Blockchain-powered Synereo to launch second fundraising campaign soon
Aug 31, 2016 09:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Synereo, a Tel-Aviv based company, has announced that an additional fundraising campaign will begin the week following the live demo of the alpha version of its decentralized, open-source social network to be held in...
Distributed ledger technology could transform capital market structure: JPX Working Paper
Aug 31, 2016 08:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a recent study, Japan Exchange Group (JPX) has found that application of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) has a great potential to transform capital market infrastructure. The JPX has released a working paper...
EU MEP proposes €1 million budget to create blockchain-focused task force
Aug 31, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
A European Parliament representative has proposed a budget amendment to spend 1 million to create a task force aimed at studying blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. In May, the European Parliament gave a nod...
U.S. Department of Health announces winners of blockchain challenge
Aug 31, 2016 05:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), a division of Department of Health and Human Services, announced winners of blockchain research challenge. According to the official...
Morgan Stanley veteran joins blockchain startup Symbiont, contributes to series A funding
Aug 31, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
Industry veteran and former Morgan Stanley managing director Caitlin Long has joined blockchain startup Symbiont as president and chairman of its board of directors. Long will bring her extensive experience of 22 years...
Samsung SDS, Netki and 15 other organizations join Hyperledger blockchain project
Aug 31, 2016 04:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
Seventeen new organizations have joinedHyperledger Project, to help create an open standard for distributed ledgers for a new generation of transactional applications. With this, the project has surpassed 80...
Bitfilm Production kicks off new exclusive film competition on Steemit
Aug 30, 2016 09:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
German-based film and event production company Bitfilm Production has announced Bitfilm of the Day which is a new film competition exclusively on blockchain-based social media platform Steemit. According to the official...
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