A blockchain is a kind of database invented in 2008 that stores and secures information in sequential blocks. Unlike the case with traditional databases, a blockchain’s contents are not kept on a ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Given such headlines, one can be forgiven for viewing cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency ...

What is crypto surveillance economics? Know how blockchain analytics became a financial intelligence industry, using heuristics to track crypto transactions and ensure AML compliance.

SWIFT is building a blockchain-based shared ledger as an add-on to its existing network for global money transfers. More than 30 household-name banks are participating, including Bank of America, Citi ...

Traditional banks have invested more than $100 billion in blockchain between 2020 and 2024, according to a recent Ripple-backed report claiming digital assets are going mainstream. That figure comes ...

September 28, 2021 - Using the term "blockchain" is a buzz word that most lawyers do not understand. It is often confused with things such as "Bitcoin" — a digital currency launched in 2009 by a ...

Fidelity’s move into stablecoins signals a major shift in how traditional financial giants are approaching digital assets. Long seen as ...

While regulators in Europe and the US debate crypto’s future, young Africans are already using blockchain to solve pressing challenges from unstable currencies to internet access. While blockchain ...

About three months ago, one of our reporters, Theo Normanton, set out to examine Digital Asset Holdings—its past, present, and future. The thinking was this: The blockchain revolution that was ...

The recent joint statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management, and Division of Trading and Markets statement ...

A protocol and framework for creating Layer 2 blockchains and sidechains, both of which run parallel to and interact with the Ethereum network. Introduced in 2017 as the Matic network, which was a ...