QIWI to create a blockchain consortium of Russian banks, says report
Jun 01, 2016 12:35 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Russian publication Izvestia reported that QIWI, publicly traded Russian payment service provider will create a consortium of Russian banks which will develop standards for the application of blockchain...
BigchainDB introduces internet-scale blockchain database IPDB
Jun 01, 2016 12:04 pm UTC| Digital Currency
BigchainDB, a scalable blockchain database, has announced the launch of the Interplanetary Database (IPDB) an internet-scale blockchain database for the world. Blockchain technology is enabling a decentralized world...
State Street Survey sees need for more blockchain education
Jun 01, 2016 11:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
State Street Corporation conducted a new research earlier this year on blockchain technology that unveiled saying, only 7% of asset owners and asset managers currently has initiatives underway to support the distributed...
Sberbank working on blockchain-based IT-platform
Jun 01, 2016 11:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest reports, Sberbank, one of the largest banks of Russia, has plans to complete the creation of a new blockchain-based IT-platform by the end of 2018, Forklog reported. In an interview with TV channel...
SETL debuts new blockchain-powered OpenCSD platform
Jun 01, 2016 10:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
SETL, the institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology has announced today, the launch of its blockchain-powered OpenCSD platform. The OpenCSD platform enables any market...
Jun 01, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in cooperation with Nomura Research Institute (NRI), has released the results of a survey conducted on blockchain technologies and related services. The report...
Obama’s advisors met R3 consortium during blockchain event at DC
Jun 01, 2016 07:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC hosted a blockchain event earlier this month where U.S. President Obamas advisors met R3CEV consortium and three other bitcoin and blockchain industry...
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