined in announcing a new 'Crypto Rating Council' that sets a score on a crypto asset to better establish whether or not it is a security. While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dripped out guidance

As regulations are introduced and enacted that disparately impact members of the crypto sector, we will see more fissures that prevent the crypto community from speaking with one voice.

CME Group has announced it will launch options on its Bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020, pending regulatory review, thus providing clients with additional tools for precision hedging and trading.

Data centres are becoming the archive keepers of the world’s information. The growth in data (160+ zettabytes by 2025) is one key factor driving the requirement for data centres to modernize and like many other sectors, blockchain has become a key enabler for this modernisation. Kevin Curran, IEEE Senior Member and Professor in Cyber Security at Ulster University, looks at how blockchain will entre the data centre.

Today at Paris Retail Week, a group of companies headed by Global POS has announced that starting in early 2020 bitcoin will be accepted as a payment metho