R3, Axoni and others build blockchain prototype for financial reference data management
Sep 21, 2016 04:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation companies R3 and Axoni, in collaboration with other buy-side and sell-side financial services firms, have recently completed a multi-month proof of concept (PoC) exercise, which aimed to build a...
PeerNova and State Street join to improve investment tracking using blockchain
Sep 20, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Digital Currency
PeerNova, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based technology company, announced that it is engaging with State Street Corporation in order to enhance asset and transaction-based tracking of investments with blockchain technology,...
Accenture creates ‘Editable’ blockchain prototype
Sep 20, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
Accenture has announced that it has created a prototype that enables editing blockchain technology under extreme situations in order to resolve human errors, address issues like mischief, accommodate legal and regulatory...
Blockchain startup Synereo launches second fundraising campaign, raises almost $2M already
Sep 20, 2016 09:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Synereo, a Tel-Aviv based company which develops a decentralized tech stack, today launched its much-awaited fundraising campaign, which will run for 30 days until October 18. The current campaign marks the second round...
Kynetix, Imperial College London team up to develop commodity-specific blockchain operating model
Sep 20, 2016 07:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
Kynetix, a UK-based provider of solutions which enable electronic representation of physical commodities in the financial and banking world, has announced its partnership with Imperial College London to develop the first...
Broadridge acquires technology assets of Inveshare to develop proxy blockchain applications
Sep 20, 2016 05:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
Broadridge Financial Solutions has announced that it has acquired technology assets of a financial consultant - Inveshare Inc., and has entered into an agreement to use these technology assets to develop blockchain...
Blockchain-based lottery KIBO releases video review of user interface
Sep 20, 2016 04:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
KIBO, the first decentralized Blockchain and Ethereum smart contract-based lottery, is going to launch its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on October 1 and has recently released a video review of the gaming platform. The...
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