Market Outlook

Coinbase, Coin Center and Union Square Ventures have released new research into the distributed application business model.

Professional services firm Deloitte invested in its first blockchain startup today, revealing it is backing SETL.

The European Central Bank is weighing the use of distributed ledger tech in partnership with Japan’s central bank.

The US Federal Reserve has released a new working paper on blockchain and distributed ledger tech.

One of bitcoin's more forward-looking projects has attracted a group of developers who are using some obscure names from the Harry Potter series.

A group of major Japanese banks has published the first results of a blockchain interbank payments trial.

Multibillion-dollar investment company Huiyin Group has launched a $20m bitcoin-focused investment fund.

An unintentional split of the network was the latest event to shake ethereum.

The Japan Exchange Group (JPX) has formed a consortium between several companies within its umbrella to test a blockchain proof-of-concept.

Ethereum will soon be getting a wallet with a WeChat-like interface.

R3CEV, the startup behind the global bank consortium focused on distributed ledger applications, has open sourced the code for its Corda platform.

Britain's ancient Royal Mint is to launch blockchain trading of gold derivatives in cost cutting exercise.