The China Banking Association is launching a new blockchain platform for trade financing. After several pilot programs aimed at improving the efficiency and security of operations, the platform is now in the process of being rolled out for use in real time...

The anonymous creator of Bitcoin has broken into the ranking of the most influential figures in the global financial system. Satoshi Nakamoto now influences the world even more than Mark Zuckerberg, Kristalina Georgieva, or Paul Krugman...

The main developer of Ethereum, the startup ConsenSys, has entered into a partnership with the world-renowned computer chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). This partnership will allow the chip manufacturer AMD to enter the market of cloud-based commercial blockchain services thanks to the development of a BaaS platform...

The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi, which holds fifth place in the ranking of cryptocurrency exchanges, has shut down its division in Shenzhen, laying off all its employees. Huobi's Shenzhen division was created in October 2016 to explore innovative business directions...

Ethereum developers have decided to take a new step in the fight against ASIC mining by introducing a new algorithm that will close access to the network for miners using ASIC equipment, leaving mining to those who practice cryptocurrency mining in the traditional way...