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Full coverage: Blockchain

Big bank-backed R3 cuts down its Irish office as it undergoes another “strategic shift”

R3’s Dublin office primarily worked on digital currencies and that side of the business has been sold off to the Central Bank of UAE with further “reduction” in the Irish operation coming.

Jonathan Keane
27th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

Blockchain firm’s investor dispute inflamed with “menacing” letters and a “veiled threat”

QPQ Limited alleges an investor stole its code and poached its talent. Lawyers’ letters over a separate criminal case in Switzerland have added a new twist to the dispute.

Jonathan Keane
25th Sep, 2025 - 4 min read

What is the crypto “tech-for-good” charity that Bertie Ahern is chairing?

AB Charity Foundation was set up by blockchain company AB DAO in Ireland and has enlisted the former Taoiseach and several former prime ministers for its board. But what is it doing?

Jonathan Keane
21st Aug, 2025 - 2 min read

“Two years’ worth of work in 13 weeks”: Techstars preps its Web3 accelerator kick-off in Dublin

The vaunted tech accelerator’s latest programme is led by Dublin-based MD Pete Townsend. He talks to The Currency about its plans for Ireland.

Jonathan Keane
6th Mar, 2025 - 6 min read

“Cash is going nowhere”: The ECB continues its case for the digital euro

European Central Bank official Daniel McLean was speaking in Dublin on the EU’s digital euro and how it will sync up with the traditional financial services world.

Jonathan Keane
10th Jun, 2024 - 5 min read

Dublin blockchain company launches shareholder row over “valuable” IP worth over €1m

Fintech QPQ Ltd claims Dutch investor Geert Schute has appropriated its code and development team to build a rival software product for a Swiss company he co-founded.

Francesca Comyn
8th Apr, 2024 - 2 min read

From $150m valuation to liquidation: What happened to an Irish blockchain business?

Just months ago, Bank of America valued Marco Polo Network at €150 million. Now in liquidation, what went wrong with the company?

Ian Kehoe
22nd Feb, 2023 - 4 min read
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