Blockchain

The companies involved have promised shorter wait times at restaurants and an overall easier trip abroad.

"I'm setting up a small group to explore how to best leverage blockchain across Facebook," said executive David Marcus.

Billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates both derided bitcoin as a very poor investment on several levels, with Gates referring to the cryptocurrency as one of the "crazier" ways to invest one's money.

Gamers will be able to truly own their character, their weapons and their resources using the blockchain.

The blockchain is a distributed public ledger of cryptocurrency transactions.

What's next for Wyoming? The Blockchain. 

Venture capitalist believes bitcoin's days may be numbered, but the blockchain will live on.

Russian plans to create its own regulated version of bitcoin.

The move seems to be working in the very short term—the company saw its stock price rise 400 percent.

Projections suggest bitcoin mining will require all of the world's current energy production within three years.

A game involving breeding virtual cats has resulted in the exchange of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.

An apartment in Kiev, Ukraine, is the world's first property to be sold on the online ledger.

Somewhere out in the blockchain universe, the revolution is incubating.

The government of Vanuatu says citizenship to the Pacific Island can now be purchased using bitcoin.

Money laundering experts are concerned about Russia's new interest in cryptocurrencies.

A rare interview with the man building a blockchain for 80 banks.

The town of 30,000 has attracted entrepreneurs who have created cryptocurrency startups.

IBM, R3 and Axoni join forces for Wall Street's biggest blockchain project.

UCL's Professor Philip Treleaven will be presenting his work at Newsweek's forthcoming Regtech and Identity event in London.

The price has reached record highs, with one bitcoin worth more than one ounce of gold for the first time.

The digital currency 'quietly doubles in size year-on-year, it's covering more and more territory, surprising more and more pundits, and being adopted by more and more people.'

The price of bitcoin more than doubled in 2016.

Cryptocurrencies pose a threat to national security, some experts warn.

The wisdom of the crowd would reveal the way people act inside certain hierarchies.

It is expected to become a commercial reality by 2017.

There are a number of factors driving de-risking policies at large banks.

The goal of IPFS is to add decentralized permanence to data on the web.

Maersk has taken part in a proof of concept with blockchain expertize from the IT University of Copenhagen.

Genesis of Things is a new "smart manufacturing" project that leverages intellectual horsepower.

Marc Kaufman, a partner at Reed Smith who specializes in intellectual property, discussed the IP landscape at a recent EUIPO Blockchain IP Workshop.