The Marshall Islands will soon circulate physical banknotes representing the world’s first decentralized national digital currency. This is happening under an agreement with Tangem, a Swiss maker of blockchain-enabled smart card wallets for cry...

Barclays, the UK’s biggest bank, has applied for three U.S. patents that collectively outline a system that uses blockchain technology to combine the pseudonymity of cryptocurrency with the legacy financial system and its KYC/AML regime. The L...

The Indian state of Karnataka is in the process of putting together a policy that focuses on digital currencies such as bitcoin. Located adjacent to the Arabian Sea, Karnataka capital is Bengaluru, formerly Bangalore and is known as a high-t...