Michael del Castillo

A full-time member of the Editorial Team at CoinDesk, Michael covers cryptocurrency and blockchain applications. His writing has been published in the New Yorker, Silicon Valley Business Journal and Upstart Business Journal. Michael is not an investor in any digital currencies or blockchain projects. He has previously held value in bitcoin (See: Editorial Policy). Email: michael@coindesk.com. Follow Michael: @delrayman

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Taiwanese Blockchain Consortium to Enter New Regulatory Sandbox

A newly formed blockchain consortium hopes to get a boost from a regulatory sandbox currently in the final phases of implementation.

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Global Banks Pilot Blockchain-based Gold Settlement Platform

A group of global banks and financial institutions has completed the first pilot of a new blockchain-based gold trading platform.

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Inside Hyperledger's High-Stakes Game of Blockchain Marbles

12 members of Hyperledger conducted a first-of-its kind test by sending an unusual digital asset across an ocean.

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Overstock Just Closed its First Day of Blockchain Stock Trading

Overstock's CEO marks the end of the first ever day of blockchain trading with an unusual offer to the SEC.

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Overstock Raises $10.9 Million in First Blockchain Stock Issuance

The first blockchain-based Series A has closed, and Overstock.com is on the verge of beginning trading on its blockchain platform.

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Japanese Blockchain Consortium Grows to More Than 100 Members

Japanese blockchain consortium BCCC has passed the 100 member milestone as well as having graduated 100 students from its Blockchain Daigakko.

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US Standards Body Establishes Working Group for Blockchain Tokens

The US branch of business reporting standards body XBRL has joined ethereum startup ConsenSys to develop standards for blockchain tokens.

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Swift’s Global Head of Banking Argues Blockchain Isn’t a Disruption

The Swift exec says he's not worried about being disintermediated by blockchain tech, on the contrary, the firm's trialing apps with it.

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Blythe Masters Talks 'Tipping Point' for Business Blockchain Adoption

A new white paper signals Digital Asset's increased efforts to take blockchain tech mainstream.

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Smart Contract Issues Set Off 'Alarm Bells', Says US Regulator

Representatives of two US regulators have explained how their agencies are approaching the rapidly growing smart contracts industry.

Chamber of Digital Commerce's Smart Contracts Symposium at Microsoft in New York. (Photo: www.JeffreyHolmes.com)