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CGI has launched a blockchain trade finance and supply chain laboratory to explore applications of blockchain technology.

The London police are investigating a digital currency scheme widely believed to be fraudulent.

A syndicated loan exchange trial utilizing blockchain being undertaken by a group of banks alongside startups R3 and Symbiont is moving ahead.

BigchainDB has raised $3m to help turn tradition databases into blockchains.

Two central securities depositories (CSDs) have agreed to collaborate on distributed ledger initiatives in a first-of-its-kind agreement globally.

Swiss National Bank president Thomas Jordan says the central bank is in discussions with regulators and other central banks about blockchain.

One of Japan’s largest property insurers is co-developing a prototype blockchain system for insurance derivatives.

A group of banks within the R3 distributed ledger consortium have tested a blockchain prototype for US Treasury bond trades.

Winter is coming... So does it make sense to use bitcoin miners to subsidise your heating costs? CoinDesk investigates.

There’s a patent land grab developing that could potentially make doing business more challenging for blockchain startups.

Thomson Reuters scientist Dr Tim Nugent detailed the company's ethereum research efforts at Devcon2 today.

Microsoft unveiled a new version of its consortium blockchain software Bletchley today.