Nova LifeStyle to integrate blockchain to enhance brand recognition and business
May 11, 2017 06:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
U.S.-based Nova LifeStyle that provides modern lifestyle products and services, announced its plans to utilize blockchain technology to further enhance the brand recognition of Novas traditional furniture business. By...
PokitDok, Intel to advance healthcare transactions with blockchain solution
May 11, 2017 05:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
Software development platform provider PokitDok announced that along with Intel, the company has selected the Linux Foundations Hyperledger Sawtooth as its premium platform in order to record DokChain healthcare...
AST, NuArca partner to offer blockchain-based system for proxy voting
May 11, 2017 05:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
AST that offers transfer agent, governance services and proxy solicitation, announced that it will deliver a blockchain-based system for proxy voting. The company has collaborated with blockchain solution provider...
Equibit Development Corporation joins Agentic Group blockchain consortium
May 10, 2017 11:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Equibit Development Corporation, creator of the Equibit blockchain and blockchain applications for the global securities industry, has joined Agentic Group, a global membership-based consortium of blockchain, digital...
Blockchain could disrupt financial reporting and auditing processes: PCAOB Board Member
May 10, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain or distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) could lead to disruption to financial reporting and auditing processes, Jeanette M. Franzel, Board Member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), said...
BitCAD develops decentralized solution for biometric identification
May 10, 2017 07:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
BitCAD, an international project on developing cryptographically encrypted smart platforms, announced that it is developing a decentralized solution for biometric identification. The decentralized solution curbs the...
Hong Kong’s FSDC releases two reports on fintech and DLT to foster development
May 10, 2017 05:42 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Financial Services Development Council of Hong Kong (FSDC) has released two research reports in order to foster the development and application of fintech and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the country. The...
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