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UK banking giant Barclays has signed contracts with two blockchain startups, according to the New York Business Journal.

New details have emerged about Russian payments giant Qiwi's plans to issue its own cryptocurrency.

Commonwealth central bankers say they want to look closely at the potential impact of digital currency before adopting a stance toward the technology.

Blockchain technology could potentially transform payments, says a new report by American multinational banking corporation BNY Mellon.

An $100m class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme involving the fake cryptocurrency 'Gemcoin'.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is experimenting with its own in-house cryptocurrency, says the bank's technology chief.

Symbiont has added Maureen O'Hara, chairman of Investment Technology Group and a former US Treasury official to its board of advisors.

CoinDesk speaks to developers seeking to update the functionality of bitcoin's technology to allow for cost-effective micropayments.

Who's said what and why? CoinDesk has rounded up some of the most interesting crypto related comments made over the last year.

The Nomura Research Institute will study blockchain technology to assess its use in the securities sector.

21 Inc, the best-funded company in bitcoin, has pledged to support the network's declining number of nodes.

Tokyo-based startup Orb, the company behind new cryptocurrency management platform SmartCoin, has raised $2.3m in seed funding.