Hedge fund Numerai pays data scientists with bitcoin
Dec 14, 2016 07:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
San Francisco-based new hedge fund Numerai announced that it pays its data scientists with bitcoins. It transforms and regularizes financial data into machine learning problems for its global network of data scientists, as...
ETH/USD upside capped by 61.8% fib, break above 8.89 targets 9.36
Dec 14, 2016 07:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD upside continues to be capped by 61.8% fib and is currently trading at 8.40 levels at the time of writing (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen: 7.40 Kijun-Sen: 8.11 Trend reversal:...
Deloitte survey indicates huge blockchain investments in 2017
Dec 14, 2016 07:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a recent survey, consultancy giant Deloitte has found that blockchain technology is emerging as a key business focus for companies in the U.S. across many industries. Deloitte conducted an anonymous online survey,...
Microsoft partners with AMIS and ITRI for Asia’s first blockchain consortium
Dec 14, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
Technology giant Microsoft has partnered withAMISand the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI) to form Asias first and the most advanced consortium blockchain network on Azure. The consortium members...
FlashFX launches Ripple-powered foreign exchange payment solution in Australia
Dec 14, 2016 05:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
FlashFX, a Sydney-based fintech startup, announced that it has gone live with a new foreign exchange payments solution that is built on Ripple and utilizes its digital currency XRP, in order to ease the process of foreign...
Bitcoin and blockchain media giant CoinDesk partners with Brave Software
Dec 14, 2016 05:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
CoinDesk, a New York-based bitcoin and blockchain industry media company, has partnered with privacy-focused browser company Brave Software to phase out third-party banner advertisements from its website in 2017 and...
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken acquires bitcoin wallet service Glidera
Dec 14, 2016 04:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
Kraken, a San Francisco-based digital currency exchange, has announced the acquisition of the Chicago-based award-winning wallet funding service Glidera. The terms of the deal has not been disclosed. Launched in 2015,...
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