Multisectoral blockchain consortium ‘Red Lyra’ launches in Spain
Jun 01, 2017 07:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
On the heels of a newly formed blockchain consortium by Cecabank and Grant Thornton, a number of Spanish banks, law firms, and other companies have joined forces to launch another consortium Red Lyra, CoinDesk...
Hyperledger blockchain project welcomes NEC as premier member
Jun 01, 2017 06:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hyperledger, a collaborative cross-industry effort to advance blockchain technology, has announced that NEC Corporation has joined the project as a Premier member. The Linux Foundation hosts Hyperledger as a...
Russian Sberbank to host hackathon focused on blockchain
Jun 01, 2017 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sberbank of Russia, state-owned Russian banking and financial services company, announced that it will hold a hackathon during StartUp Village on June 6-7 in Moscow that is focused on blockchain. The hackathon...
MAS pushes Project Ubin ahead for blockchain trials
Jun 01, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has revealed the details of its project which aims to place a tokenized form of the Singaporean Dollar (SGD) on a distributed ledger. A joint report from the MAS and consulting...
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange hosts blockchain-based Annual General Meetings
Jun 01, 2017 05:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that it recently hosted Annual General Meetings (AGM) for 6 listed companies with the help of blockchain technology. The meetings using blockchain, enabled shareholders to...
Bitcoin ATM network Coinsource’s CEO and CMO among 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalists
Jun 01, 2017 05:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a first, a Bitcoin CEO has been selected as a finalist for the Southwest 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year award. Founded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards recognize entrepreneurs who are excelling...
CSD Working Group releases product requirements for proxy voting using DLT
Jun 01, 2017 04:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
CSD Working Group, an association of Central Securities Depositories that is working on developing products using Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), has released product requirements for general meeting proxy voting...
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