Ethereum developers eye proof-of-stake shift
The team behind ethereum’s most popular user client have released a new update that includes support for alternative consensus systems. Read more: www.coindesk.com
Blockchain forex consortium adds Japan-based Fukui Bank
Japan-based Fukui Bank has joined the blockchain consortium launched by Japanese giant SBI Holdings. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
US government to auction $1.6m in seized bitcoin
The US government plans to auction over 2,700 bitcoin that were forfeited during several cases, including that of online black market Silk Road. Read more: fortune.com
PBoC: Bitcoin exchanges ‘can’t work without regulations’
The director of the PBoC has shared his views circulating Bitcoin after the country’s central bank’s recent regulatory inspections on bitcoin exchanges. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
SEC denies SolidX bid for bitcoin ETF listing
The SEC has officially disapproved a proposal by SolidX to list its bitcoin ETF on the New York Stock Exchange. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
Bitcoin devs are feeling more optimistic about MimbleWimble
MimbleWimble has quickly became one of the more anticipated bitcoin R&D initiatives, since it is believed it could help improve upon the scalability and fungibility of bitcoin in a unique way. Read more: www.coindesk.com
Blockchain tech market could be worth $2.3bn by 2021
The blockchain technology market is estimated to grow from USD 210.2 Million in 2016 to USD 2,312.5 Million by 2021. Read more: www.prnewswire.com
Russia set to legalize bitcoin by 2018, track every transaction
The Finance Minister of Russia has revealed state interest in tracking every cryptocurrency transaction ‘just like with bank operations.' Read more: bitcoinist.com
Deloitte’s Dublin blockchain lab opens
Deloitte, which works with 90 percent of the world’s largest financial institutions today opened its new EMEA blockchain lab at Whitaker Court in Dublin’s “Silicon Docks” district. Read more: www.finextra.com
Blockchain will impact banking just as severely as the internet
Blockchain will prove to have the same impact on the future of financial services as the internet has had on travel, media and entertainment. Read more: www.siliconrepublic.com