Blockchain

JPMorgan Chase get a new branch banking leader; Trump's anti-Wells tweet stokes concerns; blockchain, GSE survival, and more in this week's top stories.

With Wall Street on board, investors look to spend coins on real estate or through bitcoin debit cards.

Interactive Brokers says it will allow customers to bet against the cybercurrency; aides to Alabama senator drafted for key regulatory positions to ease banking rules.

Rather than forming a consortium of peers to investigate blockchain technology, as many banks have done, one of the world's largest asset managers is acting on its own.

Can preferential loan terms encourage environmentally friendly practices among corporate borrowers? Barclays, BNP Paribas, and Standard Chartered are working with fintechs — and even Prince Charles — to develop a blockchain to answer that question.

The cryptocurrency proved so popular it triggered two temporary trading halts on CBOE's Global Markets exchange.

The risks of fraud, along with the current reputation of such currencies as often being used for money laundering and other criminal activities, has caused worry in the market, writes John Verver, and advisor to ACL.

Tether's $31 million hack gave bitcoin skeptics plenty to crow about. But experts say bad security is to blame, not digital assets.

Digital currency surges past both $12,000 and $13,000 on Wednesday; the bank may make it back quickly, depending on the corporate income tax rate.

The CFTC's greenlighting of bitcoin futures could open the floodgates for Wall Street, and digital-asset die-hards see a plot to take control.

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.