Michael del Castillo

Michael is the founder of Media Luna Creations, an AI and Web3 consulting firm. He was the first hire at CoinDesk after it was purchased by Digital Currency Group in 2016 and has covered crypto for the New Yorker, Forbes, Fortune, and the American City Business Journals. Connect with him via email at [email protected] and on X at @DelRayMan

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Blockchain Coders Win Grant to Fix Smart Contracts With 'Legalese'

Blockchain startup Legalese has won a grant to develop a smart contracts programming language.

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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.

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IBM to Open Blockchain Development Center With Singapore Regulators

IBM expanded its blockchain efforts today with news it will open a blockchain center in partnership with the Singapore government.

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