Buzzbike, Blockpool partner to offer blockchain reward scheme for advertising
May 08, 2017 06:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
London-based connected cycle scheme Buzzbike has partnered with Blockpool, a startup that delivers real world B2B blockchain solutions, in order to provide blockchain reward scheme for engagement. According to reports...
Factom and Gnosis among Gartner’s ‘Cool Vendors in Blockchain Application’
May 08, 2017 06:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gartner, a leading information technology research and advisory company, has published a new document in which it profiles five blockchain pioneers for CIOs looking for bold ideas for their digital business. Called Cool...
Indian IT major Wipro receives bio attack threat, asked to pay INR 500 crore in bitcoin
May 08, 2017 05:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
Indian IT giant Wipro last week received an anonymous email demanding a ransom of INR 500 crore in digital currency bitcoin, The New Indian Express reported. The email sender has threatened to release a toxic protein...
Zcoin announces Zerocoin protocol implementation on Ethereum blockchain
May 08, 2017 05:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Zcoin (XZC) team announced that it is conducting its own resource and development into implementing the Zerocoin protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. The company stated in its bog that this recent announcement comes...
Russian ministry expects adoption of blockchain regulations in 2019 - Report
May 08, 2017 05:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation is expecting that regulations directed towards legalizing the use of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in the country would come into...
Equifax, TransUnion join Canadian blockchain identity network trial
May 08, 2017 04:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
United States consumer credit reporting agencies Equifax and TransUnion have joined to test and experiment Canadian blockchain identity network in order to ease the sharing of consumer data through internet, Reuters...
FxWirePro: BTC/CNY hits all-time high, further jump till 9600 likely
May 05, 2017 11:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY has broken the all-time high made on 1st Jan 2107 at 8896 and jumped till 9266 levels (BTCCHINA). It is currently trading around 9104 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart...
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