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Opening Hyperledger: Consortium to Create Experimental Labs

An effort to connect startups with companies formally recognized by Hyperledger, the measure may accelerate the rate at which new ideas find traction.

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Contortions for Compliance: Life Under New York's BitLicense

New York passed the BitLicense in a vacuum. Now state and federal laws are catching up, often with poor coordination, causing a compliance nightmare.

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Public Blockchains' Lure Will Become Irresistible for Enterprises in 2018

Decentralized public blockchains are the only way enterprises will commit to digitizing services in an interoperable manner, says EY's Paul Brody.

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Lightning Network May Not Solve Bitcoin's Scaling 'Trilemma'

It isn’t possible to have decentralization, a fixed money supply and sufficient liquidity for an efficient payments system, says Frances Coppola.

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Battle-Testing Lightning: Schools Start Contest to Secure Bitcoin’s Layer 2

Organizers hope a new competition will spur security advances for Lightning, but also steer bitcoin debates in more constructive directions.

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Stuck at $12K: Bitcoin Price Needs Quick Progress to Avert Further Losses

With its recovery stalled, bitcoin needs a quick break above $12,500 or the tide may turn in favor of the bears.

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Why São Paulo Wants to Pay for Infrastructure with Cryptocurrency

The Brazilian state wants to pay for feasibility studies with a token designed for the construction industry. Can such a coin achieve network effect?

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Where'd You Get That Token? 7 Platforms Managing ICOs

A handful of platforms have launched to support token issuers with their sales. Which one an issuer uses may say something about the token itself.

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Bitcoin Is Back Above $11,500, But Bulls Not Out of the Woods Yet

Despite a sharp recovery to over $11,500 today, bitcoin's price is still on shaky ground, the charts suggest.

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Enterprise Blockchain Is Ready to Go Live in 2018

2018 will be the year enterprise blockchain goes live and businesses can move from experimenting to production, says Oracle's Mark Rakhmilevich.

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