Royal Mint and CME Group to launch digital gold product on blockchain
Nov 29, 2016 09:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Royal Mint, the worlds leading export mint owned by HM Treasury, andCME Group, a leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, have collaborated to build and launch a digitised gold offering on blockchain called...
R3 demonstrates blockchain application in insurance and reinsurance sector in Bermuda
Nov 29, 2016 06:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation firm R3 demonstrated the application of blockchain technology in insurance and reinsurance sector at a presentation during the ILS Bermuda Convergence conference this month, The Royal Gazette...
Australian blockchain startup DigitalX raises AU$1.62m as co-founders resign
Nov 29, 2016 05:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
DigitalX, a blockchain-based software solutions company, has raised an oversubscribed AU$1.62 million, in which AU$350,000 has been contributed by Australian-based Travers and newly appointed US-based president Neel...
What to expect at Smart Contracts Symposium on December 5
Nov 29, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
TheSmart Contracts Alliance, an initiative by the Chamber of Digital Commerce, is hosting the worlds first event dedicated to smart contracts Smart Contracts Symposium onDecember 5, 2016at the Microsoft Technology Center...
Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse build blockchain prototype
Nov 29, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Brsejointly built a functional prototype for the settlement of securities that are based on blockchain technology. The blockchain prototype will offer technical functionality for...
Blockchain social platform Steemit to alter economic model, announces hard fork
Nov 29, 2016 04:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Steemit, the worlds leading decentralized social media network, has announced that on Tuesday, December 6, a hard fork will occur that would modify the Steem blockchains economic model. The startup said that the changes...
ESMA to have power to ban blockchain-based products or processes in January 2018
Nov 28, 2016 11:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will have the power to ban or restrict products or processes based on blockchain or distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), starting 01 January 2018. This was...
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