Big four accounting firms to contemplate blockchain consortium
Aug 12, 2016 06:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, Ernst Young (EY), KPMG and PwC, have decided to meet at Microsofts headquarters in New York City to discuss on establishing their own blockchain consortium. Specialists from these...
Chain partners with US universities for ambitious industry-academia blockchain project
Aug 12, 2016 05:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
Chain Inc,an enterprise software company that partners with leading financial firms to design and build blockchain networks, has partnered with the Initiative for Cryptocurrency and Contracts (IC3), underscoring its...
‘The Blockchain Opportunity’- a book that explores cryptocurrency solutions in Africa
Aug 11, 2016 11:53 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
(Corrected country to continent in last paragraph) BitHub.Africa, a blockchain accelerator based in Nairobi, has announced the release of a book on how cryptocurrencies and tokens should scale disruptive solutions...
Capgemini lays out 9-step approach for evaluating blockchain platforms
Aug 11, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a paper, Capgemini has described how blockchain technology is bringing about a paradigm shift in the financial institutions. Titled Blockchain: A Fundamental Shift for Financial Services Institution, the report has...
R3, 15 consortium members test distributed ledger technology for trade finance
Aug 11, 2016 05:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation company R3 and over 15 of its consortium member banks have successfully completed distributed ledger trial focused on applications in trade finance. The consortium members have completed two...
Monetary Authority of Singapore includes blockchain leaders on Technology Advisory Panel
Aug 08, 2016 05:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that it has added leaders in the blockchain industry to its 15-member International Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP). According to the official release, the ITAP...
Blockchain startup DECENT.ch announces development plan and roadmap
Aug 05, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
DECENT Network has released it development plan and roadmap which provides a detailed description of future releases of the network and timeline of the development process. DECENT is a decentralized content distribution...
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