EY inks deal with blockchain technology provider Bitfury
Nov 08, 2016 06:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading Big Four consultancy firm EY has entered into an agreement with The Bitfury Group, a leading full-service blockchain technology company, CNBC reported. Under the terms of the agreement, The Bitfury Group will...
9 blockchain firms make it to first cohort of FCA’s regulatory sandbox
Nov 08, 2016 05:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
On the occasion of the second anniversary of Project Innovate, the UKs Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the firms that were successful in their applications to begin testing in the first cohort of the...
Australian firm Webjet and Microsoft build blockchain PoC for travel industry
Nov 08, 2016 05:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
Webjet, an Australian travel agency, announced that it has built a blockchain Proof-of-Concept (PoC) solution with Microsoft, for online travel payments and hotel bookings. This first-of-a-kind solution has the potential...
US Justice Department to prepare bitcoin regulations, seeks experienced attorneys
Nov 08, 2016 04:59 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
The Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking experienced attorneys for thepreparation of policies and regulations governing digital currency such as bitcoin. According to the recent job...
Overstock to make seed round investment in blockchain startup SettleMint
Nov 08, 2016 04:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Medici Ventures, Inc., a blockchain-oriented subsidiary of leading online retailer Overstock.com, Inc., has announced that it will add blockchain startup SettleMint to its portfolio of investment companies. Launched in...
FxWirePro: DASH/ USDT faces strong resistance at 10 level, good to sell on rallies
Nov 07, 2016 12:47 pm UTC| Digital Currency
DASH/USDT breaks slightly above 200 day MA and jumped till USDT9.799 levels (Poloniex). It is currently trading around USDT9.48 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart shows: Tenkan-Sen level:...
SEB signs agreement with Ripple to use blockchain for payment transactions
Nov 07, 2016 12:06 pm UTC| Digital Currency
SEB, a Swedish private banking company, has announced that it has signed an agreement with distributed ledger technology provider Ripple, in order to use Ripples blockchain solution for payment transactions. The...
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