Cointelegraph

⁠Financial institutions reported 40-70 percent savings and faster payments in a recent pilot of Ripple’s xRapid platform

⁠Global diamond giant De Beers has successfully tracked diamonds using blockchain technology for the first time

​​The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has commissioned a national research agenda to tackle the development of blockchain nationwide

​​We’re continuing to review the relationship between banks and cryptocurrencies – this time in Africa

​​A blockchain-based platform says its system creates “valid randomness” in iGaming software which can help players trust online sites #SPONSORED

​​Stock trading app Robinhood has raised $363 mln in a series D funding round to expand its crypto trading platform US-wide

​​Fundstrat Global Advisors says the relationship between Bitcoin prices and mining costs mean prices should hit $36,000 in 2019

​​Iran: both government and individuals are turning to crypto in the midst of the country’s economic turmoil as the US exits the nuclear accord deal

​​China will seek to release nationwide blockchain standards by the end of 2019, a government official told local news media May 10

​​Bank of America will continue barring customers from buying what it calls “troubling” bitcoin

​​The Australian government is considering a framework governing emerging technologies such as blockchain in order to transform trade

⁠May 9 saw various Ethereum parties commit to a governance improvement statement - without involvement of co-founder Vitalik Buterin

⁠A Colorado bill that would more clearly define whether certain digital assets qualify as securities, was voted down in the state Senate on the last day of the legislative session

⁠The US state of West Virginia has concluded a trial-run of state primary elections on a mobile, blockchain-based platform

⁠A new survey on blockchain use by financial organizations shows that 30 percent of respondents “plan to commit resources to blockchain within the next year and a half”

⁠Chinese messaging giant WeChat has suspended a third-party blockchain app designed for arranging contracts a day after its launch