Wanxiang Group launches new blockchain product WanCloud
May 16, 2017 08:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
Wanxiang Group, a conglomerate with automotive, real estate and financial services holdings, announced that it has launched WanCloud, which is a new blockchain product under Wanxiang Blockchain Corporation subsidiary,...
BlockEx, Winston & Strawn LLP team up to offer blockchain-based bond issuance
May 16, 2017 05:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
BlockEx digital asset platform has announced its partnership with the international law firm Winston Strawn LLP in order to build standardized template for around 90% of legal documentation required for bond...
Irish banks, Deloitte partner to establish blockchain payments pilot project
May 16, 2017 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Irelands Ulster Bank, AIB, Permanent TSB and Deloitte have joined hands in order to set up a pilot project to explore blockchain technology for use as a domestic payment rail, Irish Times reported. The pilot called...
Sphre, Airbitz partner to power blockchain-based identity management
May 15, 2017 10:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Identity management platform Sphre that is focused on blockchain projects has collaborated with Airbitz, a data security platform and mobile bitcoin wallet, in a move to power secure blockchain-based identity...
US DHS awards $2.25M for research contracts to three blockchain firms
May 15, 2017 07:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
The United States Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (ST) announced that it has awarded a total of about $2.25 million for research contracts to three blockchain...
Blockchain experts from IBM to speak at K(NO)W Identity Conference in Washington D.C.
May 15, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
IBM announced that two of its blockchain experts will speak at the K(NO)W Identity Conference taking place May 15-17, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Jerry Cuomo, Vice President, Blockchain Technology, IBM, and Jai Arun,...
Australian blockchain delegation heads to Consensus 2017 in New York
May 15, 2017 04:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Australian blockchain delegation, an initiative of Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), Data61 and the State Governments of New South Wales and Victoria, will be heading to Consensus 2017 in New York...
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