Fenbushi Capital to participate in blockchain firm Tierion’s token sale
Jul 24, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain technology company Tierion has announced that Fenbushi Capital has made a commitment to participate in its upcoming token sale. Fenbushi Capital, a Chinese VC fund dedicated to supporting companies building...
Change Healthcare joins Hashed Health blockchain consortium
Jul 21, 2017 11:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
Change Healthcare, a leading healthcare IT company in the U.S., has joined the Hashed Health consortium to help advance blockchain innovation and distributed transactional protocols in healthcare. Based in Nashville,...
NRI Secure announces Blockchain Assessment service
Jul 21, 2017 10:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
NRI SecureTechnologies, Ltd., a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI) specializing in cybersecurity, has started providing Blockchain Assessment a security assessment service designed for systems and services...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – July 21st, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 06:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
US Congressman calls for stronger digital currency standards Banning digital currencies such as bitcoin would not help in preventing financing of terrorism activities, a Republican member of the US House of...
Polish blockchain firm Billon receives €2M EU grant
Jul 21, 2017 04:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
Horizon 2020, the European Unions Research and Innovation programme, has granted funding of nearly EUR 2 million to Billon Group, a blockchain e-money services company. The grant was made under the SME Instrument...
R3 blockchain consortium considers opening office in Russia – Report
Jul 20, 2017 11:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation firm R3 leading a blockchain consortium of global financial institutions may open an office in Russia, Russian payments provider and consortium member Qiwi told RNS. Speaking with the news agency, a...
Overstock subsidiary Medici Ventures invests in blockchain startup Symbiont
Jul 20, 2017 07:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Medici Ventures, the blockchain-focused subsidiary of online retail giant Overstock, has completed a strategic investment in Symbiont, a New York-based blockchain startup. As part of the new relationship, the two...
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