China looks to blockchain technology for social security funds
Sep 05, 2016 06:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
China is considering implementing blockchain technology for its social security system. China Daily reported that vice-chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund Wang Zhongmin has recently stated: Theres...
PSCU, Glenbrook Partners team up on blockchain whitepaper
Sep 05, 2016 04:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
PSCU, a leading Credit Union Service Organization in the United States, andGlenbrook Partners, a payments industry strategy consulting and research firm, have collaborated on a white paper on blockchain technology and its...
Everex deploys solution on Ethereum blockchain for financial accessibility
Sep 02, 2016 11:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain development firm Everex has announced that it is using Ethereum blockchain to provide workable financial services to those who have no access to banking or financial services. According to reports by Chain...
China Merchants Bank joins R3 blockchain consortium
Sep 02, 2016 09:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation firm R3 has announced the addition of a new member to its consortium dedicated to designing and applying distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies (DLT) to global financial markets. China...
Revelator raises $2.5M to track music rights via blockchain
Sep 02, 2016 07:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
Israel-based music startup Revelator has announced that it has raised $2.5 million this week in order to efficiently track music rights and distribute royalties to rights owners using blockchain. According to reports by...
TAO Network raises over $100K in crowdfunding for its blockchain-based music project
Sep 02, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
TAO Network, the smart contract DAO platform for creating and operating decentralized application, has announced that it has raised $100,000 in public crowdfunding that allows the platform to pursue its development of...
Microsoft looks to improve smart contracts security, launches working group
Sep 02, 2016 04:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant Microsoft is looking to improve the security of smart contracts and is organising a working group Kinakuta for this purpose. CoinDesk reported that Kinakuta aims to make it easier for the industry to share...
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