IBM, Microsoft and Linux ❤ blockchain

This Week's Must Reads It's been a spectacular week for blockchain news, with giant corporations leaping enthusiastically into developing the technology. Meanwhile, the bitcoin scaling debate is still struggling to find a solution, and bitcoin's price is possibly suffering the consequences... 1. Big on blockchain IT giants IBM, Microsoft and Linux have thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the blockchain space. As have these major mutual funds. (CoinDesk, Banking Technology, IBT, FT) 2. Russia Blockchain good, bitcoin bad. (CoinDesk) 3. Scaling Bitcoin Bitcoin Classic is rejected as “controversial” by a group of industry firms, just hours after its release. (CoinDesk, IBT) 4. Price The financial markets are in crisis, safe-haven gold is shooting sky high, but bitcoin is down this week. (CoinDesk BPI) 5. And finally… A bitcoin parody of PayPal’s Super Bowl commercial didn’t go down well with the Internet payments giant. (CoinDesk, WSJ) Read More Blockchain News → Blockchain analogy of the week "Talking about blockchain without talking about bitcoin, is like trying to talk about professional basketball without talking about the NBA. " Spencer Bogart, Equity Research Associate (Block Chain & SaaS), Needham & Company. (Speaking at the Block Chain Conference in San Francisco, 10th February.) Found a blockchain analogy? Email newsletter@coindesk.com with what you found! If you like what you see, please share CoinDesk Weekly with your friends. Use this link. CONSENSUS 2016 EARLY ADOPTER TICKETS DISCOUNTS END THIS WEEKEND Share this email

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