Renault builds blockchain prototype for digital car maintenance book with Microsoft and VISEO
Jul 27, 2017 06:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading auto manufacturer Renault has announced that it has built a blockchain-based prototype for a digital car maintenance book in collaboration with tech titan Microsoft and VISEO, a consulting and digital services...
Infosys subsidiary EdgeVerve brings blockchain to sales platform ‘TradeEdge’
Jul 27, 2017 05:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, is seeking to generate new monetization opportunities for its clients using blockchain technology, CoinDesk reported. The Indian IT giant detailed its plans in a...
The big business revolution: why the future is blockchain
Jul 25, 2017 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Fintech
The value of one bitcoin recently hit a record high of US$3,025, a staggering rise of over 200% in value this year alone. Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at the New York University, known as Wall Streets dean of...
US government grants $749k to Evernym to develop blockchain key management system
Jul 25, 2017 06:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Evernym, a technology startup based in Salt Lake City, has received a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) award from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate...
ECB’s Mersch cautions against distributed ledger technology, underscores need for detailed research
Jul 25, 2017 05:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain or distributed ledger technology should be rigorously tested before they can be implemented in the payments system, Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, said...
Delaware Blockchain Stock Bill signed into law
Jul 25, 2017 04:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
The governor of Delaware John C. Carney Jr. has officially approved a bill that aimed to legalize using blockchain or distributed ledger technology for the creation or maintenance of corporate records, CoinDesk...
Chinese open-source blockchain platform Antshares rebrands as ‘NEO’
Jul 24, 2017 06:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
Antshares, a Shanghai-based open-source blockchain project, is rebranding as NEO, amid efforts to embark on a new direction for the development of Chinas blockchain community, Bitcoin Magazine reported. Onchain, the...
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