Russian and Chinese central securities depositories team up on fintech and blockchain
Oct 26, 2016 05:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
The central securities depositories (CSD) of Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate cooperation in fintech sphere, particularly using blockchain technology in the post-trade...
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank experiments blockchain for trust businesses
Oct 26, 2016 05:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese financial services company Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. announced that it is commencing demonstration experiments in blockchain technology and AI in...
Oct 26, 2016 04:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
Lisk, the blockchain application platform, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer, along with a ramped up call for developers to join the project, with openings for front-end and back-end developers...
Blockchain: reinventing the squeaky wheel
Oct 25, 2016 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Fintech
Apparently, the world is holding its breath on the unloading of a few bales of cotton, which could change trade forever. In Qingdao sometime in early November, 88 bales of cotton will be unloaded and ownership of the...
Chain releases open source version of blockchain platform
Oct 25, 2016 11:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain technology solutions provider Chain has released Chain Core Developer Edition, which is an open source version of its blockchain platform that enables organizations to issue and transfer assets on permissioned...
Cambridge University launches global blockchain benchmarking study
Oct 25, 2016 09:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Cambridge Universitys Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has announced the launch of first Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study that aims to present a global empirical outline of how blockchain and cryptocurrencies...
IBM and FreshTurf work with blockchain and Bluemix for storage lockers network
Oct 25, 2016 07:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant IBM announced that it is working with a Singapore startup FreshTurf in the IBM Bluemix Garage to create and deploy a network of storage lockers for shipping and parcel delivery throughout Singapore with...
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