Market Outlook

Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange bitFlyer has raised $27 million in new funding, one of the largest rounds for a Japanese digital currency firm to date.

A major US defense agency devoted to advanced R&D is seeking to create a secure-blockchain-based messaging system.

CGI Group has become the latest firm to integrate distributed ledgers into an existing payments product.

An Ethereum startup founded by one of the blockchain project’s founders has raised $750,000.

The price of bitcoin broke past $450 this week, as markets rallied in response to perceived progress surrounding the network's block capacity dilemma.

Weeks after the launch of the first "production version" of Ethereum, blockchain investors are taking a deeper look at the ecosystem's startups.

Digital Asset Holdings has acquired Swiss FinTech startup Elevence to build out a system of smart contracts designed to preserve privacy.

Russian payments provider Qiwi has revealed it wants to launch a domestic blockchain consortium.

Insurance provider John Hancock has begun work on proofs-of-concept using blockchain in partnership with ConsenSys Enterprise and BlockApps.

The French central bank has called for more investigation into distributed ledger applications as the technology catches wind in the finance world.

Barclays demonstrated a smart contract platform built on Corda, R3's new distributed ledger project, in London today.

ShapeShift has published new details about recent digital currency thefts from the online exchange following an investigation.