Blockchain

Brave, founded by JavaScript creator and former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, intends to issue a cryptocurrency to fund the development of a new way to buy and view digital ads.

The Justice Department believes that Pyongyang was behind last year's New York Fed heist; Marcus Schenck, DB's CFO and deputy CEO, may be next in line to head the big German bank.

Canadian banks hope to create an environment where consumers have more control over who is able to view their personal data.

It is easy for banks to get caught up in what appears innovative but ends up being for show.

BloqLabs, created by the startup Bloq, wants to help developers get their projects in front of enterprise clients.

The ICO fundraising model has already yielded more than $230 million for startups.

If the Federal Reserve and other central banks began issuing their own digital currencies, they could benefit consumers, boost the economy and fight financial crime. But not without risks to cybersecurity, individual privacy — and possibly bank profits.

Companies that fail to understand blockchain and distributed ledger technologies risk making expensive missteps.

You may not know it by looking at bitcoin’s recent price surge, but the infrastructure underpinning the world’s most popular virtual currency is teetering.

The question is more than academic. At stake is the role blockchain technology can play in lowering the costs of raising money.