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Former Chain CEO Adam Ludwin will become Interstellar CEO, while Jed McCaleb takes over as Interstellar CTO.

IBM has launched a blockchain-based payment system called Blockchain World Wire. According to IBM, the new payment network uses digital currency on Stellar's blockchain to "clear and settle cross-border payments" in near real time.

Bill Barhydt, founder of bitcoin wallet app Abra, says he thinks the SEC will approve an ETF within a year, but only if the right caliber of applicants apply.

The digital asset platform has plans to make AML/KYC mandatory for all later this year.

Origin’s latest offering is positioning itself to challenge encrypted messaging giant Telegram, which, while not decentralized, is widely used within the cryptocurrency community.

Crypto is making its entrance into the world’s academic scene, and students are lining up to learn.

The crypto industry has scored another first, as a junior U.S. Senator from Montana, Steve Daines, has lobbied against the planned closure of a coal-fired power plant in Rosebud County, arguing that its closure could harm the growing cryptocurrency mining industry in the state.

As a Coinbase investor, Ohanian strongly believes that the instability of fiat currencies in economically crippled countries might pave the way for cryptocurrencies such as Dash and Bitcoin.

Creditors of Mt. Gox, the defunct cryptocurrency exchange, can now start submitting proofs of claim in a newly approved rehabilitation process.

The prototype bond, dubbed "Bond-i" (Blockchain Operated New Debt Instrument) is hailed by participants as a milestone and a step forward toward automation of bond sales.