Bitcoin Forum

The bitcoin and blockchain industry have a new major newsmaker: distributed ledger startup R3CEV.

Leaving behind a week filled with impressive funding rounds, the coverage over the last few days has been largely dominated by the company's partnership with nine well-known banks including JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.

Journalists from across the world jumped at the chance to cover the news – perhaps still a sign that mainstream media will deem industry events newsworthy if traditional finance is involved.

In stark contrast, more negative news events received less attention, and were far more focused on the other half the blockchain – bitcoin, the digital token for which the blockchain acts as a ledger.

BitPay's phishing attack – which resulted in the loss of $1.8m – received less widespread, but more derisive coverage. Elsewhere, reports about Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles' charge with embezzlement carried over from last week.

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