Blockchain

Microsoft unveils Azure Blockchain Tokens, a platform for minting enterprise-ready crypto tokens (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

Ripple XRP (XRP) is perhaps the most divisive digital asset on the market. True believers remain adamant its a revolutionary cryptocurrency, while critics posit it barely resembles Bitcoin, so it should be ignored. Still, XRP is the third most popular digita…

What the Block received a Notable Design Education Initiative Award in the 2019 Core77 Design Awards. It's not that designers Cyrus Clarke and John Ferreira were necessarily sick and tired of the inundation of requests they'd been receiving to explain what t…

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, who recently said his company would never get involved with Facebooks Libra, has backed a cryptocurrency startup. Dorsey, a longtime Bitcoin advocate, participated in CoinLists $10 million funding round, alongside several …

After first announcing the project last year, Chinese tech giant Tencent has been given the go-ahead by the countrys tax officials to create blockchain-based invoice standards. The invoices will be created as part of a project called  General Framework of DL…

David Marcus, Facebooks Libra lead, has defended the technology giants cryptocurrency project saying the most meaningful innovations that have changed the lives of millions across the world in a profound way have always been met with damning headlines.  Marc…

Bitcoin Cash BCH is a household name in the cryptocurrency world. Its never far from being in the top five cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. But in the grand scheme of things, its not that old. Bitcoin Cash was created in August 2017. In response to…

Following Xi Jinping's speech urging adoption of blockchain tech, the CPC releases a decentralized app for members to attest their loyalty on a blockchain (Wolfie Zhao/CoinDesk)

Reuters Here's what you need to know.  1. HSBC is sinking after the bank reported an 'unacceptable' 24% decline in profits in its latest earnings. Acting CEO Noel Quinn announced that the company would be remodelling.  2. The EU had agreed to delay Brexit …

China, notorious for its lack of privacy, approved a new law to regulate cryptography over the weekend as it readies to launch its own digital currency. The law will come into effect on January 1, 2020, and although officials havent gone into too much detail…