The Institutes announces blockchain consortium for risk and insurance industry ‘RiskBlock’
Jul 13, 2017 07:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Institutes, a risk and insurance knowledge group, has announced the formation a blockchain consortium for the risk management and insurance industry. Called The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance, the consortium is the...
UK-based Start Network to test Blockchain potential in Humanitarian Aid
Jul 13, 2017 06:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
Start Network, a multinational network focused on humanitarian aid, has announced its partnership with Disberse, a recently-launched distribution platform for foreign aid, in order to test blockchain potential in...
Blockchain project Hyperledger Fabric 1.0 goes production-ready
Jul 12, 2017 07:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hyperledger, a collaborative cross country effort to advance blockchain technology innovation, has announced its production-ready Hyperledger Fabric 1.0. Hyperledger Fabric is a blockchain framework for developing...
R3, Intel partner to strengthen data privacy and security for blockchain platform Corda
Jul 12, 2017 05:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation company R3 announced that it has collaborated with Intel in a move to strengthen data privacy and security for its blockchain platform Corda. The collaboration was announced during the Intel Xeon...
Blockchain identity startup Sphre raises over $5M in XID token sale
Jul 12, 2017 05:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sphre, an identity management company focused on blockchain technology, has raised over $5 million USD in its month-long XID token sale, which ran from June 1, 2017, to June 30, 2017. According to the official release,...
Financial institutions launch blockchain-based venture to ease SME post-trade operations
Jul 11, 2017 12:55 pm UTC| Digital Currency
BNP Paribas, CACEIS, Caisse des Dépts, Euroclear, Euronext, S2iEM and Société Générale along with the support of Paris Europlace have launched the European fintech venture...
Blockchain platform DECENT introduces first application for sharing digital content ‘PUBLIQ’
Jul 11, 2017 10:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
[The article has been edited to mention that PUBLIQ is currently under development] On the heels of its official launch last month, blockchain-based digital content distribution platform DECENT on Monday introduced the...
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