Aug 14, 2017 09:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bitfury Group, a blockchain technology company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Insilico Medicine, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and bioinformatics company, to develop blockchain solutions for...
Blockchain firm Tezos announces $50M VC fund
Aug 14, 2017 06:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain startup Tezos has announced a $50 million venture capital fund after its highly successful fundraising drive held recently. Tezos raised a record-setting $232 million in its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) drive...
European Commission works on blockchain-based financial transparency gateway
Aug 14, 2017 05:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Commission (EC) has recently revealed that it is currently working on a gateway based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain for sharing the data on listed companies, CoinDesk reports. In his...
ICONOMI introduces Columbus Capital as first asset management partner for blockchain-based assets
Aug 14, 2017 05:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
Digital asset management platform ICONOMI has introduced London-based investment management firm Columbus Capital as its first asset management partner to maintain and grow funds comprised entirely of blockchain-based...
Ambrosus, Trek Therapeutics partner to develop blockchain solution for pharmaceutical manufacturing
Aug 14, 2017 04:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ambrosus , a blockchain-based ecosystem for the supply chain, has partnered with pharmaceutical pioneer Trek Therapeutics, PBC (Trek) to apply integrated sensors coupled with blockchain-based technology to pharmaceutical...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – August 11th, 2017
Aug 11, 2017 11:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Russian Health Ministry, Vnesheconombank to work on blockchain pilot projects The Russian Ministry of Health, in cooperation with Vnesheconombank, will work on and deliver pilot projects using blockchain technology....
Russian Health Ministry, Vnesheconombank to work on blockchain pilot projects
Aug 11, 2017 06:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Russian Ministry of Health, in cooperation with Vnesheconombank, will work on and deliver pilot projects using blockchain technology. Chairman of Vnesheconombank Sergey Gorkov and Russian Minister of Health Veronika...
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