North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest has launched an initiative to study the "unique attributes and use-cases" of blockchain tech.
Ethereum clients that still haven't patched known vulnerabilities pose a security risk to the entire network, according to new research.
A third of all ether is owned by just 376 whales, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says. Yet that number is down from some previous years.
A U.S. Department of Energy lab is exploring blockchain technology as a line of defense against cyberattacks on power plants.
Three-quarters of U.K. consumers don't know what a cryptocurrency is or can't define it, according to a survey by the nation's financial regulator.
Hackers could attack bitcoin with a flood of data, but researchers say they have a solution in the form of a relay network called SABRE.
Bitcoin has become more decentralized by several measures, according to a research report from Canaccord Genuity Group.
A recently discovered form of malware steals browser cookies and other information on Apple Mac computers to steal cryptocurrencies.
The proof-of-work algorithm used by bitcoin and some other cryptos is not viable in the long term, argues a Bank of International Settlements study.
In an apparent first, a relatively new form of malware uninstalls security programs to avoid detection and mine crypto on cloud servers.
