BNY Mellon, Cisco and others team up with startups for blockchain consortium
Jan 30, 2017 05:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bosch, Cisco, BNY Mellon and other innovative Fortune 500 companies have teamed up with blockchain startups to set up a blockchain consortium in order to discuss and work on the use cases of blockchain in securing and...
Accenture signs up as title sponsor for DC Blockchain Summit 2017
Jan 30, 2017 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
TheChamber of Digital Commerce, a trade association representing the blockchain and digital asset industry, has announced that Accenture is joining the DC Blockchain Summit 2017 as title sponsor. Were pleased to...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – January 27th, 2017
Jan 27, 2017 11:03 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech Market Roundups
PBoC to continue spot checks on bitcoin exchanges, PBoC tests blockchain-based digital currency with commercial banks The Peoples Bank of China said in a statement that it will continue with the on-site inspections of...
Blockchain Insurance Initiative to announce new members
Jan 27, 2017 09:48 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Blockchain Insurance Initiative (B3i), launched a couple of months ago, plans to announce a number of new members in the forthcoming weeks, Reuters reported. Aegon, Allianz, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Zurich came...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Votem successfully complete blockchain-based voting
Jan 27, 2017 09:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Votem, a revolutionary mobile voting platform, have announced the successful completion of FanVote for this years inductees, on the blockchain platform. The cutting-edge...
Blockchain has turned out to be multi-purpose tool, says Bundesbank President
Jan 27, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Blockchain or distributed ledger technology has turned out to be a multi-purpose tool, Dr Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, said recently. Speaking at the G20conference, Digitising finance, financial...
Alternative lending platform LendingRobot taps blockchain for investment records
Jan 27, 2017 05:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
LendingRobot, a Seattle-based robo-advisor for Alternative Lending, has launched the LendingRobot Series that uses blockchain technology for investment records. The series will create a secure, immutable ledger of all...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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