Despite NYSE’s ‘Biggest News of the Year’ for Bitcoin, Crypto Markets Plummet in a Blink
Crypto markets have taken a vertiginous plunge today, August 4, with Bitcoin (BTC) losing almost $500 in the six hours before press time to dip below $7,000,…
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NYSE Operator Announces New Global Digital Assets Platform, Plans Bitcoin Futures Launch
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the operator of 23 leading global exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has announced plans to create a Microsoft cloud-powered “open and…
Bitcoin Is Dead
Bitcoin is dead – or so we have been told over and over again. It has been killed off innumerable times in its short life,…
Microsoft, Hyperledger, UN Join Blockchain Identity Initiative
Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain alliance Hyperledger have joined blockchain-based digital identity initiative, the ID2020 Alliance. Announced during the World Economic Forum at Davos in…
Microsoft Resumes Bitcoin Payments After Halt Over ‘Instability’
Tech giant Microsoft is once more accepting bitcoin payments on its online store. According to Bleeping Computer, Microsoft temporarily suspended bitcoin transactions last week, with company…
Microsoft CEO Challenges Swift: Build ‘Useful’ Blockchain Applications
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella closed out Sibos 2017 with what sounded an awful lot like a challenge. At day three of the annual financial conference,…
Microsoft Plays Blockchain Matchmaker with Azure Council Creation
Microsoft is stepping into a new role as matchmaker in its creation of the Microsoft Azure Blockchain Council. Confirmed in new statements to CoinDesk, the…