Japanese government lists criteria to evaluate blockchain-based systems
Apr 19, 2017 05:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has recently published a document which lists the criteria for evaluating blockchain-based systems. Created by the Information Economy Division of the ministrys Commerce...
Blockchain firm Factom secures additional $8M in Series A funding round
Apr 19, 2017 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to reports by Austinlnno, Austin-based blockchain company Factom has raised $8m as part of an extended Series A round. The closing of the funding round follows after Factom $5.3 million of the round, including...
Apr 19, 2017 04:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
Lisk, the blockchain application platform, has announced updates to its full suite of applications; Lisk Core, Lisk Nano, and Lisk-JS. In the official release, Lisk said that the updates signify an important milestone,...
Smart Dubai Office, Avanza sign MoU to implement blockchain-based payments platform
Apr 18, 2017 10:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Smart Dubai Office has signed a MoU with Avanza Solutions, a leading software solutions provider, in order to deploy a city-wide blockchain payments platform. The MoU was signed under the leadership of His Highness...
EY, EzLab create blockchain platform to trace and certify Italian wines
Apr 18, 2017 09:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
The EzLab startup, in partnership with EY has created the Wine Blockchain, which is a blockchain platform that certifies the quality and geographical origin of wines made in Italy, CoinTelegraph reported. The blockchain...
Terra Food and Agriculture Tech Accelerator selects blockchain firm ripe.io for first cohort
Apr 18, 2017 04:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain company ripe.io that provides a distributed, shared system for food supply chain, announced that it has been selected for the first cohort of startups for Terra, the Food + Ag Tech Accelerator. Terra...
Blockchain startup Chain appoints Goldman Sachs Managing Director as President
Apr 18, 2017 03:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Chain, Inc., a U.S.-based blockchain startup, has announced that Goldman Sachs Managing Director Tom Jessop is joining the company as President, effective immediately. Prior to Chain, Jessop served as the Managing...
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