Ver said he was “mostly just along for the ride” as some mining pools stepped back from the prospect of competing hard forks. Author: Paddy Baker

Oil-giant subsidiary Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures has made a $5 million investment in Vakt, a commodities post-trade processing platform built with blockchain tech. Author: Daniel Palmer

Singapore’s newly-enacted Payment Services Act brings so-called Digital Payment Token (DPT) services under current anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist-financing (CTF) rules. Author: Ian Allison

A digital currency could see widespread adoption within the next few years, a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests. Author: Paddy Baker

Israel’s chief securities regulator Anat Guetta says DLT has “transformative potential” for the startup nation’s capital markets. Now she wants to see a proof-of-concept. Author: Danny Nelson