Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – March 3rd, 2017
Mar 03, 2017 06:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain-focused Crypto Valley Association launches in Switzerland A new non-profit association focusing on the development of blockchain and cryptographic related technologies and businesses launched in Switzerland...
Blockchain platform ChronoBank to collaborate with International People Solutions
Mar 03, 2017 06:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
ChronoBank, a blockchain-focused project, announced that it will partner with International People Solutions (IPS), an international recruitment company, in a move to issue Labour Hour (LH) tokens on ChronoBank...
Cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e adds new trading pairs for Dash amid price surge
Mar 03, 2017 06:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
Europe-based cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e has announced the addition of new trading pairs for Dash- DSH/EUR, DSH/RUR and DSH/LTC. New pairs added (DSH/EUR, DSH/RUR, DSH/LTC) #btce BTC-E (@btcecom) March 2,...
Blockchain startup Ciphrex appoints VC expert Alyse Killeen to board of advisors
Mar 03, 2017 06:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ciphrex Corp., a San Diego-based blockchain company, has announced the appointment of Alyse Killeen, an experienced venture capitalist and one of the earliest investors in the bitcoin ecosystem, to its Board of...
Deutsche Börse fintech venture fund seeks to invest in blockchain, AI, machine learning
Mar 03, 2017 05:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Deutsche Brse Group said that its new dedicated fintech venture fund DB1 is seeking to make investments in 2017, focusing on blockchain startups and other companies that use technologies like machine learning to rebuild...
CoinAgenda brings first bitcoin and blockchain investor conference to Caribbean region
Mar 03, 2017 05:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
CoinAgenda, the leading global conference series focusing on bitcoin and blockchain assets and companies, will hold its first conference outside the continental US in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 3-5, at the Caribe...
AlphaPoint completes blockchain proof of technology with Canada’s Scotiabank
Mar 03, 2017 05:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
AlphaPoint, a blockchain solutionand digital asset exchange software, has announced the completion of a successful proof of technology with Canadas Scotiabank by leveraging AlphaPoint Distributed Ledger Platform...
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