$1 bln investment seen in 2016 to drive blockchain adoption in capital markets – Survey
Jun 24, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
A new survey from Greenwich Associates has estimated that financial service firms and technology providers across the globe will spend over $1 billion in 2016 in order to bring blockchain to capital markets. In March...
Coinetize Credits purchases enabled via bitcoin
Jun 24, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Hong Kong-based Coinetize, a micropayment service platform that pays in bitcoins and is currently in a private beta, has enabled bitcoin monetization. With the monetization of digital currency, website visitors would be...
Dutch central bank reveals results on DNBcoin experiments
Jun 24, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
An official from the Dutch central bank has recently provided details on the experiments conducted to better understand the working of the blockchain technology. Speaking at the Dutch Blockchain Conference, Ron Berndsen...
R3 blockchain consortium adds first automotive financial services provider
Jun 24, 2016 04:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Toyota Financial Services is the latest to join the blockchain consortium led by financial innovation firm R3. It is the first automotive financial services provider to join the consortium. Welcoming the new member, R3...
Blockchain Intelligence Group starts accepting investment via bitcoin
Jun 24, 2016 03:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain Intelligence Group(BIG), a Canada-based developer of blockchain technology solutions,has announced that it now allows potential investors the opportunity to buy shares in the current BIG private placement using...
Blockchain startup Colu raises $9.6 mln in series A funding
Jun 23, 2016 12:40 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Colu, a blockchain startup based in Tel Aviv, has raised $9.6 million in a Series A financing round, drawing support from Aleph, Spark Capital, Digital Currency Group and former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer. The round...
LTC/USD trades weak, decline till 3.04 likely
Jun 23, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Following the massive plunge over the past couple of days, LTC/USD is struggling to find strength. On Thursday, it hit a low of 3.31 levels, before recovering to 3.71 levels where it currently trades. Ichimoku analysis...
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