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

Latest from Michael del Castillo

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ISITC Europe Proposes 10 Blockchain Standards Benchmarks

ISITC-Europe has introduced 10 blockchain standards to help ensure the rapidly growing ecosystem of distributed ledgers work together.

Jul 18, 2016

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BNP's Ex-Blockchain Lead is Now Coding Smart Contracts for Clearinghouses

Two former BNP Paribas employees have launched their own blockchain startup and are working to create a prototype to serve clearinghouses.

Jul 15, 2016

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OpenBazaar 2.0: How Bitcoin’s Free Market eBay Plans to Go Global

OpenBazaar is becoming more than an illicit market. New upgrades are being designed to attract more users and larger merchants.

Jul 14, 2016

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IBM Unveils New Cloud Blockchain Security Service

IBM has launched a new blockchain service that uses hardware to protect valuable data, with provenance startup Everledger as its first customer.

Jul 14, 2016

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DTCC Organizes Blockchain Event on Capitol Hill

The DTCC has revealed it hosted a group of regulators and financial industry execs in Washington, DC, last month for a conversation on blockchain

Jul 13, 2016

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The DAO Crisis: Or How Vigilantism and Blockchain Democracy Became the Best Hope for Burned Investors

CoinDesk profiles ongoing efforts to return funds to investors whose holdings were compromised in the demise of The DAO.

Jul 13, 2016

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Blockchain Coders Win Grant to Fix Smart Contracts With 'Legalese'

Blockchain startup Legalese has won a grant to develop a smart contracts programming language.

Jul 12, 2016

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Dutch Central Bank Prepares its Boldest Blockchain Experiment Yet

The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing an ambitious experiment aimed at discerning if a financial market can be built on a blockchain.

Jul 12, 2016

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IBM to Open Blockchain Development Center With Singapore Regulators

IBM expanded its blockchain efforts today with news it will open a blockchain center in partnership with the Singapore government.

Jul 12, 2016

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SEC Opens Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust Filing for Public Comment

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss take another step closer to SEC approval with a request submitted by their new listing exchange, BATS.

Jul 11, 2016

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