Deloitte VTC to drive digitisation in healthcare, blockchain could play key role
Dec 16, 2016 07:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
Virtual Technology Cluster Group (The VTC Group), an organisation which enables major multi-national companies to attract emerging and disruptive technology innovators into their supply chain, has partnered with...
Young’s Fine Art uses blockchain to record art transaction information and data
Dec 16, 2016 06:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
Youngs Fine Art Ltd, an England-based art company, has partnered with Shanghai Jiulian Technology Ltd to get involved in the development process of Bidpoc Project that uses blockchain technology to provide art transaction...
Annual revenue for enterprise applications of blockchain to hit $19.9B by 2025 – Report
Dec 16, 2016 05:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Research and Markets, one of the largest market research resource, has released a report on Blockchain for Enterprise Applications that examines market trends, technology issues, key use cases, and industry players in the...
Blockchain startup Wyre raises $5.8m, launches cross-border payments platform
Dec 16, 2016 04:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Wyre, a San Francisco-based blockchain startup, has raised $5.8 million in Series A funding led by Chinese Venture firm Amphora Capital with participation from two of the largest payments companies in China 9fBank and...
US banking giant Citi invests in blockchain startup Cobalt DL
Dec 15, 2016 12:40 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain-based FX post-trade processing network Cobalt DL announced that it has secured Citi as an investor and that the financial firm has become one of the launch clients for their Cobalt FX post-trade...
LeFinance partners with Stellar to use blockchain for seamless customer experience
Dec 15, 2016 11:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
Beijing-based technology and content titan LeEcos online payments and banking subsidiary LeFinance has partnered with Stellar Development Foundation for cross-border payments and to improve the connectivity and reach of...
IEEE Computer Society expects blockchain technology to reach adoption in 2017
Dec 15, 2016 07:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
IEEE Computer Society, the computing industrys leading source for technology information and career development, believes that blockchain technology, among others, will reach adoption next year. In its technology...
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