Microsoft Azure expands ‘Blockchain-as-a-Service' to its DevTest Labs
Aug 02, 2016 06:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
A recent blog post stated that Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) is now available on Microsoft Azure DevTest Labs a service that helps developers and testers to create environments in Azure while minimizing waste and cutting...
Wholesale insurance market keen to embrace blockchain, says Z/Yen, PwC report
Aug 01, 2016 11:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new report by Z/Yen, a commercial think-tank, consultancy, and venture firm and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a multinational professional services network, has revealed that blockchain holds huge potential for wholesale...
BVRio to adopt Ethereum blockchain for timber trading records
Aug 01, 2016 07:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
BVRio, a Brazilian organization that promotes the use of market mechanisms to facilitate compliance with environmental laws and support the green economy, has announced that it will adopt Regis blockchain technology to...
Decentralized semi-autonomous platform Synereo gears up for alpha phase
Aug 01, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
With the recent Ethereum and The DAO issues that have thrown arguments on the credibility of autonomous systems, Synereo which proposes itself as a semi-autonomous system will make available the Alpha release of its...
French MPs to attend Parliamentary Blockchain Forum in October
Aug 01, 2016 05:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
In order to promote a dialogue between representatives of the French government and key digital industry players, a blockchain conference will be held on 4th October. The 1st Parliamentary Forum Blockchain, held on 4...
The Chamber of Digital Commerce launches Smart Contracts Alliance
Jul 29, 2016 10:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the first Washington, DC-based trade association representing the blockchain and digital asset industry, has launched the Smart Contracts Alliance (SCA) which is an industry initiative of...
EY report explores future potential of blockchain technology
Jul 29, 2016 05:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ernst Young, an auditing and consulting firm, has published a report on blockchain technology that explores the upcoming potential of the distributed ledger technology. The report titled Blockchain reaction: Tech plans...
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