SBI Ripple Asia announces Credit Card Industry Consortium
Dec 29, 2017 04:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
SBI Ripple Asia, the joint venture between Ripple and SBI Holdings, has announced the formation of a Credit Card Industry Consortium, Finance Magnates reported. SBI Ripple Asia has entered into partnership agreement...
Russia’s NSD details first blockchain-based transaction between MegaFon and Raiffeisenbank
Dec 28, 2017 08:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
Russias National Settlement Depository (NSD) has announced the details of the countrys first transaction issuing commercial bonds based on the blockchain technology. The transaction was supported by MegaFon and...
Blockchain of Things joins Industrial Internet Consortium
Dec 28, 2017 06:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain of Things, a New York-based blockchain startup, has announced that it has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium a leading membership program transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial...
Rivetz to work on blockchain-based IoT solutions with IoT Alliance membership
Dec 27, 2017 12:06 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Rivetz, a provider of decentralized mobile security solutions, has joined the Trusted IoT Alliance, an open-source software foundation supporting a secure, scalable, interoperable, and trusted IoT ecosystem. With this...
India Globalization Capital reveals blockchain plans, stock surges
Dec 27, 2017 11:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
Yet another companys stock skyrocketed after it made a blockchain announcement. India Globalization Capital (IGC) this week announced its plans to use blockchain technology to solve the challenges faces by the medical...
Blockchain startup Educhain graduates Dubai Future Accelerators Program
Dec 27, 2017 06:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain startup Educhain has graduated from Dubai Future Accelerators a unique program run by Dubai Future Foundation in partnership with the government of Dubai. Educhain has become the first blockchain company in...
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance launches three working groups
Dec 27, 2017 04:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
Open-source blockchain initiative Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has launched three new member-driven working groups in digital identity, energy, and multiplatform interoperability. Each of the newly launched...
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