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Blockchain Conference is a one-day event taking place in Helsinki on August 26th 2016 and arranged by Cointelegraph.

The cryptocurrency news cycle was dominated last week by the announcement that Bitfinex was the victim of a theft to the tune of 119,756 BTC. The market continues to struggle with the implications of this event.

The Tor Project has completely restructured following a sexual abuse scandal that caused one of its top developers to resign.

Following the theft of ~$70Mn worth of bitcoins on 2nd August, Bitfinex has calculated how much each customer would stand to lose: 36%.

According to Roger Ver, the outcome of Ethereum’s hard fork was considered a good thing by the market.

With the economy still far from recovered, it seems like a less-than-ideal time to start a new business.

Freewallet is going to support Lisk, as it believes it will keep the Ethereum promise, to create some kind of smart contract AppStore.

Deloitte believes that with changes in customer preferences, the sports industry is moving towards a new model in which technology, including Bitcoin, will play an important role.

Overstock CEO Patrick Bryne has appointed Jonathan Johnson as the head of Medici, the firm’s group of fintech and Blockchain businesses.

Despite years of development, the finance industry has failed to showcase a working application of the blockchain technology. Experts believe that banks may have overlooked the most important concept of the technology: decentralization.

After losing nearly US$70 million worth of Bitcoin, Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex is considering spreading the loss amongst Bitcoin holders in the exchange.

This morning, on Twitter, Kim revealed more information about his upcoming Bitcoin-based Megaupload 2.0 release.

Electronic payments technology company NetCents has partnered with professional services firm Vanbex to provide what it claims to be a streamlined, full, end-to-end innovative financial services platform.

Property, Money or Currency? What is Bitcoin and why it matters for its future.

Hashflare mining software company is reducing energy costs for Bitcoin and Ethereum mining again.

As a response to the divided support of the community, developers, and miners, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made clear that he has no intentions to support Ethereum Classic, even if it surpasses the market value of Ethereum.

From the massive security breach of the world’s largest bitcoin exchange Bitfinex, bitcoin users have learned a valuable lesson: to not store bitcoin on a custodial platform or an exchange.

Leading Nordic financial services group has shown interest and invested in Danish blockchain payment service provider Coinify

Can the blockchain be used to revolutionize word-of-mouth and community reputation, allowing a peer-to-peer substitute for governmental legal systems?

The repetitive phenomenon of the fall in price of Bitcoin, coinciding with the meetings between the miners and core developers, has attracted concern within the industry.

Swiss blockchain foundation, DECENT has recently announced the date of their long-awaited ICO which will be on September 10, 2016.

Rootstock hopes to bring better Ethereum-like capabilities to the Bitcoin network, strengthen the network and benefit Bitcoin miners.

There is a looming intentional Bitcoin hard fork which would not be unanimous and will likely result in a network split with two chains and two coins.

Thomson Reuters joins R3 blockchain consortium as the first major data and technology provider among banks and other financial institutions

JP Morgan key developers, Will Martino and Stuart Popejoy, talk about Kadena, a new private blockchain featuring smart contract language Pact

What led to the recent drop in Bitcoin’s price? Some unresolved issues may have been at play

According to experts, smart contracts on the Blockchain will eventually create Blockchain-based exchanges if the issues of trust, security and liquidity are overcome.

Bitfinex has discovered a security breach that requires a halt to all trading on its platform. Bitcoins belonging to some of its users are stolen.

Venezuela, in the midst of a titanic economic collapse, has seen a sharp increase in Bitcoin trading.

Online drug store and medical platform United Pharmacies has officially introduced Bitcoin as its newest payment method, offering 10% discount for all drugs and products listed on its store.