Asset managers should understand and embrace blockchain technology: Report
Jul 19, 2016 05:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
A joint report from JPMorgan Chase and consultancy firm Oliver Wyman has urged asset managers to take the initiative to understand and embrace blockchain technology. Blockchain can help asset managers tackle many of the...
Jul 18, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
The UK Parliament has announced that the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords (Parliaments upper house) will meeton Tuesday, 19 July, to discuss blockchain and distributed ledger technology. The Economic...
Deloitte develops blockchain solution for regulatory transaction reporting
Jul 18, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Deloitte Luxembourg has developed a proof of concept to address regulatory transaction reporting in a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) environment. Currently, all counterparties involved in trade transactions are...
Blockchain startup Fluent brings ex-footballer Terry Pierce on board
Jul 15, 2016 12:13 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Fluent, the enterprise operating network for global commerce built on blockchain technology, has announced the appointment of Terry Pierce as VP of Customer Development. Pierce is the 12th addition to the startups team....
Blockchain social media platform Steemit hacked, 260 accounts compromised
Jul 15, 2016 07:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Steemit, a blockchain powered social media platform, was hacked on Thursday which resulted in nearly 260 accounts getting compromised and likely theft of $85,000 worth of Steem Dollars and Steem. In a blog post Steemit...
IBM launches new secure blockchain cloud service
Jul 15, 2016 06:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
IBM has announced a cloud service for organizations requiring a secure environment for blockchain networks. These new secure cloud services are currently in limited beta. IBMs secure blockchain cloud environment is...
People outside blockchain community too can invest in Ardor
Jul 15, 2016 05:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading decentralised financial platform Nxt is developing Ardor, the first ever scalable platform using blockchain technology. Ardor will be the first blockchain to give businesses and governments unlimited scalability...
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