Blockchain-powered ICONOMI raises $5.8m in ICO, crowdsale ends on 29th September
Sep 27, 2016 06:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
ICONOMI, a fund management platform for blockchains and cryptocurrencies, has raised approximately $5.8 million in equity and operational capital through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), which started on August 25,...
Multitude of different blockchain approaches could jeopardise financial market integration – ECB
Sep 27, 2016 05:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
A member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank has said that distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) have the potential to transform the securities and payments industry and that the ECB is exploring its...
Hyperledger blockchain project adds five new members
Sep 27, 2016 05:21 am UTC| Digital Currency
Five new members have joined Hyperledger Project the collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology. Announced recently atSibosin Geneva, the latest members include: Aesthetic Integration,...
Sompo Holdings and Soramitsu collaborate to test use of blockchain for derivative products
Sep 27, 2016 04:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc., a Japanese insurance holdings company, has announced that in collaboration with a blockchain identity platform Soramitsu Co., Ltd., the company has started trialing the use of the...
Blockchain-based Incent Loyalty network to begin ICO on 1st October
Sep 27, 2016 04:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cryptocurrency directory and merchant hub BitScan has partnered with custom blockchain token platform Waves to create a new merchant-defined loyalty and rewards network that will leverage a public blockchain to make...
World Trade Board unveils blockchain education and other initiatives to digitize global trade
Sep 26, 2016 11:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
The World Trade Board today unveiled three key initiatives to drive the trade finance agenda at Sibos 2016. It marks a move to facilitate and expand global trade in support of long-term economic growth and prosperity for...
Marine Transport International brings blockchain to shipping industry
Sep 26, 2016 07:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Marine Transport International (MTI), a freight forwarder based in the United Kingdom and the United States, has announced the deployment of the worlds first public blockchain solution in the global shipping...
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