Microsoft brings Azure Blockchain as a Service to India
Dec 12, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant Microsoftlast week launchedAzure Blockchain as a Service(BaaS) in India. BaaS provides a fast, low-cost and low-risk platform for organisations to collaborate together by experimenting with new business...
MIT Media Lab introduces blockchain certificates ‘Blockcerts’
Dec 12, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
MIT Media Lab announced the launch of blockchain certificates Blockcerts, which is an open standard for digital academic certificates on the blockchain platform. The blockchain certificates offera decentralized...
Paper explores benefits of sovereign blockchain with central bank issued crypto currencies
Dec 12, 2016 06:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
South Africas FirstRand Bank has released a new paper that explores the critical role of central banks in unlocking the true potential of blockchain technology. Titled The Advent of Crypto Banking, the paper has been...
Blockchain assets hedge fund Polychain Capital raises $10M from USV, A16z
Dec 12, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain assets hedge fund Polychain Capital that was initiated by ex-Coinbase employee Olaf Carlson-Wee, announced that it has raised $10 million funds from Union Square Ventures (USV), Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) and...
Everledger secures bottle of wine’s provenance on blockchain
Dec 12, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Everledger, a UK-based blockchain startup, has announced that it has secured a bottle of wines provenance on the blockchain, thereby becoming the first organization to do so. In order to transform provenance tracking in...
Blockchain startup Coinify becomes member of Emerging Payments Association
Dec 12, 2016 04:30 am UTC| Fintech
Coinify, a blockchain payment service provider, has announced its collaboration with theEmerging Payments Association (EPA) a community of payments professionals that aims to strengthen and expand the payments industry to...
Cubichain Technologies deploys blockchain for 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing industry
Dec 09, 2016 07:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
California-based startup Cubichain Technologies along with CalRAM LLC.announced the successful demonstration of deployment of a blockchain network in order to protect the digital data stream for additionally manufactured...
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