Interview

Halving and Yuan Deprecation: Why Bitcoin Price Grows

Over the course of these two weeks, bitcoin has broken several records having surpassed the $500, $600 and $700 marks in a sequence. ForkLog talked with cryptocurrency trading expert Kir Kelevra to find out the reasons for the upsurge and the perspectives it might provide to traders.

New Head of Russian Blockchain Community Reveals its Plans

June 6, the position of Blockchain.community’s board chairman, previously occupied by Alex Fork, was taken by Artem Tolkachev, the managing partner at law firm Tolkachev & Partners and expert in legal regulation of cryptotechnologies. ForkLog talked with the newly elected chairman to find out more about the organization’s plans and objectives. FL:  What do you […]

Slock.it Co-Founder: The DAO Will Give Birth To the Companies That Otherwise Wouldn’t Have Existed

May 28, the crowdsale of The DAO, an ambitious project for decentralized trust management on the blockchain of Ethereum, has closed.

Crypti and Chainlab to Launch a Platform for Creation of DAO

A few days ago, when Tel Aviv-based blockchain startup Chainlab has announced it raised investment from Bitmain Technology, the DAO platform Wings first hit the news. Back then, Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu said: “Bitmain invested because we see a great team and we look forward to seeing Wings grows into a successful platform for launching […]

BB Fund to Start Investing in Blockchain Projects as of Autumn 2016

Venture fund Life.Sreda has recently launched a project dubbed Banking on Blockchain Fund (BB Find) to attract investments to blockchain-related startups. According to BB Fund’s managers, the fund will give grants to blockchain projects focused on banking.

Russian Mining: Interview with 51ASIC’s CEO

ForkLog’s editorial board has been pretty surprised when it found an online store selling mining equipment from Russian town of Smolensk. 51ASIC has been active since 2013. It services lots of clients, and, as it seems, has a good reputation attached. ForkLog talked with the company’s CEO, Evgeny Zolotoy, to know about the company’s future […]

Cryptography, Blockchain, and International Arbitration: How Fintech Revolution Influences Jurisprudence

Over the course of the last year, blockchain has become a buzzword not only for startuppers, banks, and technology companies, but also for public entities. It draws more and more attention from lawyers, both as a part of discussions on digital currency’s legal status, and in the search of the technology’s applications in legal operations. […]

BitFury CEO: Blockchain Can Deliver Transparency And Accountability To Any Democracy

On April 29, The BitFury Group, one of the world’s leading Blockchain technology companies, announced its expansion to full-service digital asset company. In addition to its hardware, the company will now be offering a comprehensive suite of software capabilities. New software solutions include big data mining and advanced blockchain analytics which provide the ability for […]

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