Capgemini lays out 9-step approach for evaluating blockchain platforms
Aug 11, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a paper, Capgemini has described how blockchain technology is bringing about a paradigm shift in the financial institutions. Titled Blockchain: A Fundamental Shift for Financial Services Institution, the report has...
Bitcoin investment firm Pantera's partner and CTO call it quits
Aug 11, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
Pantera Capital, leading blockchain investment firm and one of the largest institutional owners of bitcoins, has announced the departure of its partner and chief technology officer Steven Waterhouse. According to his...
R3, 15 consortium members test distributed ledger technology for trade finance
Aug 11, 2016 05:07 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation company R3 and over 15 of its consortium member banks have successfully completed distributed ledger trial focused on applications in trade finance. The consortium members have completed two...
BitCrystals Now Accepted at Japanese Exchange Zaif
Aug 11, 2016 02:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese cryptographic currency exchange Zaif announced last week the integration of three Counterparty assets, one of which is the cryptocurrency BitCrystals (BCY) used in Spells of Genesis (SoG), the digital trading card...
Corrupt Silk Road agent’s lawyer files to withdraw from appeals case
Aug 10, 2016 15:57 pm UTC| Digital Currency Law
The third lawyer representing the corrupt Silk Road investigator Shaun Bridges has requested to be removed from the case, saying that his recent appeal is frivolous. In a recent filing to the 9th Circuit Court of...
Revolutionary cryptocurrency Syscoin expands its team
Aug 10, 2016 13:15 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Syscoin, a revolutionary cryptocurrency that provides businesses the infrastructure to trade goods, assets, digital certificates and data securely, has announced the addition of Christopher Marsh to the team as Head of...
Auto Finance Summit panel to discuss potentials of blockchain technology
Aug 10, 2016 12:49 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Auto Finance Summit 2016, that aims to bring together the most influential executives in the auto finance industry, has announced a panel that will explore how auto finance can take advantage of blockchain...
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