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The appointment of South Africa’s Llew Claasen as the new Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation has been announced at the Blockchain Training Conference / DEVCORE in Canada.

German-based insurance giant Allianz has announced it has been successfully testing Blockchain technology and smart contracts for the processing of default swaps and bonds.

While bitcoin treads water in the mid-$750’s following another bullish week, the Ether’s technicals are overwhelmingly bearish.

The Barcelona Bitcoin Community has invited enthusiasts to join a party to mark the Bitcoin block reward halving, with demand for Bitcoin remaining high.

Will cryptocurrencies sound the death knell of the modern nation-state?

Different kinds of altcoin trends can be a reason for a flat forming on the USD market. The dollar’s trend has reached its minimal long-term targets. The choice of a new long-term direction is underway as a result.

The world of cryptocurrencies has just opened a Pandora’s box through the recent incident where an attacker was able to remove funds to a Child DAO. The story progresses rapidly due to the use of smart policies contracts in real life.

Griff Green, a spokesman for Slock.it, the team which founded the DAO, says in an interview with Cointelegraph that he is privy to some of the pool operator’s discussions and they “very much back the soft fork.”

Steven Zeiler explains why a one-megabyte block size limit isn’t a fatal problem. Bitcoin isn’t doomed, it’s stronger than ever!

Hashflare, a first of the non-Ethereum family to come out publicly as likely affected by the breach in TheDAO contract, suspends ETH mining activities.

The CEO of Synereo, Dor Konforty, has pointed out that the lesson to be learnt out of this whole situation is the fact that the human factor must be put into consideration and respected.

An Indian company has come up with a solution that could potentially change the way derivatives and cash contracts are settled in stock markets.

Let’s take a look at several big Blockchain trends which are about to change our perspective on the future. Gian Volpicelli from Wired lists some potential purposes of Blockchains. The main feature of all these is decreasing or even the total absence of middlemen.

The Ethereum community has a monumental and historical decision to make after the shocking theft of $50 million held on the DAO smart contract. The proposed solutions by the Ethereum’s developer community to the on-going hack is a fork, according to a Critical Update by Vitalik Buterin.

One major attribute of the Blockchain is the safety of data. Encryption is the most effective way to achieve data security. How crucial is this phenomenon for the future of Bitcoin?

As Bitcoin sees a stratospheric rise, users have noted a corresponding increase in transaction confirmation delays.

With the growing level of adoption and interest in digital currencies, China with its grip on the market seems the place to be.

Bitcoin Classic, a fork of Bitcoin with an increased two-megabyte block size limit, appears to have failed in its mission to increase the block size.

The DAO is being attacked for some hours, according to Griff Green, a spokesperson for Slockit.

A bank accepting Bitcoin is unusual but one has just sprung up. Digital bank WB21 says it will be using BitPay’s Bitcoin payment processor for its addition of Bitcoin as a method for its over 650,000 customers.

Recognizing the potential for development of blockchain technology in the country, Russian payment operator Qiwi is seeking to establish a consortium of banks similar to the New York-based R3.

Two Australian exchanges added support for Ether and other altcoins for Australian customers.

Bitcoin surges past $730 while Ethereum nears $20, pushing total cryptocurrency market capitalization to $14,3 billion. This is about 90% of the all-time high during late 2013’s Bitcoin bubble.

Ethereum’s price has approached the $20 mark. The long-term upward trend continues. How much potential is left in this movement?

WAVES, a decentralized platform ​which uses custom Blockchain tokens to represent value, has finished ICO, raising over $16.000.000 USD in Bitcoin.

The largest bank in Japan has confirmed that it is testing its digital currency using the Blockchain technology.

Walmart Canada decides to stop accepting Visa cards starting 18 July. It considers the fees charged by Visa are too high. Can Bitcoin provide a viable alternative to high charging payment processors like Visa?

Lisk is now the 7th coin on CoinMarketCap after its launch on May 24th. Two prominent advisors have been added to the team to help Lisk become the go-to platform for Blockchain applications and provider of decentralized services.

Microsoft will be the Premiere Sponsor of the Ethereum developer conference Devcon2 in September where the most up-to-date research and development work supported by the Ethereum Foundation would be showcased.

Peerplays, an online gaming and wagering platform which uses open-source Blockchain technology, introduced its DAO proposal in May.