Market Outlook

Payment service provider PayFort is among the investors in a seed funding round announced by Dubai-based bitcoin startup BitOasis.

The US Postal Service has released a new report outlining how it could adopt blockchain technology within its operations.

A legal effort to sue bitcoin mining firm KnCMiner over product refunds has been dealt a blow in Sweden, court documents reveal.

The creator of Futarchy, a governance model founded on prediction markets Robin Hanson, discusses his concept in the context of DAOs.

A bill that would ban so-called money surrogates such as bitcoin in Russia has an uncertain future.

Bitcoin exchange and wallet service Coinbase is adding support for ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network.

The development of payments channels on the bitcoin network took a step forward today with new technology released by wallet startup Blockchain.

R3CEV's test with Northern Trust inspired a blockchain proof-of-concept among three other experiments for different aspects of asset management.

Netki has announced the launch of its identity certificate pilot, allowing all parties in a transaction to be trusted and verifiable under regulation.

Bitcoin's main development team is taking its first steps toward democratizing and lower barriers to entry to its ongoing tech efforts.

A Bank of Japan official said this week that central banks should watch developments surrounding bitcoin and blockchain "closely".

A Japanese blockchain startup has reportedly raised $6.5m in a new Series A funding round.