HKMA, Deloitte and other banks develop blockchain PoC for trade finance
Mar 31, 2017 05:02 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), consulting firm Deloitte, and leading trade finance banks in Hong Kong have developed a distributed ledger technology (DLT) proof of concept for Trade Finance. Industry...
Filament raises $15M to bring industrial application of IoT and blockchain for production
Mar 31, 2017 04:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
Filament that provides wireless industrial network announced that it has received $15 million in new venture financing that was led by Verizon Ventures and Bullpen Capital. The startup is seeking to bring the industrial...
Bitcoin hardware wallet provider Ledger raises $7M in Series A round
Mar 31, 2017 04:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ledger, a leading bitcoin hardware wallet provider, has announced that it has raised $7 million in series A funding led by MAIF Avenir. The funding round also saw the participation of Xange, Wicklow Capital, GDTRE,...
FxWirePro: BTC/CNY upside capped by 7000 level, good to sell on rallies
Mar 30, 2017 12:27 pm UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY is seen trading below on Thursday and the pair has jumped till 7000 level and has shown a mild decline from that level. It is currently trading around 6739 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily...
FxWirePro: ETH/EUR faces psychological resistance at 50, break above targets 52.16
Mar 30, 2017 10:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
The pair has once again hits fresh all time high around 49.48 and slightly declined due to profit booking (KRAKEN). ETH/EUR is trading higher and any minor weakness can be seen only below 43.90 levels. It is currently...
ChromaWay enters next phase of blockchain-based property transactions project
Mar 30, 2017 09:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
ChromaWay that is working on a Smart Contract Platform, announced that it has reached the next phase of its land registry project that is based on blockchain technology. The company has partnered with Swedish National Land...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD upside capped by 200% fib, consistent break above confirms further bullishness
Mar 30, 2017 09:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD hit a fresh high of 54.97 on Thursday and is currently at 51 levels at the time of writing (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen: 46.28 Kijun-Sen: 35.26 The pair has formed a bullish...
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