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Vladimir Putin and Vitalik Buterin Discuss Ethereum 'Opportunities'

The president of Russia briefly met with ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin during an event last week.

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Are Sidechains a Better Solution for Bitcoin's Scaling Debate?

Once seen as an experimental technology, sidechains are emerging as a scaling solution that could please all sides of the debate.

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Why a Swedish MP Is Joining Bitcoin Exchange BTCX

Mathias Sundin, Swedish Parliament member – and now chairman of the board for BTCX – talks about his love of bitcoin.

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The World's Largest CSDs Are Forming a New Blockchain Consortium

Some of the world's most influential central securities depositories are uniting to build their own blockchain consortium.

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Back to Basics for Blockchain Tokens?

CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson discusses recent trends around initial coin offerings (ICOs) – and how the game seems to be changing.

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Three Thoughts on the 'Crypto Bubble'

A VC offers his insight on the price of bitcoin and ether. Even if speculators are running wild, he says, that may not mean the assets are overbought.

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A Counterargument to the Value Proposition of Ripple's XRP Token

With the price of Ripple's XRP rising, Factom's Piotr Piasecki offers a valuation based on the underlying protocol and the token's desired utility.

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Andresen is Back With a One-Man Security Project Inspired by Bitcoin Mishaps

Back with a new project tangential to bitcoin, Gavin Andresen says his one-man Random Sanity Project is perfect: boring and stress-free.

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Why the Blockchain Needs More Failures to Succeed

Tired of scams? Entrepreneur William Mougayar argues that more failures are needed to take the blockchain industry to the next level.

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A Dispassionate Defense of ICOs as an OK Thing

Everyone seems to have an opinion on cryptographic 'tokens' of late. But maybe we should save the moral outrage?

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