Everex launches blockchain initiative for women’s financial inclusion
Aug 07, 2017 05:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
Everex, a blockchain company developing Ethereum applications, has announced that it has established the Inclusive Finance for Women MSMEs Through Blockchain Initiative. The company believes that blockchain technology...
Groupe Média TFO launches blockchain project to credit content creators
Aug 07, 2017 04:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
Groupe Média TFO, with support from the Canadian Media Fund, has announced that it is developing a blockchain prototype, aimed at crediting the rights of audiovisual works creators. The initiative Blockchain TFO,...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – August 4th, 2017
Aug 04, 2017 11:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cryptocurrency industry experts weigh on August 1st Bitcoin fork On 01 August 2017, the bitcoin blockchain was successfully forked into two versions, thereby creating a new cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash (BCH). According...
Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative tests blockchain to track chicken packages
Aug 04, 2017 09:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
Grass Roots, a livestock farming cooperative in Arkansas, has announced that in collaboration the UK-based blockchain-backed platform Provenance, it has started working on a project to track packages of chicken along its...
Gibraltar Stock Exchange to tap blockchain technology for operational processes
Aug 04, 2017 07:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gibraltar Stock Exchange has revealed its plans to fully integrate blockchain technology into its operational processes, thereby becoming one of the worlds first regulated exchanges to do so. The announcement was made...
Indian securities watchdog SEBI sets up committee to study blockchain and emerging technologies
Aug 04, 2017 06:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has set up a new committee to explore and deliberate on emerging technologies such as blockchain, and their effect on financial markets. Chaired by T.V. Mohandas Pai,...
Blockchain firm Everex partners with MicroMoney
Aug 03, 2017 09:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
Everex, a blockchain company developing Ethereum applications, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Myanmar-based microlender MicroMoney. With this partnership, Everex now has access to MicroMoneys...
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