Market Outlook

An AirBnB exec has indicated that the renting service is open to investigating potential blockchain applications related to user trust.

As the scaling debate escalates, bitcoin's competing developer teams are laying out long-term roadmaps for the network.

Payments company Qiwi is pushing ahead on a cryptocurrency project despite an uncertain climate for the tech in Russia.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has issued new comments criticizing the Bitcoin Core development team, reiterating his support for Bitcoin Classic.

Bitcoin and blockchain technology were heralded as innovations by members of the US government at a conference this week.

Guardtime is to deploy a blockchain system to secure over 1 million patient records within Estonia's eHealth programme.

CoinDesk analyzes the recent decrease in transaction capacity on the bitcoin network and its affect on bitcoin users.

Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent discussed the possibility of central bank-issued digital currencies today.

CoinDesk profiles distributed ledger startup Ripple's recent market strategy for XRP, the digital asset, in the face of new competitors.

A legislator in Japan’s ruling political party has called for bitcoin purchases to be exempt from an 8% consumption tax, a news source says.

An IBM executive has been elected as the chair of the technical advisory committee to the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger blockchain project.

The Bank of Russia has set up a working group to investigate potential applications of blockchain technology within finance.