Five new members join Chamber of Digital Commerce
Apr 11, 2018 05:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain trade association headquartered in Washington, D.C., has announced the addition of five new organisations to its Executive Committee membership. The new members include...
Singapore sees blockchain potential for financial inclusion
Apr 11, 2018 04:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to promote financial inclusion in South East Asian countries, Singapores Finance Minister said recently. Speaking at the 22nd ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting, Heng...
Ranieri Solutions, Symbiont partner to explore blockchain opportunities in mortgage industry
Apr 11, 2018 04:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ranieri Solutions, a financial services technology investment firm, has entered into a partnership with blockchain startup Symbiont to explore opportunities to use the latters platform to systemically improve all aspects...
Overstock’s blockchain subsidiary tZERO announces security token trading software
Apr 11, 2018 03:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
Online retail giant Overstock.coms blockchain subsidiary tZERO has unveiled the prototype of its planned security token trading software. [W]e are unveiling tZEROs security token trading software: the astute viewer of...
Japan’s FSA releases cryptocurrency trading status report
Apr 10, 2018 11:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Tuesday released the status report on domestic cryptocurrency transactions. CoinDesk reported that the data has been collected from 17 cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan, as of...
IBM and others team up to digitize company registration process using blockchain
Apr 10, 2018 10:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant IBM is collaborating with a number of organizations to legally register a company on a blockchain, according to Trust Nodes. The project partners include Swiss blockchain startup Proxeus, Canton Zug, Grunder...
Crypto exchange Gemini to launch block trading facility
Apr 10, 2018 09:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has announced its plans to launch a fully electronic block trading facility this week. Gemini Block Trading will enable Gemini customers to buy and sell large quantities of digital...
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