Latest from Michael del Castillo
South Africa's Banks Are Going DIY to Test Ethereum's Blockchain
A team of six South African banks is now conducting experiments with ethereum's blockchain, a process that was bootstrapped by Whatsapp.
The Hard Fork: What's About to Happen to Ethereum and The DAO
It's not just owners of The DAO tokes who stand to be impacted by the upcoming planned ethereum hard fork. Many industry player must play a role.
ISITC Europe Proposes 10 Blockchain Standards Benchmarks
ISITC-Europe has introduced 10 blockchain standards to help ensure the rapidly growing ecosystem of distributed ledgers work together.
BNP's Ex-Blockchain Lead is Now Coding Smart Contracts for Clearinghouses
Two former BNP Paribas employees have launched their own blockchain startup and are working to create a prototype to serve clearinghouses.
OpenBazaar 2.0: How Bitcoin’s Free Market eBay Plans to Go Global
OpenBazaar is becoming more than an illicit market. New upgrades are being designed to attract more users and larger merchants.
IBM Unveils New Cloud Blockchain Security Service
IBM has launched a new blockchain service that uses hardware to protect valuable data, with provenance startup Everledger as its first customer.
DTCC Organizes Blockchain Event on Capitol Hill
The DTCC has revealed it hosted a group of regulators and financial industry execs in Washington, DC, last month for a conversation on blockchain
The DAO Crisis: Or How Vigilantism and Blockchain Democracy Became the Best Hope for Burned Investors
CoinDesk profiles ongoing efforts to return funds to investors whose holdings were compromised in the demise of The DAO.
Blockchain Coders Win Grant to Fix Smart Contracts With 'Legalese'
Blockchain startup Legalese has won a grant to develop a smart contracts programming language.
Dutch Central Bank Prepares its Boldest Blockchain Experiment Yet
The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing an ambitious experiment aimed at discerning if a financial market can be built on a blockchain.
