Siemens and LO3 Energy partner to develop blockchain microgrids
Nov 22, 2016 06:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Global technology powerhouse Siemens AG and a New York startup LO3 Energy have announced apartnership to jointly develop microgrids that enable local energy trading based on blockchain technology. LO3 Energy is...
Australian Accounting Standards Board calls for accounting standards for digital currencies
Nov 22, 2016 06:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has released a new paper which highlights a lack of clear guidance on digital currencies in International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and calls for a new standard to...
Deutsche Bundesbank hosts blockchain workshop
Nov 22, 2016 05:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
Germanys central bank is hosting the Sixth Central Banking Workshop, in cooperation with Frankfurt School of Finance Management. The conference kicked off on 21st November and will conclude on 24th November. Titled,...
Malta Stock Exchange forms blockchain committee
Nov 22, 2016 04:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Malta Stock Exchange announced that it has created a blockchain committee that will work on assisting the formulation of a strategy geared towards addressing this emerging distributed ledger technology. The committee...
Goldman Sachs, Santander quit R3 blockchain consortium
Nov 22, 2016 04:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
Two major members of the R3 blockchain consortium have called it quits. These include Goldman Sachs, which was one of the founding members of the consortium, and Santander, which joined R3 in December 2015. The reason...
Norton Rose Fulbright research on contractual effect and enforceability of smart contracts
Nov 21, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Norton Rose Fulbright has been contracted by the blockchain consortium R3, in order to determine whether smart contracts have contractual effect and their enforceability, finextra reported. Norton Rose Fulbright that...
FxWirePro: DASH/ USDT trades weak, good to sell on rallies
Nov 21, 2016 12:13 pm UTC| Digital Currency
DASH/USDT is seen trading slightly above on Monday, after the plunge. The pair has broken major support USDT9 and declined sharply till USDT8.31 levels (Poloniex). It is currently trading around USDT8.57 at the time of...
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