Bitcoin and Blockchain News Apr 1, 2016

CoinDesk Struck By Blockchain Meltdown As Hard Fork Hits Website - 

CoinDesk's website experienced technical difficulties yesterday stemming from an unexpected hard fork of its news blockchain, the immutable record of its industry-leading news coverage.

CoinDesk / Apr 01, 2016 12:23 am


Bank of Canada Researcher: Bitcoin Monetary Standard Would Fail - 

A research consultant for Canada's central bank has published a paper that envisions a world with a monetary standard based on bitcoin. The outcome, speculates author Warren Weber, would be a mix of good and bad in terms of impact on monetary policy.

Stan Higgins / Mar 31, 2016 11:25 pm


Gallery: ConsenSys Plots Ethereum's Future from Hipster Haven - 

The headquarters of Brooklyn-based ConsenSys don't look like your typical financial sector offices. As part of the lead-up to the its announcement that its Ethereum based decentralized application tools would be build into Microsoft's developer platform the startup opened its graffitied doors to CoinDesk.

Michael del Castillo / Mar 31, 2016 08:15 pm


US Bank Regulator to Examine Distributed Ledgers in FinTech Framework Push - 

The US Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is looking to establish a framework for regulating financial technologies like blockchain. The banking regulator released a new white paper yesterday establishing principles to guide this process moving forward, and naming distributed ledgers as an areas of interest.

Stan Higgins / Mar 31, 2016 07:12 pm


Eyeing Volume, Asian Exchanges Add Support for Ether Trading - 

Following the launch of Ethereum's first production platform, exchanges are now adding support for the digital currency that powers its blockchain, ether. In recent weeks, the majority of announcements have come from Asia, where exchanges in China, Japan and South Korea have all added ether trading.

Pete Rizzo / Mar 31, 2016 05:31 pm


Interpol War Game Models Chase for Bitcoin Blackmailers - 

Interpol conducted a war game scenario last week that centered on discovering the identity of a blackmailer demanding a bitcoin ransom. Sixty-four participants from 26 countries took part in the event.

Stan Higgins / Mar 31, 2016 03:30 pm


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