Bitcoin and Blockchain News Nov 28, 2015

Russia's Finance Ministry Wants to Ban Bitcoin, Not the Blockchain -

In a new interview with CoinDesk, Russia's Ministry of Finance opened up about bitcoin and blockchain technology. Although the Ministry is seeking to make some bitcoin conversions illegal, it noted that it is not planning to extend this prohibition to blockchain technology.

Yessi Bello Perez / Nov 28, 2015 01:18 pm

Is Bitcoin Volatility All In The Mind? -

The award – if there ever was any – for the most creative reporting this week goes to Motherboard, whose reporter spoke to a neuroscientist in a quest to find out how the digital currency's volatility impacted the human brain. CoinDesk has rounded up some of the other bitcoin and blockchain-related headlines.

Yessi Bello Perez / Nov 27, 2015 05:30 pm

Lloyd's Sees Blockchain's Potential For Insurance Markets -

A plan to modernise the London Market – the major international insurance market based in the United Kingdom's capital – may include recommendations to use blockchain technology to improve data access and reduce costs associated with administrative paperwork.

Joon Ian Wong / Nov 27, 2015 04:00 pm