Defense contractor Lockheed Martin to incorporate blockchain technology into operations
May 01, 2017 10:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company headquartered in Maryland, has become the first U.S. defense contractor to incorporate blockchain technology into its development processes. The company announced...
Melbourne University to pilot blockchain based micro-credentialing system
May 01, 2017 06:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
The University of Melbourne is all set to become the first Australian institution to trial blockchain technology. Last week, the university announced that it is teaming up with Learning Machine, a US-based company...
Blockchain startup Humaniq raises over $5M in ICO
May 01, 2017 05:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Humaniq, a Blockchain Ethereum-based financial services project focused on financial inclusion, has raised $5,163,000 in its public crowdsale of the HMQ token which concluded on April 27th. The campaign, which saw...
Can blockchain technology help poor people around the world?
May 01, 2017 03:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Big Wall Street companies are using a complicated technology called blockchain to further increase the already lightning-fast speed of international finance. But its not just the upper crust of high finance who can benefit...
How Blockchain Could Rewrite The Internet And Humanity Itself
Apr 29, 2017 04:32 am UTC| Technology
Since it was born from the mind of Satoshi Nakamoto, Blockchain has grown to become a significant force in the financial and information industries, effectively reorganizing some of the concepts that were thought to be set...
EY launches ‘EY Ops Chain’ to encourage blockchain into enterprise
Apr 28, 2017 09:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
Big four accounting firm EY announced the launch of a set of applications and services EY Ops Chain that are aimed in aiding organizations commercialize the use of blockchain technology across the enterprise. By...
Japanese banks to experiment blockchain-based fund transfers using digital currencies
Apr 28, 2017 07:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese banks have formed a consortium to experiment with fund transfers using digital currencies that aims to develop more convenient, lower-cost alternative to wiring money, Nikkei reported. The payments consortium...
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