Feb 09, 2017 06:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
Deloitte has released a new report, Tech Trends 2017: The Kinetic Enterprise, that describes how companies presently must sift through the promotional noise and hyperbole surrounding emerging technologies to find those...
Danish blockchain startup Coinify welcomes Steen Parsholt as new chairman
Feb 09, 2017 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinify, a blockchain payment service provider, has announced that Hans Henrik Hoffmeyer is stepping down from the position as Chairman of The Board to become Board Member and Steen Parsholt is joining the startup as the...
Accenture collaborates with Thales to simplify large-scale commercial blockchain use
Feb 09, 2017 05:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant firm Accenture has unveiled a patent-pending hardware-based security solution that simplifies the potentials of blockchain technology in order to integrate with the security systems that support various sectors...
UK-based Caxton implements blockchain technology to improve payment processes
Feb 09, 2017 05:10 am UTC| Fintech
Caxton, a UK-based provider of foreign exchange, international payments and prepaid card services, has announced the launch of blockchain technology, which will provide its clients cheaper, faster and more secure payments...
Bitfury Group, Government of Georgia partner to expand blockchain land-titling project
Feb 08, 2017 11:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain technology firm Bitfury Group has announced its partnership with Government of theRepublic of Georgia in a move to expand historic blockchain land-titling project. The cutting-edge blockchain project is being...
Medici Ventures invests in blockchain firm Factom
Feb 08, 2017 07:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain-centric subsidiary of retail technology leader Overstock.com Medici Ventures, announced that it has participated in the Series A funding round for Austin-based Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) company Factom,...
Blockchain regulations premature at this stage: ESMA
Feb 08, 2017 06:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Tuesday released areporton Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), which sets out its views on the technology, the techs possible applications, benefits, risks and how...
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