VEB to present blockchain prototype of technical solution at ongoing SPIEF’17 event
Jun 02, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
Russian retail banking company VEB announced that it will be presenting a blockchain-based prototype of a technical solution during ongoing SPIEF17 (St. Petersburg International Economic Forum) that will conclude on 3rd...
Blockchain startup Axoni bags 2017 Derivative Industry Initiative of the Year Award
Jun 02, 2017 05:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Axoni, a provider of distributed ledger technologies to the financial services industry, has announced that it has won the 2017 Derivative Industry Initiative of the Year Award. The award from GlobalCapital is related...
R3 and Japanese financial institutions collaborate to streamline ISDA Master Agreements
Jun 02, 2017 04:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese financial institutions have joined hands with R3 blockchain consortium and announced the successful completion of testing of a prototype that was developed by R3 Corda, a blockchain platform, to streamline ISDA...
Blockchain startup Exscudo raises over 2300 BTC in ICO
Jun 02, 2017 04:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
Exscudo, a blockchain financial services provider, has announced that it has raised over 2300 BTC (equivalent to $5.6 million approximately at current exchange rate) during its Initial Coin Offering (ICO), which ran from...
Multisectoral blockchain consortium ‘Red Lyra’ launches in Spain
Jun 01, 2017 07:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
On the heels of a newly formed blockchain consortium by Cecabank and Grant Thornton, a number of Spanish banks, law firms, and other companies have joined forces to launch another consortium Red Lyra, CoinDesk...
Hyperledger blockchain project welcomes NEC as premier member
Jun 01, 2017 06:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hyperledger, a collaborative cross-industry effort to advance blockchain technology, has announced that NEC Corporation has joined the project as a Premier member. The Linux Foundation hosts Hyperledger as a...
Russian Sberbank to host hackathon focused on blockchain
Jun 01, 2017 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sberbank of Russia, state-owned Russian banking and financial services company, announced that it will hold a hackathon during StartUp Village on June 6-7 in Moscow that is focused on blockchain. The hackathon...
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