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Now Boarding: Is AXA's Ethereum Test Blockchain's Ticket Mainstream?

CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson explains how AXA’s blockchain flight delay insurance test could point to the evolution of the insurance sector as a whole.

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Geth Releases Software Update Ahead of Ethereum 'Byzantium' Hard Fork

A new version of Geth, a command-line interface for running ethereum nodes, includes changes that could see the software running at far higher speeds.

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Market Turmoil Pushes Cryptocurrency Market Cap Below $100 Billion

Cryptocurrency markets are down today following new developments out of China's bitcoin exchange ecosystem.

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Ethereum Drops Below $250 as Price Hits Inflection Point

Eher may be set to head lower. If analysis is any indication, traders may be turning bearish as the market readies to retest July lows.

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Raiden Preview: Ethereum Scaling Solution Issues Developer Demo

The ethereum scaling solution Raiden has reached a notable milestone in a launch designed for early testing and developer feedback.

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AXA Is Using Ethereum's Blockchain for a New Flight Insurance Product

AXA has unveiled a new flight delay insurance product that uses the public ethereum blockchain to store and process payouts.

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Ether Nurses China Hangover as Price Struggles Above $300

The price of ether continues to struggle following news the world's largest market will no longer support perhaps the platform's biggest use case.

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Bear Call? Ether-Bitcoin Trading Pair Positions for Weak September

Long dormant, the ether-bitcoin pair may offer up new opportunities to crypto traders in the coming month, technical analysis suggests.

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Ethereum's ERC-20 Token Standard Has Been Formalized

Ethereum's ERC-20 standard – which sets the rules for token issuances – has been finalized after being introduced in 2015.

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Scaling Lightning? How Revive Could Boost Bitcoin's Boldest Scaling Plan

A new proposal for optimizing bitcoin's Lightning Network suggests off-chain micropayments could become even more scalable than conceived.

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