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HIVE Blockchain Technologies, a publicly traded crypto mining company in Canada, demanded $50 million from Genesis Mining for alleged breach of contract.

New York-based blockchain compliance firm Chainalysis has expanded its real-time transaction monitoring tools to cover a total of 10 cryptocurrencies, Reuters reported on April 24.

The agency that regulates and manages China's foreign exchange reserves has developed a blockchain system aimed to address inefficiencies in cross-border trade finance.

Telecoms giant NTT Corporation's Thai subsidiary plans to launch a major innovation lab focused on blockchain, artificial intelligence and internet of things technology.

63% of Europeans are confident that crypto will still exist in 10 years, according to new research from bitFlyer.

American entrepreneur and stalwart crypto advocate John McAfee says he is holding back on plans to reveal the real identity of bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, for fear it will expose him to further lawsuits as he fights potential extradition to the United States.

Blockchain compliance startup Chainalysis has added four more cryptocurrencies to its real-time transaction monitoring tool.

Tim Robustelli is a Program Associate with the Future of Property Rights Program at New America, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. The flurry of activity related to blockchain-for-land over the past few years is impressive, with a number of firms working with land registries worldwide.

Two major cryptocurrency exchanges could soon have Walt Disney Corp. as their owner if a $13 billion equity deal goes through, South Korean English-language daily news outlet The Korea Herald reported on April 17.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance announced on April 23 that two men plead guilty for illicitly selling steroids and controlled substances and laundering millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies and Western Union payments.

A case involving millions of dollars in bitcoin and Western Union payments has resulted in New York State's first conviction for cryptocurrency money laundering.

View Bitcoin could fall back to $5,000 in the next few days, as litecoin - which guided markets higher in the first quarter - is showing signs of weakness.

Blockchain development company Lightning Labs announced that it released the first alpha version of its Lightning Network client for the main bitcoin network, according to a blog post published on April 23.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung may end up developing a public-private blockchain complete with its own cryptocurrency token, an anonymous source told crypto industry news outlet CoinDesk Korea on April 24.

Blockchain technology firm Bitfury and Switzerland-based investment firm Final Frontier have jointly launched a regulated bitcoin mining fund.

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Blockchain tech giant Bitfury has partnered with a Swiss investment firm to release a dedicated bitcoin mining fund for institutional investors, executives confirmed on Twitter on April 24.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is developing its own blockchain network and eyeing the issuance of its own token further down the road. An exclusive CoinDesk Korea report on Tuesday, citing a person "Familiar with Samsung's internal situation," said that the company's blockchain task force - part of its wireless division - is building a blockchain mainnet based on ethereum.

An effort to build a domain name system on top of the ethereum blockchain network is gearing up for a major upgrade early next month - and the project's developers are urging stakeholders to prepare.

Bitcoin, the pioneer cryptocurrency, has formed its first golden cross since Oct. 27, 2015, marking a pivot point for the entire market.

Bitcoin has become a significant funding source for one of Russia's leading political dissidents.

Blockchain-powered medical data marketplace Longenesis and biotechnology company Insilico Medicine have entered into an agreement with South Korean hospital Gil Medical Center to create a blockchain-based health data management solution.

The bitcoin price has surged by a staggering 40 percent in the past 30 days.

Tech giant IBM has been awarded a patent for a mobile data sharing method that uses distributed ledger technology, according to documents published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on April 23.The product described in the filing represents a continuation of U.S. patent application filed in November 2017 entitled "Information Sharing Among Mobile Apparatus." IBM proposes a method executed by a mobile apparatus to verify information that has been shared between two devices.

French specialized credit institution Societe Generale SFH issued a 100 million euro bond as a security token on the Ethereum blockchain.

BlockFi crypto wealth management and lending company now has over $53 million in client crypto assets under management.

Curious detailsOn March 27, 2019, the day after CoinBene's maintenance announcement, data scientists at Elementus - a blockchain infrastructure firm - published a report that described the fund transfers out of CoinBene's hot wallet bore all the hallmarks of a hack.

Head of digital market assets at Credit Suisse, Emmanuel Aidoo, said that the desire among financiers to maintain the status quo is holding back the adoption of blockchain technology, Business Insider reported on April 23.

Binance has announced that users can now make Binance Coin deposits and withdrawals on Binance Chain.

French financial services giant Societe Generale has issued about $112 million worth of bonds in the form of a security token on the public ethereum blockchain.