Cambridge University launches global blockchain benchmarking study
Oct 25, 2016 09:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Cambridge Universitys Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has announced the launch of first Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study that aims to present a global empirical outline of how blockchain and cryptocurrencies...
ETH/USD slips below 200-DMA, break below 11.60 targets 11.24
Oct 25, 2016 08:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD considerably weakened on Tuesday and broke below 200-day MA. It continues to trade in the red at 11.64 levels at press time (Kraken). Short-term trend: Bearish Ichimoku analysis of daily chart: Tenkan Sen:...
BTC/EUR trades slightly above 600 level, jump till 636 likely
Oct 25, 2016 08:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is seen trading above on Tuesday. The pair breaks the high 605 made on (23rd Oct high) and jumped slightly till 606 levels (COINBASE).It is currently trading around 604.82 levels at the time of writing. Ichimoku...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD hovers around 650, good to go long above 656
Oct 25, 2016 08:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD hit 640 levels on Monday before closing at 648.60 levels. Today, the pair is struggling for a consistent break above 650 levels and is trading at 651 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). Long-term trend:...
IBM and FreshTurf work with blockchain and Bluemix for storage lockers network
Oct 25, 2016 07:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant IBM announced that it is working with a Singapore startup FreshTurf in the IBM Bluemix Garage to create and deploy a network of storage lockers for shipping and parcel delivery throughout Singapore with...
BitPay ramps up security of bitcoin wallet Copay with Intel hardware security integration
Oct 25, 2016 06:51 am UTC| Digital Currency
BitPay, a leading bitcoin payment processor company, has announced that it has integrated its bitcoin wallet Copay with the Intel Software Guard Extensions andIntel Identity Protection Technology (Intel IPT) with protected...
R3 blockchain consortium adds credit card company Synchrony Financial
Oct 25, 2016 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial service company Synchrony Financial has joined financial innovation firm R3 in a move to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. According to the...
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