Calypso to ramp up hiring amid blockchain push
Dec 13, 2016 06:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Calypso Technology Inc., a leading provider of capital markets and investment management software, has announced its plans regarding rapid expansion of its workforce in 2017. The company said that it booked 20 new...
Blockchain Intelligence Group adds Bernd Petak to advisory board
Dec 13, 2016 05:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) has announced the appointment of Bernd Petak as a strategic technology advisor to the company to assist in reviewing strategic and corporate opportunities. Petak is an investment...
Blockchain social platform Steemit completes successful hardfork, alters economic model
Dec 13, 2016 04:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Steemit, a fast growing decentralized social media platform, has announced that it has completed a successful hardfork aimed at modifying the economic model and enhancing investor accessibility. With the hardfork, the...
Spot-FX blockchain clearing firm FXCH seeks €8.5 m
Dec 12, 2016 10:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
FXCH Ltd., the Spot-FX blockchain clearing firm, announced that it is raising 8.5 million in the first round of financingbeginning this week, including an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.com, Finextra.com...
City of Rotterdam to record lease agreements on blockchain
Dec 12, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
The city of Rotterdam, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) and Deloitte Netherlands are working on real estate blockchain applications, which will mark the first time lease agreements being recorded on the...
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at Blockchain India Summit
Dec 12, 2016 09:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ethereum founder and distinguished Peter Thiel Scholar Vitalik Buterin arrived in India last week to inaugurate the countrys first ever Blockchain Summit hosted by Arifa Khan, CEO of Zero Field Labs, to explore blockchains...
Align Commerce establishes blockchain-powered payment rail to UK
Dec 12, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Align Commerce, a US-based global payments provider, has announced the establishment of payment rail to the United Kingdom, enabling businesses in the UK to send money to the US and over 60 other countries. According to...
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