Zcash, J.P. Morgan partner to add zero-knowledge security to blockchain platform 'Quorum'
May 23, 2017 05:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Zerocoin Electric Coin Company (ZECC) that developed the digital currency Zcash, has partnered with financial giant J.P. Morgan in order to add zero-knowledge security layer from Zcash to that of J.P. Morgans...
Synechron announces demo availability of three blockchain accelerators on Microsoft Azure
May 23, 2017 04:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Synechron Inc., a New York-based financial services consulting and technology services provider, has announced the general demo availability of a select group of its blockchain accelerator applications on Microsoft...
May 22, 2017 11:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
Decentral, a Toronto-based innovation hub for decentralized and blockchain technologies, today announced that its flagship product, Jaxx, a leading user-controlled, multi-asset, multi-platform digital currency wallet and...
Legal Landmines Preventing Global Adoption Of Blockchain
May 22, 2017 08:44 am UTC| Technology Law
While Blockchain is getting widespread interest and use in various industries now, there are quite a few legal hurdles that are preventing global acceptance of the revolutionary concept. A lot of this has to do with the...
One-third of surveyed C-Suite executives using or actively exploring blockchain: IBM
May 22, 2017 07:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a recent study, IBM has found that 33% C-Suite executives surveyed are already using or considering blockchain in their business. The study, part of a series of C-Suite studies, has been conducted by IBMs Institute...
SettleMint among twenty finalists to participate in Smart Dubai Office Blockchain Challenge
May 22, 2017 06:56 am UTC| Digital Currency
SettleMint, Medici Ventures Belgium-based blockchain technology investment, has been selected among one of the twenty finalists to participate in the inaugural Smart Dubai Office Blockchain Challenge May 29-30 in...
Canaan acquires blockchain timestamping service Proof of Existence
May 22, 2017 06:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
Canaan.io, a Hong Kong-based producer of blockchain servers and ASIC microprocessor solutions designer, has announced that it has acquired document timestamping platform Proof of Existence, which suggests that it could...
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