Market Outlook

Microsoft's head of technology strategy opens up about the firm's plans to carve out a market position in the blockchain space.

Bailey Reutzel examines how the bitcoin community's reluctant to engage over standards could harm the digital currency in the long term.

An advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly spoken out against bitcoin.

An Israeli bitcoin startup focused on enabling bitcoin purchases with credit cards has recently closed a $7m Series A funding round.

The Commonwealth has released a new report that calls on its 53 member countries to speak out on the legality of digital currencies.

Blockstream has raised $55m in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to $76m over two investment rounds.

A new report undertaken by the Bank of Korea has recommended that the central bank should pay close attention to blockchain technology.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) has revealed it has developed its own digital currency nicknamed "MUFG coin".

Japanese venture capital firm SBI Investment is leading a "multi-million dollar" Series B funding round in bitcoin exchange Kraken.

JPMorgan has teamed up with Digital Asset on a trial blockchain initiative that aims to make the trading process more efficient and cost effective.

SBI Holdings, the financial services business division of Japan’s SBI Group, has announced it is creating a new company with Ripple.

A draft bill that would ban “money surrogates” was submitted to the Russian Parliament last month. But what might it mean for digital currencies?