Market Outlook

The litecoin network has officially upgraded its code to support Segregated Witness, enabling users to send news kinds of transactions today.

The French government has convened a new working group focused on blockchain.

The value of ethereum's ether token has jumped by about 900% since the start of the year, but there is a downside to that success.

China-based Canaan Creative has raised $43m in a Series A round – the largest ever for a bitcoin mining business.

Hungary's government has set its sights on OneCoin, a digital currency investment scheme widely believed to be fraudulent.

Russia's government is said to be moving ahead with plans to introduce rules for blockchain use by 2020.

The market cap of cryptocurrencies has surged nearly 80% over the last month, gaining more than $20bn in value.

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) bring entrepreneurs access to fast cash for their projects, but some have aired concerns over the risks for investors.

Derivatives giant CME has developed a system for delivering digital currencies tied to futures contracts, patent documents reveal.

Blockchain startup Symbiont has raised an undisclosed sum from Chinese software firm Hundsun Technologies.

A Local Bitcoins seller based in Missouri has plead guilty to running an unlicensed money transmission business.

The Linux Foundation-backed Hyperledger blockchain project got a little bit bigger this week.