Stratis Platform launches ‘Breeze Wallet’ to increase financial privacy for blockchain
Mar 06, 2017 12:41 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Stratis, a UK-based blockchain development platform, has announced the release of an ambitious cryptocurrency project Breeze Wallet that is aimed in increasing the financial privacy available to the users of bitcoin and...
Blockchain project Hyperledger Fabric advances from incubation to active phase
Mar 06, 2017 09:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, announced that its project Hyperledger Fabric has acquired the status from Incubation to Active that was approved by...
Russian payment provider Qiwi sets up blockchain subsidiary
Mar 06, 2017 06:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
Qiwi, a Russia-based payment service provider, has set up a new company that will focus on developing blockchain and consultancy services, as reported byKommersant. Called Qiwi Blockchain Technology, the subsidiary will...
Indian state to establish blockchain academy to drive research and innovation
Mar 06, 2017 06:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Indian state Kerala will be second after Bengaluru, to establish its own Blockchain Academy in order to lead the research and innovation as well as to impart technical consultancy in a cutting-edge technology. According...
IBM, Maersk partner to use blockchain for cross-border supply chain
Mar 06, 2017 05:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant IBM has announced collaboration with global leader in transport and logistics Maersk Group, in a move to utilize the blockchain technology to manage transactions among network of shippers, freight forwarders,...
Standards Australia rolls out blockchain standardization roadmap
Mar 06, 2017 04:28 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Standards Australia, the countrys non-government, not-for-profit organisation, on 02 March 2017 released its Roadmap for Blockchain Standards Report, outlining how the organisation will work to deliver measures to support...
Blockchain platform ChronoBank to collaborate with International People Solutions
Mar 03, 2017 06:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
ChronoBank, a blockchain-focused project, announced that it will partner with International People Solutions (IPS), an international recruitment company, in a move to issue Labour Hour (LH) tokens on ChronoBank...
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