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From confirming crypto transactions to confirming base-level reality, blockchain might be the sleeping giant of authentication.

“It’s obvious that nation-states can’t handle all our identities for all our lives.”

The distribution of political power could be reshaped by blockchain, which provides a decentralized alternative to existing structures.

Harvard University stages a “Digital Currency Wars” live simulation of a White House National Security Council meeting.

A group of students from an Indian university has created a blockchain-based voting system that enables the electorate to vote online.

Two counties in the U.S. state of Oregon will pilot a blockchain-based voting program for select citizens in November.

Combined with other technologies, Bitcoin will change how governments operate worldwide, according to billionaire investor Tim Draper.

Japanese politicians are barred from accepting cash and security donations but can receive crypto assets, an internal affairs minister says.

An American Congressional candidate and challenger to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is accepting donations in cryptocurrency.

Can PAC give crypto a push? BitPAC — conceivably the only active crypto-centric political action committee — announced its plans to hold an ICO...

Bitcoin is a geopolitical turmoil indicator, according to co-founder of market research firm DataTrek Research, Nicholas Colas.

A brief recap of this week’s U.S. Congress hearings on Libra.

Does the U.S. government have the power to terminate Libra? What can it do?

The chair of the House Financial Services Committee opened today’s hearing on Libra by noting Facebook’s past mistakes.

The U.S. congressional hearings on Libra may determine the future of the project. Here is what regulators think about Facebook’s crypto...