Blockchain firm Coinfirm secures $700k from Luma Ventures in seed funding round
Feb 09, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain startup Coinfirm announced that it has secured an investment of $700k from Luma Ventures in an ongoing seed round and aims to further build services and features onto its platform. The blockchain startup has...
Feb 09, 2017 06:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
Deloitte has released a new report, Tech Trends 2017: The Kinetic Enterprise, that describes how companies presently must sift through the promotional noise and hyperbole surrounding emerging technologies to find those...
Danish blockchain startup Coinify welcomes Steen Parsholt as new chairman
Feb 09, 2017 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinify, a blockchain payment service provider, has announced that Hans Henrik Hoffmeyer is stepping down from the position as Chairman of The Board to become Board Member and Steen Parsholt is joining the startup as the...
Accenture collaborates with Thales to simplify large-scale commercial blockchain use
Feb 09, 2017 05:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant firm Accenture has unveiled a patent-pending hardware-based security solution that simplifies the potentials of blockchain technology in order to integrate with the security systems that support various sectors...
PBoC issues fresh warning to bitcoin exchanges following recent meeting
Feb 09, 2017 04:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Peoples Bank of China has issued a new warning to domestic bitcoin exchanges following a closed-door meeting with them held on 08 February 2017. Bloomberg on Wednesday reported that the central bank had a meeting...
FxWirePro: BTC/CNY takes support near 7-day MA, good to buy on dips
Feb 08, 2017 11:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY is seen trading slightly below on Wednesday. The pair breaks psychological resistance at 7500 and jumped till 7545 levels (BTCCHINA). It is currently trading around 7340 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis...
Bitfury Group, Government of Georgia partner to expand blockchain land-titling project
Feb 08, 2017 11:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain technology firm Bitfury Group has announced its partnership with Government of theRepublic of Georgia in a move to expand historic blockchain land-titling project. The cutting-edge blockchain project is being...
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