Blockchain

Dizzying trading in bitcoin fed the bubble argument, but now that Nasdaq is the third Wall Street player to say it is designing a financial instrument around it, banks may be forced to reassess cryptocurrencies.

The Federal Reserve Board's vice chair of supervision said that digital currencies hold the potential for innovation but that the financial system's security and resiliency are more important.

It’s been month after month of record-breaking, confounding growth for the cryptocurrency, accompanied by regular warnings from banks about bubble speculation.

A recent CU Journal article misses a crucial point about credit unions and distributed-ledger technology.

Japan’s bitFlyer is expanding to the American market, even as U.S. banks remain wary of cryptocurrencies.

The federal banking regulators should create a working group that, rather than propose new rules and regulations, would clarify the application of existing rules to blockchain technology.

Borrowing from the startup world and some popular TV shows, Citigroup is encouraging employees to pitch innovative ideas to a panel of senior execs who could give them the green light to start work.

Bank ponders assisting customers trading digital currency futures; banks still face challenges despite a good third quarter.

The digital-currency startup, which markets software to banks, appears keen to signal that it wants to play by the rules.

Cryptocurrency could be a strong fit for online games, which often develop their own realistic economies despite being cut off from mainstream currencies.