Blockchain application platform Qtum joins Chamber of Digital Commerce
Aug 30, 2017 03:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a leading blockchain trade association, has announced that Singapore-based blockchain application platform Qtum has joined as a new member of the executive committee. Regulation remains...
Banco de la Republica inks agreement with R3 blockchain consortium
Aug 29, 2017 09:23 am UTC| Fintech
The Columbian central bank has entered into an agreement with R3, an enterprise software firm leading a blockchain consortium of major financial institutions, to experiment and test distributed ledger technology...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines joins NTT Data’s recently announced blockchain consortium
Aug 29, 2017 07:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, a leading Japanese shipping company, has announced its plans to join the Consortium to develop trade data sharing platform using blockchain technology. The consortium, comprising of 14 trade-related...
DLT-based securities settlement without regulation could lead to monopolies – BoE paper
Aug 29, 2017 05:59 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
Distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based securities settlement without regulation could lead to monopolies, according to a new paper from the Bank of England. Authored by Evangelos Benos, Rodney Garratt, and Pedro...
Singaporean blockchain startup Bluzelle raises $1.5M in series A round
Aug 29, 2017 05:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bluzelle, a blockchain startup headquartered in Singapore, has raised $1.5 million in Series A round from venture capital firms Global Brain, LUN Partners Capital, and existing investor True Global Ventures, Tech In Asia...
NEM, Kchain to Host First Blockchain Developer Forum in Korea
Aug 29, 2017 05:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
NEM, a global blockchain enterprise solution platform, and Kchain, leading Korean blockchain SI company, are going to co-host the first blockchain forum in South Korea. Kchain and NEM have partnered to host NEM...
Tim Berners-Lee and Fed’s Bernanke to keynote Ripple’s blockchain-focused Swell conference
Aug 28, 2017 06:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain startup Ripple is going to host a conference focused on blockchain implementation and use cases in Toronto, from October 16, 2017 to Wednesday, October 18, 2017. Swell will bring together experts from...
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