BLOKTEX blockchain event to be held in Malaysia from 7 – 9 April
Mar 17, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) will co-organize a three-day regional premier blockchain event BLOKTEX at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 7th to 9th of April 2017. The event will...
Alaskan lawmakers propose to bring bitcoin companies under money transmission laws
Mar 17, 2017 06:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
Alaskan lawmakers have proposed regulatory changes that would require certain businesses engaging in digital currency services to obtain money transmission licenses, CoinDesk reported. Introduced by state representative...
Unocoin, ShapeShift team up to enable conversion of blockchain assets into bitcoin
Mar 17, 2017 06:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
Indian bitcoin company Unocoin announced its partnership with cryptocurrency exchange platform ShapeShift and is now allowing users to convert blockchain assets into bitcoin. The partnership uses ShapeShifts API ad...
Mar 17, 2017 06:08 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
New technologies like blockchain, robo advisors or crowd funding could have the potential to make financial markets and services faster, more efficient, more convenient, and more inexpensive for everyone, President of the...
40 firms come together for Blockchain Intellectual Property Council
Mar 17, 2017 05:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a trade association dedicated to promoting digital assets and blockchain technology, has announced a new initiative that aims to address intellectual property issues relating to blockchain...
Fintech startup INVICTUS collaborates with IBM to leverage blockchain and Bluemix technologies
Mar 17, 2017 04:34 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Singapore-based fintech startup INVICTUS is teaming up with IBM to leverage IBM Blockchain and Bluemix technologies to help SMEs raise their productivity and competitiveness. The startup willleverage IBM Cloud and...
Bloq launches BloqLabs to link enterprises with open source blockchain projects
Mar 17, 2017 04:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain technology provider Bloq announced the launch of BloqLabs in a move to connect enterprises with the expansion of its ongoing sponsorship and support of critical open source projects in the blockchain...
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