| With the dust yet to fully settle on the scaling debate, bitcoin's main development team is taking its first steps toward democratizing and lower barriers to entry to its ongoing tech efforts. As part of this process, Bitcoin Core is seeking to overhaul the process by which changes are deployed on the network. Bailey Reutzel / May 14, 2016 01:12 pm
Cyrus Maaghul is a blockchain innovation advisor and the head of product at healthcare platform startup PointNurse. In this opinion piece, Maaghul discusses what he sees as the potential applications for blockchain in the field of healthcare, an area increasingly of interest to industry firms. Cyrus Maaghul / May 14, 2016 11:27 am
Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange Gatecoin has reportedly experienced a hack, resulting in losses from its connected wallets. The hack comes amid the ongoing crowdsale for TheDAO, an initiative aimed at providing a funding mechanism for Ethereum projects. Stan Higgins / May 13, 2016 11:50 pm
Local authorities in Taiwan are said to have arrested a man believed to have orchestrated a bitcoin trading scam. Central News Agency reports that a man identified only as Ho defrauded as many as 49 customers out of roughly $300,000 after promising outsized returns on a bitcoin margin trading platform. Stan Higgins / May 13, 2016 10:53 pm
Bitcoin prices fluctuated little in the week ending 13th May, staying largely between $450 and $460 amid lackluster trading volume. By contrast, ether prices experienced notable volatility during the period, changing roughly 17% amid modest trading volume. Charles Bovaird / May 13, 2016 08:43 pm
The New York Police Department has won an award from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network after tracing a series of bitcoin transactions. The recognition shows how much the bitcoin industry has changed since the days of the Silk Road, when the digital currency was widely believed to be untraceable. Michael del Castillo / May 13, 2016 07:36 pm
A deputy governor of Japan's central bank has suggested that central banks worldwide need to pay close attention to developments surrounding digital currencies and blockchain technology. The remarks came during an event on payments in Tokyo earlier this week. Stan Higgins / May 13, 2016 06:26 pm
A Japanese blockchain startup has reportedly raised $6.5m in a new Series A funding round. TechBureau, which operates a bitcoin exchange in the country called Zaif and a permissioned blockchain platform called Mijin, netted the investment of JPY 720m from a group of investors. Stan Higgins / May 13, 2016 04:05 pm
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