Asian Life Insurance firm AIA joins R3 blockchain consortium
Jun 02, 2016 10:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
According to latest report from Profit Loss, AIA Group, an Asian life insurance company, has joinedthe global blockchain consortium led by innovation firm R3 that aims to design and deliver advanced distributed/shared...
Bitcoin exchange Coincheck adds DAO trading driven by consumer demand
Jun 02, 2016 09:44 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coincheck.jp, a Japan-based bitcoin exchange, has recently announced the support for trading of The DAO tokens on its platform, becoming the first Japanese exchange to do so. The DAO is a Decentralized Autonomous...
FBI cautions against surge in bitcoin-based extortion attempts via email
Jun 02, 2016 08:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a recently issued public alert, the FBIs Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned people against rising extortion attempts via email, where the perpetrators ask for the ransom in digital currency bitcoin. The...
Ethereum based social network AKASHA’s alpha version to launch soon
Jun 02, 2016 07:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
The AKASHA project, a blockchain-based social network built on top of Ethereum and IPFS which was unveiled few weeks before, plans to launch its alpha release in few weeks. AKASHA CEO Mihai Alisie spoke to Bitcoin...
Australian tech startups to launch over-the-counter bitcoin platform
Jun 02, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Two Australian technology startups is set to launch an over the counter platform for selling bitcoin which is being deployed to about 1200 newsagents nationally. The technology, which is a joint venture between Sydney...
Bitcoin usage in Canada grew 100 pct in past one year: Report
Jun 02, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
A recent study published by Technology Strategies International Inc., a leading technology market research firm based in Canada, has found that the value of contactless payments made by Canadian consumers more than doubled...
Mediachain to build an open media library; receives seed funding from blockchain VCs
Jun 02, 2016 05:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
New York based Mediachain; an open source platform using blockchain technology to track media ownership has received funding from two largest VC investors in blockchain, Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz to...
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