| A draft bill that would see the banning of various uses of "money surrogates" was submitted to the Russian Parliament in December of last year. Artem Tolkachev, an expert on Russian law, examines what the bill might mean for bitcoin and other digital currencies. Artem Tolkachev / Jan 29, 2016 11:02 am
Following a distributed ledger startup competition in New York this week, CoinDesk spoke to representatives from Banco Santander to discuss the bank's vision for using distributed ledgers, the support for the technology inside the company and their hopes for the year ahead. Stan Higgins / Jan 28, 2016 10:58 pm
In a new speech, the Bank of England's deputy governor for markets and banking indicated that it intends to consider the impact of distributed ledger technology as part of a plan to modernize the country's existing sterling settlement system. Pete Rizzo / Jan 28, 2016 08:30 pm
Following community criticism, Bitcoin Core, the project's largely volunteer development team, is stepping up communications efforts through the launch of new resources. The efforts are a sign Bitcoin Core is seeking to shift its culture to ensure its voice is heard amid the larger bitcoin scaling debate. Pete Rizzo / Jan 28, 2016 07:40 pm
Digital security provider Gemalto has partnered with blockchain platform Symbiont to allow financial firms to more securely execute smart contracts and other blockchain-based transactions. Under the deal, Symbiont will use Gemalto's hardware security modules to protect blockchain transactions from theft and forgery. Daniel Palmer / Jan 28, 2016 05:20 pm
CoinDesk's 2016 State of Bitcoin and Blockchain report summarizes key trends, data and events from 2015, details findings from our annual Thought Leader's Survey and includes predictions on what to expect in 2016. This article highlights a few of the key findings in the report. Garrick Hileman / Jan 28, 2016 03:50 pm
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